Kates book actually helped me make my decision to leave my aggressive corporate career and stay home with my kids. It truly is a blessing. Ladies, let’s free ourselves from this hyper aggressive spirit of work. I’m rooting for all of us. ❤️
Love this episode! I think I’ve been on the “do less” train my whole life, but believed that I was “lazy” and felt incredibly guilty! I’ve always gotten shit done, but also always feel like it wasn’t enough. I feel so validated and freed by this idea that less is more and I can stop judging myself. Thank you both! 💛
I loved the 3 ideas for changing our relationships 1. change the side of my dance (what are you going to do about it?) 2. wrap yourself in your magic bubble ( this is my term, because I've been doing it for a while) 3. limit the time you spend with them (boundaries) I really needed this, and I'll start applying them today :) Also, asking for help every day. I put it on the list that I read in the morning, to remind myself that it's a gift for someone else to help me. Thank you so much, Kate and Marie!! xo
I was busy typing notes and got so embarrassed when Kate said we use our task list as a brain dump....I was taking notes in Todoist with a couple Overdue items glaring at me! Oh boy! So many actionable items from this conversation ❤ Know your vital few. What is my 20%? Looking busy, but not moving forward. What makes the biggest difference...what creates the best results? Vital few: Things that you and only you can do and you are the best at. Ask yourself: Does this need to be done? Does this need to be done now? Does this need to be done by me? What part am I playing in allowing this particular dynamic to continue? We are better when we are interconnected.
This is LIFE. I call this Empowered Feminine Living. Sooo gooood!!! Very moving when Kate read that piece at the end. Bschool helped me start my biz 4 years ago and Kate's book Money a Love Story helped me heal so much around money. Thank you Goddesses. So much love ♡♡♡
Thank you for this episode! I loved the reading at the end. I adored the "busynesss as a way of being numb" too, so true and the insight of doing an activity instead of just hanging out with certain people. :))
DO LESS: That is precisely it! EXCELLENT, Kate & Marie. LOVE IT! Still watching & listening, yet I had to start by congratulating you girls on this! "Our busy-ness is the way that we numb..." Wow! 80-20 Rule for this is right on: what makes the biggest difference & what produces the greatest results in every way! The VITAL FEW is genius! Agreed! And even better when your VITAL FEW give you so much JOY! Let's let go of the industrial schedules, making the way for the new DO LESS: "The less busy I am, the more POWERFUL MY WORK became." ~ Kate Northrup
The greatest insight was asking for help early. Im still guilty of wanting to do everything on my own and you just cant. its more powerful the more people you have working with you and towards a similar vision. Asking for help and especially asking early is something I need to work on. People love feeling involved, and you improve the quality of the relationship or contact. To make this actionable Im working to see what strenghts I need and what to delegate to others accordingly. This was a great episode Marie! Thank you!!
i liked the interview. At 2:33 minutes Kate says that the 8-hour work day was designed for machinery. I am glad that you have captions, because she swallowed the word "machinery." Since I wanted to know the word, I checked the captions. ps. I also think daylight had something to do with it.
Thanks Marie! and Kate! The biggest insight I got is to do what you are best at. So when I'm home after work and scrolling through social media instead of spending fun quality time with my family, I will think about that. I will ask myself "Am I good at scrolling through social media or am I good at being a fun, loving wife and mother?" I think this is really going to be a positive tool for me.
Great topic..and content..love this and has helped greatly by watching this morning..will be getting your book..xx😁💗🌿 I always do the bubble of light for protection..😘💗 The best insight I got from your conversation..was the answer to dealing with Energy Drains and the drama they bring..Thank you xx
Thank you both that was so insightful and so relevant to me at the moment. Your previous posts had got me to the stage where I’ve felt empowered enough to follow my passion to help small businesses with their software so they can be more efficient. Not only am I consulting with small businesses now but I’ve even just started my own UA-cam channel to share tips on how to get more efficient with the software you’ve got or need. Thank you for what you do Marie. The message that hit home to me was the simplify and amplify, always a challenge for me. Definitely going to buy Kate’s book.
When you let go of negativity and all the mental obstacles that get in your way, then you really start to see results. You have to trust that the universe and your ancestors are always conspiring in your favor. Just live your life and trust! Hard to do, but it works.
