and a life that you love, not to flip pizzas. And today is Q&A Tuesday and today's question

與生活，不是翻披薩啦。今天禮拜2是問與答時間，而今天的問題

comes from Jessica and Jessica writes:

來自潔西卡，上面寫道：

“Marie, first off, you're amazing.” No, you're amazing. “Here's my Q. When

「首先我要說，瑪莉，妳太棒了！」沒有，妳才是最棒的。「以下是我的問題

I first thought of this idea for my business I was like, "Oh my God, I'm a genius.

一開始我為事業想到這個點子時，內心就想著：「喔我的天啊，我真是個天才

This is literally the best idea ever." I couldn't sleep, I spent every spare minute

這真是有史以來最棒的點子了。」我根本睡不著，每一分每一秒，我都在

researching, jotting down more ideas, talking about it, and just being generally high on

搜索資料，隨手記下更多點子並討論之，讓我對生活為之興奮了

life. It's been a couple of months, I've secured funding, and the website is in development,

起來，這樣的情形持續好幾個月。我有資金的贊助，網頁也在建構中

and boom. Doubt creeps in. I've lost the buzz. Is there a secret to getting the mojo

但突然間「碰」，疑慮出現了，我也失去那種奮鬥的感覺。有沒有什麼祕訣能讓

back about your business after time passes? I guess the excitement has phased into a concoction

對事業的熱忱再回來，縱使時間不斷流逝呢？我猜這種興奮感，已經逐漸轉成不知所措、遲疑

of overwhelm, doubt, and stress. How do I make sure I'm in love with my business even

與壓力的綜合情緒。我又該如何確保自己仍對工作有著熱忱

after the honeymoon phase? Thank you, Jessica.”

就算我已經過了對工作的熱戀期呢？感激不盡，潔西卡。」

Jessica, I love this question. You know, so many of us can go from having a great idea

潔西卡，我喜歡這道問題。妳知道，我們多半時候對於很有興趣的

that we're super pumped about and then we're super over it. That concoction that you talked

事物，都抱持著偉大的理想，並且熱衷參與其中。而妳所提到的

about, the one of doubt, overwhelm, and stress, it is a buzzkill. And I don't know if you

遲疑、不知所措及壓力的綜合情緒，確實是件滿令人掃興的事。我不清楚妳是否

know this, but I used to be a bartender and I used to make some pretty good drinks. So

知道，我可曾經是一位酒保，總能調配出令人愛不釋手的飲料，所以

let me whip you up a concoction that'll get that good buzz going once again. (Passiontini? Come and right up. It's been a while.)

就讓我來為妳調製一杯能夠讓妳再度重拾熱誠的飲料吧！（一杯雞尾酒是吧？馬上來！呃...我很久沒練了）

It's gonna be one part turning pro, one part big vision, and one part stay hungry, baby.

寶貝，這將是一部份正向思考、一部分遠大目標以及保持野心

This is called the everlasting passiontini, shaken not stirred.

這杯叫做地久天長雞尾酒，請你搖它，可別只是攪拌而已（譯註：passiontini為一種由百香果及石榴合調而成的雞尾酒）

Let's start with part one, which is all about turning pro. This is all about overcoming

我們先從第一部分開始吧，也就是正向思考。這完全是關於克服

what my friend Steven Pressfield calls resistance. Resistance is that deadly force that pops

我朋友史帝文．普萊斯菲爾德所說的「阻力」。阻力是一種不論你在試著處理一件（譯註：Steven Pressfield是美國知名的歷史小說、紀實文學與電影劇本作家）

up any time you try and take on a new creative project or you have a big new idea or you

新的創意專案，或有很棒的新點子時，又或是你做出任何的努力來讓自己進步

make any effort whatsoever to improve yourself. Now, the whole secret here is recognizing

都會出現的一股致命力量。而這其中的奧祕就是要體認到

that resistance is a natural part of the creative process, so I want you to expect it. This

阻力其實是創意過程中很自然的一環，所以我要你預料到這一點，這樣

way you won't freak out the next time you start going on this path and then you realize

的話，下一次你開始踏上這條路後，當你意識到「你知道嗎？我其實沒有自己想像中

you're like, “You know what? I'm not as big of a genius as I thought I was.”

