Moment 89 - The MOST Important Skill To Learn: Marie Forleo

Uh Here's a mantra, and I live my life by mantras. They help keep me on track, and here's one that really works. Clarity comes from engagement, not thought. Clarity comes from engagement, not thought. What does that mean in this context? It means that every single person listening right now, let's say they have a job and they're like, I am done with this job, but I don't know what else I should be doing. There's something in them that has an interest. It could be an interest in art, it could be an interest in baking, it could be an interest in music. Find a way. to go take action in that direction, no matter what it is. It could be

Interning for someone, working for them for free, picking up a book, taking a class. Finding some way to get involved in that area. will give you not only insight, but it'll start to open up creative channels. You'll start to meet people. You'll start to say, Oh, this is great as a hobby, but I would never want to do this as a career. I think that all of the insight Clarity comes from engagement, not thought. You're not gonna figure it out sitting on your couch. You're not gonna figure it out necessarily scrolling on Instagram or your phone. You're gonna figure it out by getting into some kind of action and giving yourself permission to experiment.

Right. Giving yourself permission to try things and it might not work. And that's okay. But you're gonna learn something, you're gonna discover something, you're gonna have a conversation, you'll stumble upon your own article where your own body lights up like a Christmas tree, and you'll be like, Oh my goodness, this is the thing. But it's not gonna come if you sit at your desk every day, know that your work isn't right, but you don't do anything active. To actually go find out what is. But you know, I'm busy. I've got four kids, I've got a job, I just don't have the time, Mary. Oh that's uh not having the time is probably one of the biggest excuses that we can all use from time to time. And It really is an excuse because all of us know when it's important enough, we make the time. If not, we make an excuse. We know this.

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