My big take away was remembering to ask "What do you think you're going to do to fix it?" to change the dynamic of relationships so I don't have to be in coach mode with friends & family! Thank you for that healthy reminder!! -Marisa
This was such a lovely episode, Marie! I recently started watching your videos and this one has been my favorite so far. I always have the feeling that the more I work the more accomplished I am but that’s not reality. The real accomplishment lies in doing things that matter and bring us joy! Thank you, Marie!
This: "that sounds like a lot, what are you going to do about it?" Brilliant. Plus, the energetic bubble absolutely works. Loved this entire conversation. Thank you
Absolutely loved it!! Thank you so much!! I’m taking away the “ask others for help” because I tend to love to help others but on the other hand when I need help I think to myself “don’t bother people!!! Sheeesshhh can’t you do it by yourself?! What’s wrong with you?!” Hahaha, so after this I have understood that it’s ok and even cool!! So thank you again!! Loved it!!! 💜💜💜
I wanted to thank both Marie and Kate for this terrific conversation. I'm the Founding Director of Hidden River Arts, an interdisciplinary arts organization -- and as an aside, have been told by countless "business coaches" that I'm not a "business woman" since I work in the arts, both as an artist and in supporting and acting as midwife for other artists' projects. I think it IS harder for those of us in the arts to be taken seriously, and it is harder for US to want to handle the "business" side of our projects. I often find myself spinning my wheels, feeling paralyzed by seemingly immovable "to do" lists, getting discouraged by feelings of inadequacy, no matter what I manage to accomplish. For the last two years, I've been focusing entirely on my arts organization, having left academia so that I could work full-time with my own projects. But that has meant a 7-day, nearly 'round the clock work schedule which, admittedly, doesn't accomplish anywhere near as much as you would think it should. I really appreciated this interview, and plan to buy both Kate's and Marie's book, since I think they will both offer support and guidance. The one image that I appreciated SO much was that of the hose -- the mist v. the full force flow of water. Most artists I know are naturally ADD-types, with lots of ideas, lots of projects, lots of plates spinning. I think I live in a mist. But I see that I'm going to have to be able to shift that misting to full force more often. (Even as I type this, it feels as though I'm going entirely against my super creative nature!). Anyway -- thank you both. You've certainly offered some preliminary guidance for this Queen of the Mist.....and I expect that your books will offer far more.
Michelle, been there..You should get a strategy coach that sets up a strategy that is in alignment with your authentic self! These times and possibilities can be overwhelming ! Love, Julia (info@jai-jewellery.com)
My biggest takeaways were the energy bubble, asking dramatic people what they intend to do to fix their issues and asking for help. That's something I rarely do and I'll start doing it before it becomes urgent and see how it goes. Thank you so much for the valuable advice ladies 💕😘
I am so incredibly grateful for this video. I needed this on so many levels today. Thank you, ladies, for your eloquent and super helpful words of advice and encouragement. ❤
hi marie ive been so inspired by your work. I think is hard to follow what we really want instead of getting in the sistem into something that doesnt fullfill us fully. But we get to a ponit in our lives that we have to follow was is true to our soul. Your work has been a huge help to gain more clarity in that. thank you beautiful for doing what you do
love that Americans realise that this American hustle culture is not healthy! The most precious time we have on earth is with our loved ones, not when we work..
Great interview. Going deep instead of wide by getting distracted is the key to success and excellence. I was shocked by the Harvard Business Review study about the ability to be in a high state of concentration. I have found my own concentration deteriorating over a period of time. I could get lost in work and be in flow and forget about time. I am now distracted mainly by my phone and other constant temptations of distractions such as social media. I will surely buy the book. Thanks for this lovely interview.
Thank you so much for this! 💛💚🧡🌼💜 The big takeaway for me is that there are certain things that only I can do and that's really actually very special. And I will be serving the higher good by stepping fully into the roles where I excel and relinquishing the roles where I'm not really getting anywhere because it's just not my strength. Somebody else in my life could really shine by me allowing them to take the reigns :). Thank you, women 💛💚🌼🧡💜💎🦄
Today I did enough. So far this week, I’ve done enough. All the things I’ve done over these 46 effing years have been enough! Tomorrow, I’m going to do JUST enough. Because I have enough and enough’s enough!! Thank you so so very very much 🔥❤️💯🦋
I go wide instead of go deep!!! That's me! I never thought of it like that. I get distracted and then my office looks like storage and come tax season I work a bagillion hours a day and I suck because I'm so tired 😴😭😫!!!
