403 - 5 Life Lessons I WISH I Knew Sooner

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Are you feeling lost, stuck, or like you're not where you want to be in life? You're not alone. I felt like the BIGGEST loser in my 20s and spent my 30s constantly feeling "behind." But I've learned some powerful lessons along the way. Here are 5 life lessons I WISH I knew sooner.

WHAT'S COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:

00:18 - How to QUIT your way to success

04:23 - I spent over $20,000 on courses... was it worth it?

06:19 - Why you don't need to LOOK successful to be successful

08:12 - 3 steps to achieve anything (even if you're a hot mess right now!)

09:07 - Want to improve your life? Do THIS now

12:00 - The EASY way to stand out and get ahead

13:48 - 3 success habits of the Top 1%

16:42 - How to flip your focus and get what you really want

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Marie Forlejo and for the last 20 years I've helped millions of people
0:07.6	transform their businesses and lives.
0:10.3	If you're ready to make the difference you were born to make, get ready because this is the Marie Forleo podcast.
0:17.0	If you're feeling lost stuck or like you're not where you want to be in life, you are not alone.
0:26.0	I remember feeling like the biggest loser in my 20s and frankly I even felt super behind in my 30s too so I want to break down five life lessons I wish I knew sooner.
0:36.7	First up, Quitters do win. Oh my goodness I quit so many things in my early days.
0:44.1	So I quit an engagement.
0:46.1	Yep, at one point I was engaged to be married.
0:48.5	I don't know what the hell I was thinking,
0:50.1	but I said no to that.
0:51.7	Then I quit at least three dream jobs. There was one on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and there was two in the world of publishing. Plus I kind of even quit another job at bulk before I even started. I turned that job down in order to start my own business.
1:05.6	And I remember part of me just felt awful inside about quitting.
1:10.1	I worried that I was just this chronic quitter, that I had serious commitment issues, but here's the truth.
1:17.0	My soul was simply not willing to settle for a mediocre life where I felt dead inside. And'm telling you now I don't care what age you're at
1:26.4	do not settle for anything less than what you're capable of so in my case I was capable of
1:31.5	was capable of building this incredible brand and business but I want to be honest
1:35.9	It took me years and years and years to build this in fact it was at least probably 10 years after quitting all the things before I started to finally see and feel some real traction.
1:48.0	And I will say this, once I started building what I knew was right for me in my heart, I didn't want to quit anymore.
1:55.6	Like no quitting.
1:56.6	I had finally found the thing that I was meant to do.
1:59.3	And even in the tough moments and the darkest moments, I honestly never wanted to quit.
2:04.5	So I think one of the best quotes that speaks to this is the classic quote from Steve Jobs, where
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