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Hey Marie, can you tell me,

oh Marie, can you tell me? Answer please.

Answer please. Oh, baby, can you help me. Help me.

Hey, Marie. Help me. Memory. Now, if you're memory.

Now, if you've ever.

Now, if you've ever lost motivation because you're afraid your dreams are just too

unrealistic this one is for you. Today's question comes from Bree who writes, hey Marie, you're such an inspiration I so respect

your advice. Thank you. Here's my situation. My whole life I've had big dreams

and lots of ambition. Then this little word started to pop up from people around me.

Unrealistic. For example, I wanted to work in publishing and was told that was unrealistic.

There were so many obstacles and so few jobs. However, I now

work for the second largest publishing company in the world. But there's a new dream I want to pursue

and I can already hear the cacophony of voices in my head insisting this dream is unrealistic.

A certain level of realism is necessary, but too much can create self-doubt. So Marie, how do I handle not only hearing

from others how unrealistic my dream is, but also not let myself drown out my own desires. Thank you so much, Bree. I love this question

so much Bree. Every single one of us who both dreams and creates things faces voices of dissent,

both from people that we know, from people that we don't know,

and very often the most deadly comes from within. And if we don't take a thoughtful conscious

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