#1 Absolutely loved the "...its enough" quote. Beautiful and heartfelt.My take-away.... 1) Does this need to be done? 2) Does this need to be done now? Does this need to be done by me? I am implementing this strategy TODAY!
Boy, did this one hit home! I've been a single Mom & solopreneur for 21 years! I started my biz so I could put parenting 1st & did a pretty damn good job of being there with and for my son, who's now 23 and thriving! (Yay me! Yay us! We made it!!!) That being said, I feel like sometimes my fierce dedication to parenting cost me at a cellular level because I was trying to DO IT ALL. On a positive note, being a single Mom FORCED me to learn how to ask for help more frequently than I otherwise, AND I've learned (the hard way, of course!) that I don't have to do everything, by myself, all the time. I can ask other people help or hire it out or just take it off my mile-long *&%#@$! "to do" list altogether! Somehow, I think if I never get around to cleaning out the shed, the world will keep spinning! Life's too short to fill it up with bullsh*t!
My word for 2019 is "Enough". So that quote Kate read at the end, was LIFE to me. I plan to let even those days where I sit thinking about my vision, be enough.
Do less of what doesn’t matter and know that you’re enough. As a husband, father, and hard charger this video was insightful and truly appreciated. Thank you.
Also, Marie, I so appreciate your honesty and openness. When you talked about you sometimes still finding it hard to ask for help, I would only recommend a seemingly unrelated but insanely good book: overcoming sugar addiction by Karly Randolf Pitman. (since the years it goes with different titles each time) but technically what she is talking about is that there are some of us who have such high expectations of ourselves we FEEL that if we ask for help, we are: weak, undeserving, uncapable etc and we THINK that we should figure out and solve EVERYTHING on our OWN. Now, Im sure you already now that, but what could be new here for you is if you take a look at in which ways are you ATTACHED to the belief that you have to do everything all by your self. When I wanted to tackle my sweets-issue (I always ate incredible amounts of chocholates, sweets, cakes, you name it), imagine how surprised I was when I wanted to get rid of THAT, and this person was telling me in that book is that 'perhaps' I had many past experiences where I felt unsupported and my life was tough and I learned that I could only count on myself and THATS why I keep up with SUGAR. In the book she also says: usually those people overeat 'normal' food who want stability and grounding, but THOSE people eat a lot of sweets who are genuinely optimistic and want life to be SWEET! Now Im an optimist and a proactive person and this HIT HOME. I feel incredibly uncapable when I'd need to ask for help because I - from one hand - feel awkward doing that, 2: I dont want to 'owe' that person, even though I know the person and she/he would not think this way and 3: I feel like I HAVE TO solve it on my own because I ALWAYS had to be tough and thats the thing that got stuck with me. I now know that I reached the mental/emotional/financial level when I could 'ease' up, but for some reason this old thing has dragged on. I hope I could also inspire you a littlebit and could have maybe suggested something that would benefit your life too. In the book she says many things that helped enormously and if this is a pressing issue for you, I would recommend it to you too! Lots of hugs
Loved it! Asking for help is something I only learned after having two kids in just over a year. Now asking for help is on the schedule! And I have a new rule to accept help every time it’s offered. I have learned to be gracious and grateful, and it makes me so much happier to actually notice that people around me WANT to be there for me. I’m still working on it. Yesterday, someone offered me help and I said « no, that’s o... yes. » 😂 And what they offered actually did help a lot! It was so nice to be noticed and cared for in even such a small way. That’s my number one takeaway from being a mom and from this video. ♥️ Thank you both for sharing with us.
Truly grateful for this. I do easily get distracted and what was being said made a lot of sense! I am not a mom (yet) but even working to be an entrepreneur and being available for everything and everyone it even wanting to be apart of. I know it was I’ll take time, but looking forward to really analyzing what needs or can be done when. The last portion where Kate read about ENOUGH. Powerful!! Thank you both!
LOOOOOOOOVE!!!! Im a career coach and i have so much fun with it and i put an emphasis in fun when job searching and developing.. I love your videos, the sillier the better!!! 💥💜😁🤗🍆🌮😘🦄🦄🐴
But also, people start having problems in saying “no”. (Regarding asking for help and vise versa.) Do love the concept of doing less. We do run away from who we really are by being busy, but the transition or desire seems like a challenge.
