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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. And this is Q&A Tuesday and today’s

  • question comes from Paige in New Zealand, and she writes:

  • Hey Marie, I'm just about to turn 19. Even though I'm young, I have big dreams. The problem

  • is people keep telling me my dreams are not realistic and that I'm letting myself down.

  • I was going to be a doctor and then decided that wasn’t really what I wanted. Now I

  • want to be a professional event and party planner and grow my business into something

  • huge that I can be proud of. How can I get past caring so much about what others think?

  • Should I play it safe and get a degree in something that has a secure job at the end

  • of it? What's your advice for young people just starting out in the business world? There's

  • so much I don’t know and your YouTube channel is really helping me. Thank you.”

  • Paige, these are awesome questions and I think it’s something that all of us can relate

  • to no matter what age we are. The first thing I want to talk about is what you shared, ‘should

  • I get a degree with a secure job at the end of it?’ A little reality check for you my

  • love; those days are over. There's really no such thing as a secure job anymore. I think

  • if you take a look around at what's happening in the world, you go into any Starbucks and

  • you'll see some lawyers and some stockbrokers networking out of there who would totally

  • back me up on this.

  • Paige, I know you said you want to start your own business and that’s awesome, but for

  • everyone else, even if you don’t want to start your own business, hear me on this:

  • entrepreneurship is a mindset that everyone on the planet needs. If you want to thrive

  • now and in the future, the only people that are going to really make it in this world

  • are people that'll take initiative, that'll take action and that think and behave like

  • entrepreneurs. One of the first and most important things about that is getting real comfortable

  • with not giving a flying fudge what other people think about you.

  • Let me take you back in my own life. I was only a few years older than you and I decided

  • that I wanted to be a life coach. Now you got to get this: this was back when no one

  • even heard of a life coach. Those wordslife coachmade as much sense to people as dream

  • farmer or potato doctor. Plus, I was 23 years old; who in their right mind would hire a

  • 23-year-old life coach? Even I was rolling my eyes at myself.

  • The point is don’t let anyone’s bullsh*t opinions or judgments about what you can't

  • do, especially your own, stop you from following your dreams. You will never do anything great

  • in your life if youve got this song stuck in your head.

  • Paige, you say you want to plan parties and events, so get to it woman. Don’t wait for

  • people to give you permission or until you have some degree; just find somebody who needs

  • a party planned and plan the confetti out of it, and then you do another and then another

  • and then another and then all of a sudden, mozoltov, you are a party planner. In terms

  • of education, I am 100% for education. In fact, I always advocate for people to be lifelong

  • learners, but don’t limit your education to only what you can learn in the classroom.

  • You should consider getting a job or two with more established event planners so you can

  • really learn about the industry from the inside out. There's one more thing and this is my

  • final and perhaps more important piece of advice: youve got to be really conscious

  • of who you surround yourself with. You got to get rid of everybody who’s negative and

  • all the naysayers. If that means getting some new friends, definitely do it. You also want

  • to feed yourself some really positive things to your mind and your body and your soul day

  • after day. I know you love MarieTV because it’s a positive wholesome family kind of

  • show and of course it’s gluten free.

  • Remember, keep surrounding yourself with positive people. In fact, you should find some people

  • your age and get inspired by them. Everybody knows I'm a huge fan of Malala Yousafzai,

  • who is your age, and there's also another incredibly inspiring young woman whose name

  • is Tavi Gevinson. You can find entrepreneur groups in your area, you can find them online;

  • the bottom line here is that with the right support and the right attitude and a ton of

  • action, you can create anything you desire.

  • Page, that was my A to your Q. I hope it helps. Now I would love to hear from you. Have you

  • ever accomplished something that people around you said was unrealistic? How did you handle

  • their criticism and their doubt? I would love to know your stories so tell me about in the

  • comments below. Of course, the best discussions happen after the episode over at MarieForleo.com

  • so go there and leave a comment now.

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  • 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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