的那麼厲害。」出現這樣的反應時，就不會再被嚇壞了

So turning pro means rather than giving up when the self doubt creeps in, you use it

所以，正向思考的意思，不是當自我遲疑悄悄出現時選擇放棄，而是應該將之

as fuel to keep going. And here's the thing, nobody, not me, not you, nobody escapes resistance.

化為繼續前進的動力。重點來了，沒有任何人，包括你我，都無法逃出阻力的魔掌

It's kind of like gravity so you've gotta learn to deal with it and if you don't you're

這就像是地心引力，你得學會如何處理它，否則你很有可能會陷入

pretty much toast. Now, we've already done a few awesome episodes on this topic and I'll

泥淖而無法自拔。目前，我們已經做過幾集與這個主題相關而且很棒的節目，我會把連結

put the links below.

放在下面

Next up is your big vision. So one of the reasons that most people hit a wall or they

下一步就是要有遠大的目標。多數人處於撞牆期或是他們

lose that spark is they don't have a big enough or a compelling enough vision to pull them

失去活力的其中一個原因，正是因為他們沒有足夠遠大，或是足以引起興致的目標，以促使他們

ahead. Here's what I mean. You can be motivated in one of two ways when you're trying to

向前邁進。我的意思就是，當你試著要創造或完成一件事時，有2種方式

create or accomplish anything. You can try and push yourself to make yourself do it,

可以給你動力。其一，你可以試著鞭策自己，好讓自己達成目標

which rarely works, or you can have a vision that is so exciting to you, so connected to

但鮮少有人能成功，另一種方式則是，懷有一個能令你感到十分興奮、和你喜愛的

your heart, so meaningful, that it literally pulls you ahead. And it's not just about

事物息息相關、很有意義的目標，這樣就能驅使你向前邁進。擁有一個遠大的

having a vision to pull you ahead, it really does have to be connected to something emotional,

目標並不只是鞭策你向前而已，它對你來說必須要真的很有意義，能夠激起

something in your heart that is really meaningful to you. Now, here's a tweetable to help you remember.

你的熱情、符合心中所想望。現在，這裡有一則推特轉發的訊息可以幫助你記得：

"You won't have to push yourself to keep going if you have a big enough vision to pull you ahead."

「如果你懷有遠大的目標驅策你向前，就不必辛苦地迫使自己要往前邁進。」

So here's an example. At one point our big vision was to find our own studio for MarieTV.

我舉個例子，有一段時間，我們節目的遠大目標是為MarieTV找到專屬的工作室，

Why? Because it was the biggest stress point in the business. Every time we wanted to shoot

為什麼呢？因為這曾是我們公司最大的壓力源。每次我們想要拍攝節目時

the show we were like this little traveling caravan trying to find a place to do it in.

我們就好像小型的旅行團到處找個地點來完成

So we realized, you know what, if we had our own studio we would eliminate the biggest

所以我們意識到，你知道嗎，如果我們能有一個專屬工作室的話，我們就能消除我們

stress point in our business, so we set our big vision and we went to it. But here's

公司的最大壓力源，因此我們設立遠大的目標並實行之。不過

the thing: it wasn't easy. If you know anything about real estate in New York you know it's

重點來了，這一點也不容易。要是你對紐約的房地產還有點概念的話，你會知道那市場行情

not an easy market, you know, every time we went out to look at some place new it was

都高得嚇人，你知道嗎，每次我們出去查看一些新的地方時，老實說

kinda sucky, it was small, it was really expensive, and, you know, not the kind of place we wanted

還挺遜的，房間很小、又昂貴，而且你知道嗎，那也根本不是我們所想

to actually be in. So many times I could have thought, you know what? Let's just give

待著的地方。所以好幾次我其實可以這樣想：「你知道嗎，不如我們

this whole idea up. Let's fire the broker, let's just keep doing what we're doing.

