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The Marie Forleo Podcast

304 - The Hard (But Good) Truth About the Creative's Journey

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Self-improvement, Education

4.7 β€’ 1.8K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Hit a rough spot in your creative journey? Elizabeth Gilbert and Steven Pressfield want you to know that there's nothing wrong with you β€” it's just part of the process. Whether you've run out of motivation, are disappointed with progress, or wish things would get easier ASAP, this episode will give you the mindset you need to keep going. You've got this! Give this a listen, and we promise it'll help.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Louise from Team Forleo and we're continuing our dip back into the vault to talk about

0:08.4

a super juicy topic, the grindy, often difficult pieces of being a creative.

0:14.5

You'll hear Marie, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Stephen Pressfield share some hard-won truths

0:19.1

that will change the way you think about your creative journey.

0:29.0

So I remember reading this particular part of Big Magic out loud and I cheered and I laughed

0:35.2

and I did my Jersey Fist Pump right all the way.

0:38.3

Jersey in the house doubled every day.

0:40.3

Seriously.

0:41.3

And so when I read shit sandwiches and day jobs, okay, so I need to say this, I believe

0:48.0

that those two, first of all, I think the book is required reading for every human.

0:52.4

But those two in particular, you're so welcome, is they're so vital.

0:58.9

For anyone trying to do anything, but especially if they have entrepreneurial aspirations,

1:03.9

you know, when I want to be a writer, they want to be a dancer, anything.

1:07.1

So it started business.

1:08.1

Yes, so if we could start with the fact, and I loved this because this is my mentality

1:13.9

and I was like, she gave words to what I love it, that finding your true purpose is really

1:19.1

about deciding which flavor of shit sandwich you're really in for.

1:25.3

Well, this is, I wish it were my idea.

1:28.0

It's not my idea.

1:29.0

I borrowed it, but I will lay it out here anyway.

1:31.2

The idea is that every pursuit, no matter how glamorous it may seem, no matter how exciting

1:36.8

you are, it feels to you, no matter how much you feel like you were born to do it, comes

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