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If you write or create anything in the world, I'll bet you've had this thought at least once.

Darn it, I was going to write about that. I was going to talk about that. I was going to make that.

This happens to all of us. We see a blog post or a movie or a book that comes

out with the exact idea or topic that we wanted to express. Or maybe you've heard about something or read about something a bunch of

times and you want to write about it too, but you stop yourself because you feel like there's

no room for you. It's all been covered, better and by more experienced

and more famous and more articulate people. Well today I want to take a closer

look at that paralyzing notion and show you why it is total garbage.

So a little story for you here.

This is something that I do to Josh all the time and it drives him bonkers. So Josh tells me about really good things

over and over and over again and trust me I know he's smart and I take his

advice often but for whatever reason on some topics if I hear it from him, it just

doesn't sink in.

So for example, back when we first met and I was still eating spaghettios out of a can, he would say,

hey, Marie, you know, we should really start juicing

and taking these great vitamins and supplements.

And I was like, yeah, whatever, hippie dude,

just pass me that mac and cheese. Now he'd wait a while and then he'd bring it up again and he'd say you know

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