I love this I am no longer a Mom of small children but I bought into always being busy when they were younger that I burnt out. I now have a chance to start again I am fiercely protecting the balance of my life. I can't wait to read this book!!!
Thank you I needed that! Definitely going to get the book and that last reading ✨✨✨ so powerful. I feel it should be made into prints that can be framed by ones bedside 😊. I also loved the three questions to ask yourself about your to do list! Thank you Marie and Kate
Biggest takeaway is Navigating relationships. I have been changing my responses to things causing others to change theirs. Asking for help from others who have their stuff "together" is a compliment. Thanks
This post is a year old yet still timely. Currently making a list of what results I am getting out of what I am doing so that I can reflect on the things that are not yielding anything. I mean it's fall so pruning season. Thank you both!
Ask for Help often, strengthen the muscle. I don’t know how I’m going to put it into action, but I know that now that I’ve put it out into the universe, the opportunity will present itself. Can’t wait! 🥴
Ok, so one of my big takeaways is to shorten my work time to 5 hour workdays. Also, to see what has worked as far as marketing for my digital magazine and continue to do more of that. I was raised in a very work hard do more environment, so my action plan is to "forget" the 40 hour work week demand and utilize my time more wisely. Thank you so much for this interview!
10:53 > "they were gorgeous, amazing" ... so in a nutshell, something that was beautyful and brought joy got cancelled because of no results. Interesting way of thinking.
My gosh I love your energy! I totally need this in my life! I cant wait to read your book! (Especially the part about asking for help) Thank you so so so much for work!
This is so timely in my life right now. I am still starting up, so it is chaotic. With this it episode it made me realise that it is enough what I have done for my business this week, for my kids... and that nobody died wished they did everything in this world alone. Thank you for opening my soul!
Kates book actually helped me make my decision to leave my aggressive corporate career and stay home with my kids. It truly is a blessing. Ladies, let’s free ourselves from this hyper aggressive spirit of work. I’m rooting for all of us. ❤️
This moved me 😭 to the core: towards the end, when Kate reads off her book 32:02 wow, what a breakthrough! 💜🙌🏼
I loved this whole conversation! 💓 The ending was epic. WOW! What a gift. 💕
Love this episode! I think I’ve been on the “do less” train my whole life, but believed that I was “lazy” and felt incredibly guilty! I’ve always gotten shit done, but also always feel like it wasn’t enough. I feel so validated and freed by this idea that less is more and I can stop judging myself. Thank you both! 💛
I loved the 3 ideas for changing our relationships
1. change the side of my dance (what are you going to do about it?)
2. wrap yourself in your magic bubble ( this is my term, because I've been doing it for a while)
3. limit the time you spend with them (boundaries)
I really needed this, and I'll start applying them today :)
Also, asking for help every day. I put it on the list that I read in the morning, to remind myself that it's a gift for someone else to help me.
Thank you so much, Kate and Marie!!
xo
This was SUCH a valuable episode for me. Such an inspiring conversation... Thank you, Marie & Kate
I was busy typing notes and got so embarrassed when Kate said we use our task list as a brain dump....I was taking notes in Todoist with a couple Overdue items glaring at me! Oh boy!
So many actionable items from this conversation ❤
Know your vital few. What is my 20%? Looking busy, but not moving forward. What makes the biggest difference...what creates the best results? Vital few: Things that you and only you can do and you are the best at. Ask yourself: Does this need to be done? Does this need to be done now? Does this need to be done by me? What part am I playing in allowing this particular dynamic to continue? We are better when we are interconnected.
This is LIFE. I call this Empowered Feminine Living. Sooo gooood!!! Very moving when Kate read that piece at the end. Bschool helped me start my biz 4 years ago and Kate's book Money a Love Story helped me heal so much around money. Thank you Goddesses. So much love ♡♡♡
Thank you for sharing, I'll get that book as well
Thank you for this episode! I loved the reading at the end. I adored the "busynesss as a way of being numb" too, so true and the insight of doing an activity instead of just hanging out with certain people. :))
So needed this! Love her!
