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Each site became very popular and were receiving over half a million visitors a month in total! I was having all these visitors from around the world visiting my sites, sending endless requests, and leaving grateful feedback. This web experience was one of the best things that happened to me in my teenage years and I remember feeling very happy and excited whenever I was working on my websites.

During this period, I also cultivated an interest in web and graphic design. Design was fun in a way. I found it aspirational that everyone was creating such beautiful artworks and wanted to be great in my craft too. So be it ICQ skins, winamp skins, wallpapers, web layouts, or digital artwork, I would spend many hours working in Photoshop and perfecting my creations daily. It was normal for me to work till the wee hours every day, like am, and then wake up at am and go to school like a zombie.

In total, I created nearly a thousand desktop enhancements during those years! Digital Botany: What a plant would look like if it were grown digitally in my view.

By , I began to drift away from online. Part of it was to focus on my real life priorities; part was because my webmaster friends were beginning to drift away for that very reason. One by one, I stopped renewing my domains; one by one, I shut down my sites.

By , all my sites were gone. When it came to university in , it was time to choose my course of study. With no strong passion in the available courses, I opted for Business Administration. It seemed like it would be a good choice, one that was in alignment with my goal to earn a lot of money. Over the next 3 years, I dedicated myself to making the best out of my university course.

I soaked myself in everything that school had to offer , from the coursework, to classes, to case studies, to project work. To build up my leadership skills, I participated in core-curricular activities and case study competitions. Finally, since I specialized in Marketing, I pitted myself against a thousand candidates for a highly coveted internship in a Fortune company, which was essentially the dream job for marketers then.

After multiple rigorous tests and interviews, I got the internship. I would eventually get a Marketing job offer after a grueling 2. I also graduated from my school as the top student in Marketing. I would later discover my real passion and purpose — to grow and help others achieve their highest potential — which ironically turned out to have nothing to do with video games, web development, web or graphic design, business and marketing, or even making money.

But, guess what? During my passion journey, I was constantly learning, exploring different things. Firstly, there were the video games which I played intensely in my childhood and teens. Every time I played a game, I would immerse myself in its universe. With games, it was as if I had been in different universes. With anime, I would watch them intensely and be very wrapped up in everything about each show, from the characters to the plot.

I saw people creating fancy graphics and I wanted to create high-quality artwork just like them — and then started to learn graphic editing by myself. In total, I created a total of 13 websites during my teen years! It literally means what it says: Try. For example,. What are your interests? Your passions? Your hobbies? Write them down, and then start pursuing them, perhaps one or a few at a time.

Experiment and let yourself learn freely, like a child. Let yourself soak up in everything the universe has to offer. Embrace everything with curiosity. Rather than wonder if X thing is right for you or not, you can get this answer by testing it out and seeing how you feel when doing so. Each time I pursued something to the nth degree, I would eventually realize something about myself or what I was doing. The realizations were never big ahas — most of the times they were unconscious shifts — that contributed to me discovering my purpose later on.

The key question for me was the 10 years time frame. I am currently phasing out of a business and getting into one that I think I would enjoy doing for the rest of my life. I am engaging myself in that to see where it will lead. Organization and Discipline are the key factors for me right now.

Thank you for this.. My one woman show, offline biz has been incredibly gratifying for me, but has also morphed over the years to the point of wtf? I felt so blessed, passionate, talented, and so gifted, and so skilled in so many areas, that I felt cursed! When I decided to go online, I wrestled with which part of my biz should be showcased?

Thank you Marie. Your inspiration keeps me grounded and dreamy at the same time. Thanks Marie for this timely tidbit of advice. Each time I click I gain a better perspective on how I am feeling at at this point in my life. Many thanks again. I became a minister in July, and launching my new ministry, I thought I had to do everything a minister does. I have narrowed it down to a ministry called Soul Custody, performing only Marriage Memorial Services.

I had the right idea, just needed validation for it. I struggle with the same indecision as your questioner and it really helped hearing you tell it like it is. Confusious helped too! And the year thing. Sooo needed to hear this!! I am a multi-passionate person with a zillion interests and have been in that grey zone for years it seems! Thank you for the tips to help move out of it and onto a new path of prosperity! I love this video. What helped me was input from a very dear friend who looked at it from a fresh angle and showed me how I can so easily combine everything I love to do.

Sometimes stepping out of the rink for a minute puts the fight back in the game. This is so me!! I do voice over, teach kids acting, am a beachbody coach and am studying to be a life coach. Oh hell yes, this is a good one. At one point, I had 7. Thanks for the words of clarity, perfect timing as well, Because I am writing a book now but in my head i m like what about x y and z i want to do this and that, not knowing what to do first is frustrating, your advice along with Marie has help BIG.

Thank you for all your wisdom and providing an incredible resource for so many people and me! Great quote! When job searching, I get drawn to a job description, but then when I find it too restricting to only ONE thing I want to do, I end up tossing it out the window and never even applying. I thought your advice about figuring things out through engagement as opposed to in your head is really good. Thanks for another insightful video! I have just recently tapped into this site and love it!

