Hey there, I'm Marie Forlejo and for the last 20 years I've helped millions of people

transform their businesses and lives.

If you're ready to make the difference you were born to make,

get ready because this is the Marie Forelio Podcast.

So, curious, have you ever had someone not believe in you

or they said something really horrible about your work where... had someone

not believe in you, or they said something really horrible about your work where it felt like a punch in the gut,

and just left you thinking,

oh my God, how could someone be that mean?

I have.

So let me tell you what it did for me and more importantly what it could do for you.

So back in 2009, my program, B-School, was getting ready to be brought into the world, and I was

trying to do everything I could to make it a

success. I was trying to network, find promotional partners, basically get the

word out all over. So I went to this business conference in Washington, D.C.

And I was so excited to be there.

I had my little conference badge around my neck.

I had my big conference binder under my arm.

Everything was going good.

So on the escalator heading to go up to one of the main

sessions and there was this guy in front of me and he was part of the conference

too. So of course as you do at conferences he turned around and he asked me he's like

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