to create a business and life you love. Don't you forget it. And this is Q&A Tuesday. And

today’s question comes from Andrea and Miss Andrea writes:

“Hi Marie, I’ve been watching your videos because I was recently inspired to start a

business doing graphic design for life coaches. But lately I’ve been feeling discouraged

and unworthy. Though I have some schooling in graphic design, whenever I see another

person doing the same thing, it takes me down. I know you say we all have something unique

to offer, but how do you get around the fear that what you offer isn’t unique, especially

when you’re a complete newbie at it? Thanks for putting out such great and inspiring material.

Thank you, Andrea.”

Andrea, I have heard this question from photographers and singers and writers and t-shirt makers

and yoga teachers. Everybody across the whole creative spectrum. And I’ve heard it from

people at every stage of the journey. From beginners to total pros. We have all had the

thought, “It’s all been done before, so why should I even bother?” But here is the

thing, Andrea, each and every one of us is born with a unique set of gifts that we are

here to express in this world while we are alive on the planet. God does not make any

extra peeps and when we hold back our gifts, we are truly stealing from those who need

us most.

So here are five tips that will hopefully keep you from being a gift thief. And number

one, there is more than enough to go around.

You’ve got to get that there’s over 7 billion people on the planet. Now, I know

they’re not all life coaches, but, to be honest, these days it kind of feels like they

are. In fact, I think I just read a stat there’s like 4 life coaches born every minute.

My point is, we live in a big, beautiful world and there’s more than enough to go around

as long as you offer something that people actually want. Or in the words of Louise Hay,

and, yes, it’s a tweetable.

“Somewhere someone is looking for exactly what you have to offer.”

Number two, you need to embrace the abbondanza. Think about Italian restaurants. Can you imagine

if any of them said, “You know what? The world’s got enough Italian food. Everybody’s

done eggplant parm.” I have several favorite Italian restaurants and I would be totally

heartbroken if even just one of them didn't exist.

Same thing goes for singers. I mean, can you imagine if Bruno Mars said to himself, “You

know what? There’s enough sexy guys that can sing and dance. Why even try?” Are you

kidding me? Then myself and the whole world would’ve been robbed of this.

No one has or ever will have your perspective. You’re a crucial part of the universe’s

abbondanza. If you were missing from it, just wouldn’t be the same, girl.

Number three is stop doing shots of compare-schlager. You know, in college I had some nasty nights

from this stuff called Goldschlager. You ever heard of it? It is disgusting and you are

drinking compare-schlager, which is even worse. And it leaves you with the nastiest comparison

hangovers.

Look, you are watching MarieTV right now, but if I started doing shots of this stuff,

you wouldn’t be. Why? Because I would’ve never gotten to episode 2. Do you know how

many other online shows there are that give business and life advice? If I went down that

comparison rabbit hole, I would’ve never got out. So my point is, you need to put down

the bottle, girl.

Number four is be the acorn. So big, beautiful oak trees start off from a tiny acorn. And

everything beautiful and magnificent in this world usually starts tiny, tiny, tiny. Just

because you’re not the most experienced or the best pro right now doesn't mean you

won’t be. And all the people that you’re looking at that have more experience than

you did not start off that way. You’ve gotta know this, every single pro starts off as

an amateur, so right now you’ve just gotta focus on being the acorn. And if you really

wanna make this happen, this next step is the most important.

Number five, you’ve got to train yourself to choose love over fear. So here’s the

deal, in any given moment all of us have a choice of our thoughts and our words and our

actions. We can either align ourselves with fear or align ourselves with love. Now, when

we’re aligned with fear we all feel like ass. Right? We feel alone, we feel separate,

and we feel completely unworthy. We waste a lot of time, we don't get things done, and,

most of all, we waste this precious gift we have called life.

Now, on the other hand, when we align ourselves with love, everything changes instantly. We

feel awesome, we feel connected to ourselves and to others, and we recognize, you know

what, we have some genius inside and we’re here to contribute that genius to make the

world an amazing place alongside a whole bunch of other people that are here to do the same.

So, Andrea, those are 5 things that I really want you to remember the next time you start

feeling like it’s all been done before. And I wanna wrap up with one of my favorite

quotes of all time from the incredible Martha Graham.

“There’s a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through

you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is

unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will

be lost. The world will not have it. It’s not your business to determine how good it

is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It’s your business to

keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to

believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges

that motivate you. Keep the channel open.”

That was my A to your Q, Andrea, I really hope it helps. Now I would love to hear from

you. You know, all of us can get caught up in this idea that everything’s been done

before. So if you’ve felt that way, which one of these 5 tips most resonates with you?

Or if you have another way to get yourself out of the, “It’s all been done before,”

funk, I would love to hear about it.

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

over there and leave a comment now.

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