DO LESS: That is precisely it! EXCELLENT, Kate & Marie. LOVE IT! Still watching & listening, yet I had to start by congratulating you girls on this! "Our busy-ness is the way that we numb..." Wow! 80-20 Rule for this is right on: what makes the biggest difference & what produces the greatest results in every way! The VITAL FEW is genius! Agreed! And even better when your VITAL FEW give you so much JOY! Let's let go of the industrial schedules, making the way for the new DO LESS: "The less busy I am, the more POWERFUL MY WORK became." ~ Kate Northrup
The greatest insight was asking for help early. Im still guilty of wanting to do everything on my own and you just cant. its more powerful the more people you have working with you and towards a similar vision. Asking for help and especially asking early is something I need to work on. People love feeling involved, and you improve the quality of the relationship or contact. To make this actionable Im working to see what strenghts I need and what to delegate to others accordingly. This was a great episode Marie! Thank you!!
“The world doesn’t need you busy, the world needs you here!’ Wow!
My first thought was "Do less and God bless" lol
I watch this over and over. Every time...I laugh and feel renewed.
i liked the interview. At 2:33 minutes Kate says that the 8-hour work day was designed for machinery. I am glad that you have captions, because she swallowed the word "machinery." Since I wanted to know the word, I checked the captions.
ps. I also think daylight had something to do with it.
Thanks Marie! and Kate! The biggest insight I got is to do what you are best at. So when I'm home after work and scrolling through social media instead of spending fun quality time with my family, I will think about that. I will ask myself "Am I good at scrolling through social media or am I good at being a fun, loving wife and mother?" I think this is really going to be a positive tool for me.
Great topic..and content..love this and has helped greatly by watching this morning..will be getting your book..xx😁💗🌿 I always do the bubble of light for protection..😘💗 The best insight I got from your conversation..was the answer to dealing with Energy Drains and the drama they bring..Thank you xx
So valuable!! As a mom of 3 little ones, running her own biz, this entire talk really resonated with me!
I resonate with this on so many levels, I really needed this, thank you both!!
Thank you both that was so insightful and so relevant to me at the moment. Your previous posts had got me to the stage where I’ve felt empowered enough to follow my passion to help small businesses with their software so they can be more efficient. Not only am I consulting with small businesses now but I’ve even just started my own UA-cam channel to share tips on how to get more efficient with the software you’ve got or need. Thank you for what you do Marie. The message that hit home to me was the simplify and amplify, always a challenge for me. Definitely going to buy Kate’s book.
When you let go of negativity and all the mental obstacles that get in your way, then you really start to see results. You have to trust that the universe and your ancestors are always conspiring in your favor. Just live your life and trust! Hard to do, but it works.
The flow of this conversation is perfect. Love watching these videos on Sunday's when I'm planning my week.
That's a GREAT time to take in some MarieTV. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your life. - Team Forleo
My big take away was remembering to ask "What do you think you're going to do to fix it?" to change the dynamic of relationships so I don't have to be in coach mode with friends & family! Thank you for that healthy reminder!! -Marisa
YES YES!!!! 40 hour work week is NOT the standard!
Loved this episode. The three questions for the to do list were a strong take away for me.
Such a powerful conversation!! Thank you! I'm all about managing energy. I love the stories you shared!
This was such a lovely episode, Marie! I recently started watching your videos and this one has been my favorite so far. I always have the feeling that the more I work the more accomplished I am but that’s not reality. The real accomplishment lies in doing things that matter and bring us joy! Thank you, Marie!
We love that this message resonated with you, Josefine. xo- Team Forleo
This: "that sounds like a lot, what are you going to do about it?" Brilliant. Plus, the energetic bubble absolutely works. Loved this entire conversation. Thank you
I feel like I'm always questing after something but maybe what I've already been doing is enough.
