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  • Hey, it's Marie here with another Q & A Tuesday!

  • Q: Alright, so let's get rolling and we've got a great question today, and this one is

  • from Tia. So sweet, she writes:

  • I'm a mom of a 4-year old and I'm expecting my second child later this year. God Bless!

  • I'm a fan of your blog. It's been very helpful in the process of adjusting my thinking

  • toward business. Does being ambitious or wanting more success mean you're ungrateful for the

  • current gifts in your life? Is it possible to be fully grateful for the current blessings

  • you have and still pursue the six- figure income, the fame, the entrepreneurship, etc.

  • with abandon?

  • Want to know my answer? Do ya? Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

  • Wait you know who else says yes? (Come here, Snicker. Picks up puppy: Kuma says yes.

  • Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!)

  • A: Here's the reason why I love this question. I'm so happy that it came up. One of the

  • biggest challenges that most of us go through when we're starting to explore spirituality

  • and discovering the whole idea of being super grateful for what you have is we can feel

  • guilty about wanting more. It's almost as if, oh, I really have to just you know be

  • okay with everything that I have now. Which is great but it's human to want to create.

  • It's human to want to grow, to want to explore to expand, and take in more. And, I just want

  • to make a little note here, you know wanting more doesn't equate to materialism. It doesn't

  • always mean toys. You could want to touch more lives. You could want to expand your

  • ability to love. So wanting more in of itself is nothing that you should shy away from and

  • I absolutely believe with my heart and soul that you can be extremely grateful for what

  • you have and go balls to the wall with your dreams!

  • So I have a few strategies to share with you that will help you accomplish this. In my

  • lovely book called Make Every Man Want You, How to Be So Irresistible You'll Barely Keep

  • from Dating Yourself! Which by the way, we're going to give you a free audio download, missy;

  • just because you asked such a great question! I talk about a concept called This is It.

  • This is It really means that you treat this moment like it's the most amazing moment

  • of your life. You look around in your world and you just make it the best it possibly

  • can be.

  • So in short, wherever you're at, that's where the party is. So if you find yourself

  • standing in line at a bank and there's a really long line, and everyone else is cranky,

  • this is it! This is your moment! So you're going to party with it. You're going to hang

  • out. You're going to have a great time! Talk to people in the line. Really appreciate where

  • you're at! But that doesn't stop you; the whole this is it mentality doesn't stop

  • you from having big dreams that you're also going to pursue.

  • So it's a matter of just finding that balance but you can absolutely do it and don't let

  • anyone tell you that you're ungrateful for what you have if you have big dreams and ambitions.

  • So one more little note and it's about complaining. This is a great way to just basically check

  • yourself before you wreck yourself.

  • Checkadee, checkadee, check yourself before you wreck yourself!

  • If you catch yourself complaining, you've slipped out of the modality of being grateful

  • for what you have. And, it's going to be really hard to really attract great things

  • or be really ambitious or have the energy you need to achieve those big dreams. So use

  • complaining as a bit of a barometer. If you find yourself saying, Oh, this sucks. My

  • current clients suck. My boyfriend sucks. Blah blah blah Not so good. Stop it. Don't

  • beat yourself up but just get back into the grateful mode and keep kicking ass towards

  • your dreams!

  • Tia, thank you so much for that awesome question! We're going to be sending you your free audio

  • book and for everyone else, thank you so much for watching! If you like this video, like

  • it! Please leave a comment below, let me know what you think. If you have thoughts to share

  • and if you're not on the newsletter list already, which you should be! Come to marieforleo.com,

  • jump on and I will catch you next time!

Hey, it's Marie here with another Q & A Tuesday!

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