and a life that you love. And today is Q&A Tuesday and that means today’s question

與生活，今天是星期二的你問我答時間，今天的問題

comes from Miss Kristen and she writes:

來自克莉絲汀小姐，上面寫道：

“Hi Marie, here’s my Q. What is something you know now that you wish you’d known earlier

「嗨，瑪莉，我的問題是，妳現在有沒有什麼事情，是妳恨不得早點知道

to help get where you are today? Thanks so much, Kristen.”

得以早點成就今日的妳？非常感謝妳，克莉絲汀上」

Kristen, this is a fantastic question. You know, it’s in my DNA not to have regrets,

克莉絲汀，這其實是一個很有趣的問題。妳知道嗎？我的字典裡沒有「後悔」這兩個字

so everything that I experienced kind of on my whole path, for me, it’s been quite perfect.

所以任何我所過經歷過、走過的道路，對我而言，都是非常完美、毫無缺憾的

All the missteps, all the mistakes, they’ve helped make me stronger and it’s actually

任何過失、任何錯誤，都使我變得更加堅強，也才能讓今日的我

made me more equipped to help and support people today. But when I really thought about

擁有更多能力來幫助、支持其他人，但當我思考著妳問的問題時

your question one thing came to mind.

我的腦中浮現出一個想法

You know, I think about all the time that I wasted that I can never get back trying

你知道嗎，我回想我過去所花時間做的事情上，其實我很難摸透出

to figure out what to call myself. So you’ve got to realize, when I first started out as

我自己到底是一個什麼樣的人，因為你要瞭解到，我一開始在當人家指導教師的時候

a coach I was also a bartender and I did fitness and I did hip hop through Crunch and with

我也是個酒保，我也健身，我還在Crunch健身房穿著Nike球鞋跳嘻哈 (譯註: Crunch Fitness是美國連鎖健身俱樂部，在全球有超過140家的據點)

Nike. Now, I spent tons of time and I would torture Josh on these beach walks practically

我花了很多時間在上面，甚至和我老公喬許在沙灘散步的時候，還逼他一起陪我搞定 (譯註: Josh Pais為Marie Forleo的老公)

crying trying to nail my elevator speech. I mean, was I a business coach, was I a life

我的電梯簡報，那時候幾乎就快哭出來。我想說的是，我到底是一位商業教戰導師？ (譯註: elevator speech泛指在非常有限的時間的場合，將內心可能醞釀已久的想法濃縮成精華，有效地把重點說出讓對方知道)

coach, was I a productivity coach? Do I tell people about Nike and fitness? What about

一位生活導師？還是一位效力訓練導師？我要跟人家說關於Nike和健身的事嗎？

my love for marketing and spirituality? I mean, am I the hip hop life coach?

那我對行銷與精神上事物的熱愛怎麼辦？我想說的是，難不成我是一位唱嘻哈的生命指導老師嗎？

Ok, so I actually didn't do that then but I’m really happy I did it now because it

好啦，雖然我當時沒有那麼做，但我很高興現在真的做到了，因為這一切真的很有趣呢

was fun. So here’s the thing, what I didn't realize way back then was the thing that’s

所以重點就是，回想過去時，我所未曾意識到的，其實是遠比那死板的電梯簡報

so much more important than some canned elevator speech was the depth and the quality of my

重要好幾倍的事情，那就是我事業做的深度與品質

work. I wish I could tell my younger self, hey, just keep growing, keep focusing on serving

我希望我能告訴年輕時的自己，「嘿，繼續好好發展，繼續專注在服務更多人群上

more people, improving your skills, and everything will be just fine. Now, I know of course some

繼續磨練你的才能，一切都會船到橋頭自然直的。」我當然知道有些人能夠輕易

people can easily describe who they are and what they do in a quick sentence and that

用簡單一句話，就說出他們是什麼人，他們是做什麼的，甚至幫助到他們未來

can be really, really useful for getting ahead, but for me that’s never been the case and,

也從何邁進，但對我來說，卻從不是那麼一回事

to be honest, it’s still not the case now. But it has never held me back. So if I could

老實說，就算現在也還是一樣，但這卻從不讓我感到畏縮，所以要是

tell myself, my younger self, one thing it would be this: forget about the speech and

我可以告訴年輕時的自己一件事，那就是：「忘了電梯簡報

enjoy the beach.

好好享受當下吧」

Now, even with all that said I really wouldn't change any of it because, number one, that

好啦，雖然我那麼說，但我不希望過去真的能被改寫，因為第一

experience really helps me relate to multi passionate people who struggle to fit themselves

那些經驗幫助我理解到，其實有更多像我這樣充滿熱情的人

into a conventional box, much like me. And, of course, number two, I get to love on Josh

糾結於該不該循規蹈矩，落入傳統的框架，第二，我更愛我老公喬許了

even more because he was so patient with me when I ruined so many of our romantic beach

因為他即使在我毀掉這麼多次在沙灘上的浪漫甜蜜時光，還能那麼有耐心地陪伴著我

walks. So let’s wrap this up with a tweetable.

所以我們就以下面這則推特轉發訊息做總結吧

If you could avoid all your mistakes, you’d miss everything you learn from them.

「如果你真的避掉所有錯誤，那你就永遠也無法從中學取教訓」

That was my A to your Q Kristen, thank you so much for asking it. And now I would love

以上就是我針對妳的問題，所進行的回覆，克莉絲汀，很謝謝妳提出這樣的問題，現在我想

to hear from you. What’s one thing that you know now that you wish you’d known sooner?

聽聽看你們的意見，有沒有哪件事情是你恨不得早點知道的呢？

As always, the most awesome discussions happen after the episode over at MarieForleo.com,

如往常一樣，每一集結束後，在MarieForieo.com網站裡，都會出現熱烈的討論

so come on over there and leave a comment now. Don't be shy.

所以現在就請你到網站上，留下你的想法吧，別覺得不好意思喔

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你喜歡這部影片嗎？如果喜歡，請訂閱我們的頻道，若能將它分享給你的朋友們

if you shared this with your friends. And if you want even more awesome resources to

那當然是再好不過了，如果你想要更多超讚的資源

create a business and life that you love plus some personal updates from me that I only

去創造你熱愛的事業及生活，或者想要我只會在email裡提到的個人洞見的話

get to talk about in email, come on over and sign up for our email newsletter.

那就來MarieForleo.com網站，並且註冊以利收到電子報

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

繼續闖蕩你的事業，並繼續朝著你的夢想邁進，因為這世界正需要

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

你那獨一無二的天賦，非常感謝你的收看，我們下回再於Marie TV上見囉