Absolutely loved it!! Thank you so much!! I’m taking away the “ask others for help” because I tend to love to help others but on the other hand when I need help I think to myself “don’t bother people!!! Sheeesshhh can’t you do it by yourself?! What’s wrong with you?!” Hahaha, so after this I have understood that it’s ok and even cool!! So thank you again!! Loved it!!! 💜💜💜
I wanted to thank both Marie and Kate for this terrific conversation. I'm the Founding Director of Hidden River Arts, an interdisciplinary arts organization -- and as an aside, have been told by countless "business coaches" that I'm not a "business woman" since I work in the arts, both as an artist and in supporting and acting as midwife for other artists' projects. I think it IS harder for those of us in the arts to be taken seriously, and it is harder for US to want to handle the "business" side of our projects. I often find myself spinning my wheels, feeling paralyzed by seemingly immovable "to do" lists, getting discouraged by feelings of inadequacy, no matter what I manage to accomplish. For the last two years, I've been focusing entirely on my arts organization, having left academia so that I could work full-time with my own projects. But that has meant a 7-day, nearly 'round the clock work schedule which, admittedly, doesn't accomplish anywhere near as much as you would think it should. I really appreciated this interview, and plan to buy both Kate's and Marie's book, since I think they will both offer support and guidance. The one image that I appreciated SO much was that of the hose -- the mist v. the full force flow of water. Most artists I know are naturally ADD-types, with lots of ideas, lots of projects, lots of plates spinning. I think I live in a mist. But I see that I'm going to have to be able to shift that misting to full force more often. (Even as I type this, it feels as though I'm going entirely against my super creative nature!). Anyway -- thank you both. You've certainly offered some preliminary guidance for this Queen of the Mist.....and I expect that your books will offer far more.
We're SO GLAD that you found this conversation helpful, Debra. Thank YOU for doing the amazing work that you do in the world. - Team Forleo
OMG your thoughts on posting to Social media! I spend HOURS doing my media and get ZERO sales out of it! But can't figure out WHERE to get the sales!
Michelle, been there..You should get a strategy coach that sets up a strategy that is in alignment with your authentic self! These times and possibilities can be overwhelming ! Love, Julia (info@jai-jewellery.com)
I have watched a lot of Marie interviews of great books I would like to read but this is a book I need to read
Such a great video ❤️
My biggest takeaways were the energy bubble, asking dramatic people what they intend to do to fix their issues and asking for help. That's something I rarely do and I'll start doing it before it becomes urgent and see how it goes. Thank you so much for the valuable advice ladies 💕😘
Bought Kate's book, so excited to devour it!
I really like Marie's hair on this :)
I enjoyed your conversation thank you! BTW, I love marie's hair style. How do you put your curlers??
Kumie Nakamura I’m curious about that as well 😹
I am so incredibly grateful for this video. I needed this on so many levels today. Thank you, ladies, for your eloquent and super helpful words of advice and encouragement. ❤
Marvelous interview!!!!!! But when Kate said "I'm thinking about the hose all the time." made me laugh out loud 😆😫🤷🏾♀️
Wow, loved every minute of it. Particulary the part of asking help. So difficult to do but so rewarding and important. Thanks ladies!
Soooo this video stepped all the way on my toes within the first 8:15 seconds of the video...THANK YOU!!
Thank you! ❤️! It's time to start thinking what things are my the Vital Few, and stop wasting my energy just to show that I'm busy.
You did it again Kate- you are an amazing person.
connect people and stop being in social isolation
I needed this today. Thank you Kate and Marie.
Amazing talk! Thank youuu 💫
I love that last where Kate read a part of her book. I needed to hear that. I am enough! 😍
This might be my favorite Marie TV episode - so so good and wise. Saving this to rewatch!
She is soooo Emilia Clark' s style.. The way of laugh, talk, move and Pronounce words either.. Wow.
This conversation was incredibly valuable and timely for me. Thank you so much for sharing this.
❤! I have to get this book 📕! Great insight! Thank you 😊
Always! Happy you're here, Andrew.
Got the book today.
It's not about lying on the beach and eating bon bons no no I don't think our audience is about that either ....Me: 👀🏝🏜🌊⛱🏊🏾♂️🍫🍹
We love this, Tina. We see you! Cheers on the beach, lady. - Team Forleo
@@marieforleo ❤❤❤
Can't wait to get your new book!
hi marie ive been so inspired by your work. I think is hard to follow what we really want instead of getting in the sistem into something that doesnt fullfill us fully. But we get to a ponit in our lives that we have to follow was is true to our soul. Your work has been a huge help to gain more clarity in that. thank you beautiful for doing what you do
This episode is so good. Thankyou both for this conversation 💛
love that Americans realise that this American hustle culture is not healthy! The most precious time we have on earth is with our loved ones, not when we work..
Good Job Ladies! I am on the Do Less Train!