My website is slowly crawling along, but I love what it is and am patient with its progress. Maybe this comes from my vegan reality. As a comedy writer-actor-producer, I truly need to focus in on the one thing.

The 10 year question was amazing. I would not regret producing. I need to hire a producer. Getting a producer on board is something we have been discussing.

How empowering to see SO many multipassionate people light up the screen! I have struggled with this for so long, argued with my loved ones, turned on myself and turned, what I consider now to be, a HUGE positive into a negative!

How frikkin awesome is it that I love absolutely every endeavour I set out on — yes there may be things on the go at once but I put my heart and soul into all of them! There are so many top tips within a short space of time, I especially love decisions through engagement — feel your way, the instant internal response to the year question and focus focus focus to begin with. But it is excellent advice and I will do my best to focus on one thing at a time.

Here there, Marie. Mostly in the network marketing niche. Great content! I have learned that there is only ever one passion — life. The rest are details. Yes they are glorious details but they are still only details.

We make distinctions between things by emphasising their differences and in doing so we forget their deep similarities. Take social media marketing and music. Forget their apparent differences for a moment. They are both forms of expression and if you were to follow the disciplines of music in marketing, you would have most of it sorted.

And what about Leornardo da Vinci — was he not equally an artist and a scientist? Could he really have been one without the other? I have been struggling with this for years. I always thought I had to figure this out in my head. Oh the frustration! Gonna see what feed me back. LOVE you Marie, so glad you are here. Currently, I ran my own small little furniture designcum carpentry workshop. Right now, I wanted to do something else which is a totally unrelated field — health supplements.

I had an amazing all natural health supplement which I truly feel that it could help improve the life and health of modern people. Therefore, I had planned to start by doing it online first.

If I were to name one indecisiveness, it will be the Domain Name. Thanx Marie. Thanx Confusious!!!! Funny that the super rabbit is our family crest!!!! You gotta laugh!!! Feel a huge load lift from my shoulders should -ers!!!!!

Watch this space…a whole lot of clarity is on the way!!! I love that Marie discusses that we must focus on 1 niche first… Once that niche is successful and stabilized, we can start to include our other passions. Although I have too many passions to focus on at one time, I am grateful to be in this position and experience life to the fullest rather than not be interested in pursuing anything. Thanks so much for this one, Marie. You rock…. Thanks for another helpful video!

Even deciding whether to leave a comment after Marie TV caused me a lot of thought! Not anymore! Thanks Marie, Happy Easter x. You are an awesome speaker-teacher-communicator. Have found experience brings understanding and wisdom but I have zero experience in putting together a website. Hope to build it as a blogging platform.

Someone like you could probably put a website together in your sleep now I love the way yours is laid out. So functional and easy to look through. Would it be possible to trade being an affiliate or advertise your site on my blog website for your help setting mine up?

I feel a lot like your dude who asked the Q. I am a passionate writer, but I also love the image consulting part of what I do—equally, really! Your ten year question does the same for me. I can always write, and always will. My passion is helping women, so image consulting will get me there.

Great clarity, thank you! You answered every question plus more. This totally speaks to where I am. Right now going from working in Accounting to being a Fashion Stylist at I am excited and I am putting myself out there and engaging in experiences interning at different fashion weeks, went to Styling school, and leaving for Milan in May to do a Fashion Business Internship for the Summer.

Would I regret not giving this a shot? This may be my only shot! I think that you know when things are right for you, because you feel full with purpose its like a scavenger hunt gaining one small clue to the next not even realizing you are building a treasure!

I am seriously relieved that you said you felt like you were broken and had multiple personalities because of all your interests! I totally identify with that. But the rabbit quote rocked. I often wonder about this question, of following and putting our energy into two or more passions at the same time.

And then I saw this! In his spare time! Oh my goodness! Talk about multi-tasking and multi-talented. What an inspiration! Hi, Marie! Thank you for the great tips and awesome tweetable. So glad to be catching this episode! The ten years question is excellent and helped me to eliminate distractions.

Focus on one thing now and it will make room for other ideas. Thanks for helping me be okay with trying to drill down on what I truly want to do.

The 10 year question gets me motivated to just start taking small steps at a time to get moving. But I do think you are right that you can not think your way through it. I love that you said to FEEL your way. Thanks again! Yo Marie! I feel that you are destined to use your imagination and creativity to educate, inform and inspire everyone. I am bounching with 2 things: 1. Wow, great tips! Love the one about taking action instead of trying to figure things out in your head.

Just wild writing whilst paying attention to my feelings during the process and afterwards. Thank your very much! This is some good stuff. I also tattoo on the Weekends.

However, my passion has always been in IT. Recently I just Launched a humor site hoping that I can blow it up to sell it to a major company when it gets big. As for tattooing, I love art but I have 3 herniated discs which really bothers me when sitting For a long period of time. Any suggestions?