就放棄吧。」我們把仲介商請退，我們繼續做我們在做的事情吧！

But that thought honestly never crossed our mind because we had such a huge vision for

但那樣的想法老實說，卻從未浮現到我的腦海，正因為我們有著這個遠大的目標

what this could be and we had such a big emotional why that we stayed the course, and eventually

知道這整件事情未來的可能，也因為我們有著這樣的狂熱，才能讓我們堅持到底，最後

we found our own studio.

我們如願以償地找到我們的工作室了

Last part of the passiontini is you've got to stay hungry, Jessica, and hunger comes

雞尾酒的最後一個部分，是你得保持野心，潔西卡，那股急欲追求成功的心

when there's a real gap between where you are right now and where you want to be. So

正來自妳目前處境與心裡嚮往間的那道鴻溝。雖然

I don't know what really motivates you or excites you about your business. Maybe it's

我不清楚在你的事業中，真正激勵你的是什麼，或許是

hitting a certain number of users, maybe it's reaching a certain revenue goal or having

達到特定數量的用戶，或是達到一定的收益目標，又或是自己的影響力

a certain number in terms of your impact, but whatever it is you've gotta really stay

到達一定的程度，但不管怎麼樣，你真正最應該做的就是

connected to it and stay hungry. That means you have to have something that's slightly

維持你的野心。也就是說，你得懷有讓你長久下來，得以

out of your reach to keep going for over the long term.

持續不斷向前邁進的動力

One way to keep your hunger from dying is to not talk your idea to death. So many people

有個方法可以避免你的野心凋萎，就是千萬別一直重複你的點子，有太多人

do this and I wanna shake them. Here's the thing, when you talk about your idea to death

這樣做，讓我很想搖醒他們。重點來了，當你無限重複你的點子時

it makes you feel falsely satiated. You know, we human beings are fueled by progress. It

就會讓你感到自滿。你知道嗎，我們人類就是因為進步而得以往前邁進，它

makes us feel happy and it keeps us on track. But when you talk about something over and

使我們感到快樂，並讓我們持續進步。但當你將一件事情一再地重複

over and over again, you almost trick yourself into thinking that you're making progress

再重複時，你就像是騙自己有在進步

but you're really not. It's kind of like eating a Snickers. Totally empty calories.

但實際上根本就沒有。這就有點像是在吃Snickers，熱量看似很高，實則毫無營養可言。（譯註：Snickers是全球最為流行的巧克力棒，美國Mars, Inc.製造，熱量相當的高）

Now, here's the best thing about passiontinis my dear, there's no alcohol and there is

好了，親愛的，接下來才是這杯雞尾酒最棒的地方，裡面不含酒精

no hangover. And guess what? You can even pour some for your kids.

也不會讓你宿醉。而你知道更神的是什麼嗎？那就是還可以倒ㄧ些給你的小孩喝呢！

Jessica, that was my A to your Q and I really do hope it helps. Now I would love to hear

潔西卡，以上就是我針對你問題的解答，而我真的希望那能夠幫助到你。現在我很想聽聽看

from you. So have you ever lost the buzz over one of your big ideas? What happened? And

你們的意見。你是否曾在想到很棒的主意後，便失去熱誠？事情來龍去脈為何？而你

what do you do specifically to stay connected to your passion over the long term?

又是怎麼做，得以讓你繼續長時間地保持著熱誠呢？

As always, the best discussions happen after the episode over at the magical land of MarieForleo.com,

如往常一樣，每一集結束後，在MarieForieo.com的奇幻國度裡，都會出現熱烈的討論

so come on over and leave a little comment now.

所以現在就請你到網站上，留下你的想法吧

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熱愛的事業及生活，或者想要我只會在email裡提到的

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個人洞見的話，那就來MarieForleo.com網站，並且註冊以利收到電子報

email updates. Stay on your game and keep going for your

的通知。繼續闖蕩你的事業，並繼續朝著你的夢想

dreams because the world needs that special gift that only you have. Thank you so much

邁進，因為這世界正需要你那獨一無二的天賦。非常感謝你的

for watching and I'll catch you next time on MarieTV.

收看，我們下回再於Marie TV上見囉