Thank you so much for this 💛 🙏
Great interview. Going deep instead of wide by getting distracted is the key to success and excellence. I was shocked by the Harvard Business Review study about the ability to be in a high state of concentration. I have found my own concentration deteriorating over a period of time. I could get lost in work and be in flow and forget about time. I am now distracted mainly by my phone and other constant temptations of distractions such as social media. I will surely buy the book. Thanks for this lovely interview.
Thank you ladies for sharing. I sure will get the book.
Sounds like Rori Raye.
I'm buying her book, this is so me, thank you Marie :)
Kate, I love this! I also spent my twenties meeting people, and I really loved it. and your words reconfirmed my understanding that it's valuable )
Great podcast, you are so special. Your guest are great 👍
Yeah Do Less!!! Don't be busy being busy!!! Enjoy Life Have Fun!!! Enjoy the present moment!!! Gr8 Book!!! I also have Hard time asking for help
Thank you so much for this! 💛💚🧡🌼💜 The big takeaway for me is that there are certain things that only I can do and that's really actually very special. And I will be serving the higher good by stepping fully into the roles where I excel and relinquishing the roles where I'm not really getting anywhere because it's just not my strength. Somebody else in my life could really shine by me allowing them to take the reigns :). Thank you, women 💛💚🌼🧡💜💎🦄
I'm focusing on making the most out of the time I spend working instead of increasing the amount of time. Better instead of more. Woot!
Today I did enough. So far this week, I’ve done enough. All the things I’ve done over these 46 effing years have been enough! Tomorrow, I’m going to do JUST enough. Because I have enough and enough’s enough!! Thank you so so very very much 🔥❤️💯🦋
I go wide instead of go deep!!! That's me! I never thought of it like that. I get distracted and then my office looks like storage and come tax season I work a bagillion hours a day and I suck because I'm so tired 😴😭😫!!!
#1 Absolutely loved the "...its enough" quote. Beautiful and heartfelt.My take-away.... 1) Does this need to be done? 2) Does this need to be done now? Does this need to be done by me? I am implementing this strategy TODAY!
Boy, did this one hit home! I've been a single Mom & solopreneur for 21 years! I started my biz so I could put parenting 1st & did a pretty damn good job of being there with and for my son, who's now 23 and thriving! (Yay me! Yay us! We made it!!!) That being said, I feel like sometimes my fierce dedication to parenting cost me at a cellular level because I was trying to DO IT ALL. On a positive note, being a single Mom FORCED me to learn how to ask for help more frequently than I otherwise, AND I've learned (the hard way, of course!) that I don't have to do everything, by myself, all the time. I can ask other people help or hire it out or just take it off my mile-long *&%#@$! "to do" list altogether! Somehow, I think if I never get around to cleaning out the shed, the world will keep spinning! Life's too short to fill it up with bullsh*t!
amazing insights. Cannot wait to read :)
Very powerful, thank you 🥰
My word for 2019 is "Enough". So that quote Kate read at the end, was LIFE to me. I plan to let even those days where I sit thinking about my vision, be enough.
Do less of what doesn’t matter and know that you’re enough. As a husband, father, and hard charger this video was insightful and truly appreciated. Thank you.
One gem I took from this is how to ask for help. Ask early, Ask often and Ask kindly. I love this! Super helpful and I will implement. Thank you!
Also, Marie, I so appreciate your honesty and openness. When you talked about you sometimes still finding it hard to ask for help, I would only recommend a seemingly unrelated but insanely good book: overcoming sugar addiction by Karly Randolf Pitman. (since the years it goes with different titles each time) but technically what she is talking about is that there are some of us who have such high expectations of ourselves we FEEL that if we ask for help, we are: weak, undeserving, uncapable etc and we THINK that we should figure out and solve EVERYTHING on our OWN. Now, Im sure you already now that, but what could be new here for you is if you take a look at in which ways are you ATTACHED to the belief that you have to do everything all by your self. When I wanted to tackle my sweets-issue (I always ate incredible amounts of chocholates, sweets, cakes, you name it), imagine how surprised I was when I wanted to get rid of THAT, and this person was telling me in that book is that 'perhaps' I had many past experiences where I felt unsupported and my life was tough and I learned that I could only count on myself and THATS why I keep up with SUGAR. In the book she also says: usually those people overeat 'normal' food who want stability and grounding, but THOSE people eat a lot of sweets who are genuinely optimistic and want life to be SWEET! Now Im an optimist and a proactive person and this HIT HOME. I feel incredibly uncapable when I'd need to ask for help because I - from one hand - feel awkward doing that, 2: I dont want to 'owe' that person, even though I know the person and she/he would not think this way and 3: I feel like I HAVE TO solve it on my own because I ALWAYS had to be tough and thats the thing that got stuck with me.
