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Yeah, Marie. This, Wicke, is.

This, wicky, woooo is Q&A Tuesday.

And that means I'm going to read a question and then I'm going to answer it.

And today's question comes from Philip.

And Philip Brates, hi Marie, I first discovered you last year when I cut the cord to my day job in academia

and I took the leap to doing my music business full time.

I went from making no money from my art to charting number one on iTunes and making a comfortable six figures.

One of my biggest struggles is the what if anxieties about my business and the fear of not

being able to stay at the top. I do not want to go back to a day job and

I'm often paralyzed at the thought of what the heck would I do if I couldn't do

what I love. Sometimes I feel like my business is happening to me more than I'm happening to it and to a large degree.

I have no control over whether people buy my products.

Would love for you to A this cue on the fears and pressures of staying successful, sincerely, Philip.

Philip, this is a really good question.

You know, why? Because not that many people talk about it.

And the other reason it's a great question is because you can actually

do something to take care of this.

So here are three steps on helping you alleviate the fears and the pressures around staying

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