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178: How To Turn Your Passion Into Profit With Marie Forleo

 

Marie Forleo has been a long time inspiration to me and to business owners all over the world. She’s been named a thought leader of the next generation by Oprah (yes, Oprah!) and made it onto Inc.’s list of the top 500 fastest growing companies in America. As the founder of B-School — an epic online business school for driven entrepreneurs — and the creator of the award-winning online show MarieTV she’s touched the lives of thousands.

Head to https://melissaambrosini.com/178 for full episode resources and more inspiring weekly episodes.

Multi-passionate and wildly successful, her authenticity and ‘real talk’ will simply blow your mind. Marie’s coached countless ‘newbies’ to achieve overwhelming success in both their startup ventures and corporate careers. By producing an incredible amount of content and training her calling is helping others follow their hearts and achieve life-long happiness. In her own words — “I believe that no matter what your dreams or obstacles, you have the power to change your life and, by doing so, you’ll change the world”.

There are so many gems of wisdom in this episode. Take a moment to think about all the excuses that hold you back from reaching your full potential. From starting your own business or supercharging your career. How would you feel if you break through all that white noise and follow your destiny... pretty great right? So if you want to transform your life AND change the world while doing it, click play because this episode is for you!

In this episode we chat about:

  • The truth about building a passion-driven multi-million dollar empire from scratch (and how being a total ‘newbie’ can actually be a huge advantage!) (09:27)
  • Why it’s okay to be a ‘multi-passionate’ person with lots of ideas — and how to use it to your advantage (21:30)
  • The common fears that limit you from taking action (PLUS: how to INSTANTLY reframe your mindset and unstuck) (28:42)
  • Why being yourself is the key to real connection (and why the world needs you to share your unique gifts) (37:33)
  • How Marie used to struggle with money and wealth, and how she overcame her biggest money-making mental blocks (47:21)
  • What is B-School (54:00)
  • My epic B-School bonuses you get when you join this year (57:31)
  • Plus so much more!

This episode is brought you by B-School which is an epic online business program created by my biz mentor Marie Forleo. Now B-School is only open once a year and that time is right now. I first did B-School in 2011 and it was the program that catapulted my business. It gave me all the tools I needed to launch my dream career. And for those of you who have never heard of Marie, she is a crazy-successful entrepreneur, author, and host of the award-winning show Marie TV and she has literally created the biz and life of her dreams. Marie knows her stuff about how to create a thriving business and life and even Oprah has called her "a thought leader for the next generation"...!)

Without doubt, Marie is one of the reasons that I am where I am today. It all started with her as my mentor many moons ago. So if you want your dream business, if you have an idea or a few ideas or if you want to take your already existing biz to the next level check out B-School and my epic bonuses you get when you sign up using my link. Head to melissaambrosini.com/bschool to check it out and get your hands on my epic bonuses which are my biz bootcamp, my mastering your mean girl meditation and a live webinar with Nick and I where we will be taking you behind the scenes on all the inner workings of my biz. So head to melissaambrosini.com/bschool to get all the info.

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