I now know that I reached the mental/emotional/financial level when I could 'ease' up, but for some reason this old thing has dragged on.
I hope I could also inspire you a littlebit and could have maybe suggested something that would benefit your life too. In the book she says many things that helped enormously and if this is a pressing issue for you, I would recommend it to you too!
Lots of hugs
Thank you for always having such excellent relevant content presented in such a joyful way. 🌹
Loved it! Asking for help is something I only learned after having two kids in just over a year. Now asking for help is on the schedule!
And I have a new rule to accept help every time it’s offered. I have learned to be gracious and grateful, and it makes me so much happier to actually notice that people around me WANT to be there for me.
I’m still working on it. Yesterday, someone offered me help and I said « no, that’s o... yes. » 😂 And what they offered actually did help a lot! It was so nice to be noticed and cared for in even such a small way.
That’s my number one takeaway from being a mom and from this video. ♥️ Thank you both for sharing with us.
Truly grateful for this. I do easily get distracted and what was being said made a lot of sense! I am not a mom (yet) but even working to be an entrepreneur and being available for everything and everyone it even wanting to be apart of. I know it was I’ll take time, but looking forward to really analyzing what needs or can be done when. The last portion where Kate read about ENOUGH. Powerful!! Thank you both!
LOOOOOOOOVE!!!!
Im a career coach and i have so much fun with it and i put an emphasis in fun when job searching and developing..
I love your videos, the sillier the better!!! 💥💜😁🤗🍆🌮😘🦄🦄🐴
But also, people start having problems in saying “no”. (Regarding asking for help and vise versa.)
Do love the concept of doing less. We do run away from who we really are by being busy, but the transition or desire seems like a challenge.
I love this I am no longer a Mom of small children but I bought into always being busy when they were younger that I burnt out. I now have a chance to start again I am fiercely protecting the balance of my life. I can't wait to read this book!!!
Thank you I needed that! Definitely going to get the book and that last reading ✨✨✨ so powerful. I feel it should be made into prints that can be framed by ones bedside 😊. I also loved the three questions to ask yourself about your to do list! Thank you Marie and Kate
Biggest takeaway is Navigating relationships. I have been changing my responses to things causing others to change theirs. Asking for help from others who have their stuff "together" is a compliment. Thanks
This post is a year old yet still timely. Currently making a list of what results I am getting out of what I am doing so that I can reflect on the things that are not yielding anything. I mean it's fall so pruning season. Thank you both!
The list thing !! I do it 😂😂🤦🤦I love Marie and the amazing women she introduces us to ♥️
Ask for Help often, strengthen the muscle. I don’t know how I’m going to put it into action, but I know that now that I’ve put it out into the universe, the opportunity will present itself. Can’t wait! 🥴
Ok, so one of my big takeaways is to shorten my work time to 5 hour workdays. Also, to see what has worked as far as marketing for my digital magazine and continue to do more of that. I was raised in a very work hard do more environment, so my action plan is to "forget" the 40 hour work week demand and utilize my time more wisely. Thank you so much for this interview!
10:53 > "they were gorgeous, amazing" ... so in a nutshell,
something that was beautyful and brought joy got cancelled because of no results.
Interesting way of thinking.
My gosh I love your energy! I totally need this in my life! I cant wait to read your book! (Especially the part about asking for help) Thank you so so so much for work!
So realistic, so straight, so simple , thankyou from the bottom of my heart , thanks mam...
I easily get lost in the details. I love the idea of just picking a important things and feeling good about them. 80:20 rule. Love it.
This is so timely in my life right now. I am still starting up, so it is chaotic.
With this it episode it made me realise that it is enough what I have done for my business this week, for my kids... and that nobody died wished they did everything in this world alone.
Thank you for opening my soul!
This was lovely easy to follow yet profound conversation. Thank you Marie!!!
Did this last 30 minutes?!!! It seemed like a regular 5 minutes YT video!
I plan to get the book even though my children are adults and I have grandchildren! I’m sure these tips are for everyone 😀
How do you communicate to your dinosaur boss you don’t need to work 12 hrs a day to be successful???