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  • Marie:     Hey, it’s Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV, the place to be

  • if you want to create a business and life you love.

  • Today I want to talk about something. I always love a little behind the scenes action whether

  • it’s in art or entertainment or in business. I love hearing how people come up with their

  • ideas and how they actually get things done. Today, I’d figured I give you a little behind

  • the scenes action in my own creative process; you know, peel back the curtain and show you

  • my magic garden.

  • Magic Garden was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I always did like Carol

  • better than Paula, but who didn’t?

  • You know what? Magic Garden is totally relevant here because on Team Forleo, we have a secret

  • ritual that involves playing make believe, and no, I don’t have my team attend imaginary

  • tea parties or dress up in silly costumes.

  • This one exercise has created some major breakthroughs for us and here's what it is. When were

  • all together at our team retreats and were doing major brainstorming, we go around and

  • have everyone finish the sentencewouldn’t it be great if…” This isn’t aboutwouldn’t

  • it be great if cake had no caloriesorwouldn’t be great if the Smurfs were

  • real and lived in New York.” This is more aboutwouldn’t it be great if we didn’t

  • work on Fridays,” “wouldn’t it be great if we had our own studio for MarieTV,” or

  • wouldn’t it be great if we could go travel around the world and visit our B-Schoolers,

  • where they lived and hear their stories and make little movies about them.” In fact,

  • that’s exactly where the idea for our Live your Dream campaign came from.

  • We were all sitting around my living room and somebody came up with the idea of hitting

  • the road and going to document all of our B-Schoolers, and wouldn’t you know it, everybody

  • looked around, they looked at me and we all saidwere doing it.” Within two months,

  • that idea became a reality and it’s one of our favorite pieces of the entire business.

  • If you haven't seen our B-School Live your Dream campaign, you have got to check it out

  • because it’s amazing and well put links below this video.

  • There is real genius behind this simple phrase. So many of us get stuck in our own small thinking

  • and this is how to get out of your own box. This isn’t just relevant for business; this

  • is totally applicable to your personal life. You can saywouldn’t it be great if my

  • house had zero clutterorwouldn’t it be great if I never scheduled meetings

  • before noon.” “Wouldn’t it be great iftriggers your imagination and gives

  • you permission to play in your own magic garden and get down with the chuckle patch.

  • I can hear some of you all sayingyea, I can dream big all day, but that is not going

  • to make it happen.” That’s where my other secret weapon, “everything is figureoutable,”

  • comes in. If you want this exercise to have any power at all, you have to go in with the

  • intention that if you come up with something awesome, you will be able to figure it out.

  • I've seen it time and time again. When you want something bad enough, you will figure

  • it out and you will make it happen.

  • Before we wrap this up, here's a tweetable inspired by photographer Duane Michals:

  • Trust that little voice in your head that sayswouldn’t it be great if…’ and

  • then do it.”

  • Now I would love to hear from you. In the comments below, finish this sentence, “wouldn’t

  • it be great if…” I want you to really get into your magic garden and give me at

  • least three ideas that you think are totally exciting. If you want to put more, that’s

  • awesome but make sure the three that you put down really get you a little nervous. Maybe

  • they're out there, almost too out there, to write down.

  • As always, the best discussions happen after the episode over at MarieForleo.com so go

  • there and finish that sentence right now.

  • Did you like this video? If so, subscribe to our lovely channel and if you would be

  • so kind, share this video with your friends. If you want even more great resources to create

  • a business and life that you love, plus some personal insights from me that I only talk

  • about in email, get yourself over to MarieForleo.com and sign up for email updates.

  • Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams because the world needs that special

  • gift that only you have. Thank you so much for watching and I’ll catch you next time

  • on MarieTV.

Marie:     Hey, it’s Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV, the place to be

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