I would appreciate it a mil. I have to say I really admire you!! Im currently aspiring to start my own business and I have a friend who I turned to earlier this week asking him what he thought would be a good service or product to provide. Your strategy today along with my long conversation with him has helped me conclude that the best investment would be to open up a cleaning service- however, I feel Im basing that more on the financial aspect of things and not because thats my main passion.

Is that the wrong way to go? Should I focus more on what Im most passionate about or what would bring in the most money? What a great question from Ricky and what great information. I have been very torn between 2 choices that I am very passionate about and now I understand that I can choose one but still have them both. The 10 year question is so very helpful.

Marie you help me clarify every day. Thanks for that. I feel I can breathe easier now…. I have been multi tasking doing many things under the umbrella of nutrition. I am burning myself out and have been stubborn NOT to choose. Thank you for clarity. Phew getting there….. However, I need a business that is global and offers services online!

Would love love love any words of wisdom! Appreciate the support. Awesome video Marie! Thank you so much for this video!

Thanks Rickey for asking this question! I feel like you were talking to me directly! I often felt schizophrenic and indecisive also because I have multiple passions that I want to enjoy as my business.

This indecisiveness has haunted me for years! Analysis paralysis, man! Thank you again! This has helped me so much! Marie Thanks a bunch for the advice after watching your video I just had to subscribe. I get it now and its thanks to you. No the question arises which of my many dreams do i pursue first? LOL… seriously tho. Thank you for more great advice Marie. Thanks for being such an inspiration and for generously helping so many of us around the world!

I have always been a jackie-of-all-trades.. Holy sheet!! If I am honest, I have to say I have learned in the past 2 years of building a new business, that I can get distracted all too easily. Call them passions or other talents…they need to wait until the first job in hand is complete otherwise I will just have 20, 50 or half built bridges which are no good to anyone, least of all me. I have also learned I am a good starter.

Not so good a finisher. I cannot be alone in this. Your advice is spot on Marie. I have been convinced many times that I have Multiple Personality Disorder. So glad this resonated with you, Rosaline.

And I can assure you that you are SO not alone in having trouble finishing projects! I like this video. Though it can be distressing, engagement definitely promotes clarity and her question about whether you will regret not doing something in 10 years is on point. I do wonder what advice she would have for someone that is in the same boat as the letter writer but that also has a fair bit of anxiety in the mix too.

The one thing that I Always ask myself and friends in a dilemma or not being able to make a decision is this: What is the worst thing that could happen if you decide to…… It puts everything in a new perspective. I find it to be very helpful.

Loved this video because it gives ME a different perspective:. Your contact information is safe, and will not be used in ways other than stated on this page. Read the Privacy Policy for more information on how your personal information is stored and processed.

Artist, brand designer, teacher, and writer. On this blog I write about art, design, creativity, business, productivity and marketing, and share my creative process and tips. Read more about me Very good subject, I tend to get sidetracked easily and spread my attention thinly which seems to lead to inefficiency and things taking longer than they should, always flitting from one thing to another.

Keep up the good work, you are pretty amazing. Nela at Thank you for your kind comment, Vince! Oh, that sounds very familiar. I'm constantly battling my instincts to move on to the next thing before I'm done with what I'm working on, because this has resulted in way too many abandoned projects. Yes, "warming up and getting back into" sounds about right : Focus is a muscle we can all train to become better at.

I've noticed significant improvements in the past year, which I've thought to be impossible before with my scattered brain. Thank you so so so much for explaining with such intricate details. I absolutely loved this. As i was reading further, i couldn't stop myself from smiling because those were the exact things from which I suffer. And all those things and solutions as well seemed connected.

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Publish your comment. Own your unique blend of interests You are who you are. Your unique blend of interests is your opportunity to differentiate. You can: Connect with a specific niche of clients who share your interests. Create innovative products and services that use your multiple interests. Follow the flow If you get a wave of inspiration, ride it. If you wake up one morning crazy inspired to do something other than what was formerly on your to-do list, you have several options: Do it with no regrets If you can do it in less than a day and come back to your plan tomorrow, you can still meet your goal and a small detour won't harm.

Connect it to your bigger goal Perhaps the plan for your big goal required that you write all the time, but now you're itching to paint or create music. Redirect this energy into something else Maybe you're on a tight deadline, and you really, really don't want to neglect your to-do list.

If you try to do too much at once, it all slows down : All your projects are a constant work-in-progress and no one else ever sees them. Your attention and time is scattered. Doing one thing at a time is the fastest thing to get things shipped out the door sooner, and reap the rewards. I wish I realized this sooner. She is the author of Reinventing You. Entrepreneur Store. Entrepreneur Events. Chris Estey. Sally French. Benjamin Rains. Sweta Jaiswal, FRM. Skip to content Profile Avatar.

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