Marie:                     Hey
it’s Marie Forleo and you are watching MarieTV,
the place to be if you want to create a business
and life you love, and I think you do because
today is a very special day.
Not only is it New Years Eve, but it’s also
the third anniversary of MarieTV.
That is what I'm talking about.
Never too early in the day to get a little
drunk on positivity.
We like to call it ‘positipsy.’
That was just the pre-party but the real event
is coming right now and the guest of honor
is you.
A few months ago, we asked for your help regarding
this episode.
Why?
Because without you, MarieTV really wouldn’t
exist.
If you didn’t open up my emails, if you
didn’t watch our crazy ass videos, this
show would not be here right now, so thank
you so much.
We got a ton of submissions and while I can't
give a shout out to everybody, we chose some
of the best and we’re going to honor them
right now.
Let’s go.
Here we go.
Today’s first shoutie goes to Danielle Ford
from the Young Mom’s Club, it’s youngmomsclub.com
for the Most Unlikely Pairing, and she says:
“There's only two people in the world whose
videos I can't wait to watch and who I travel
thousands of miles to see live and they are
Marie Forleo and Weird Al Yankovic.”
Thank you so much Danielle.
I think.
Our next shoutie goes to Grace Smith for the
Best Use of ‘Holla.’
Grace says:
“Before MarieTV, I had an impressive resume
and a hollow life, but after watching MarieTV,
I have a kick ass resume and a ‘holla’
life.
Seriously, you’ve changed everything Marie.
Thank you.”
No, thank you Grace and holla back, girl.
The next shoutie is for the Most Meaningful
Comment from a Male Waxing Professional, and
the shoutie goes to Omar from doyouwaxit.com
and he says:
“For the last six years, I've experienced
a lot of failure and started to feel like
a fraud.
For a while, I lost hope in the business world
and felt the only way to make it was to be
dishonest.
Then I watched your Not Good Enough video
and realized its possible to have a profitable,
fun and ethical business.
I want to genuinely thank you and your team
for making a difference every day and inspiring
me to be a better business person and a better
person in general.”
Thanks a lot Omar.
We really appreciate that.
We want you to keep on watching and keep on
waxing.
The next shoutie is for the Most Flattering
Amnesia, and it goes to Pernille from thedivinewriter.com.
When asked how she discovered MarieTV, she
says:
“I honestly don’t remember, but then again
I also don’t remember life before MarieTV.”
Neither do we Pernille.
The next award is for the Best Multi-Passionate
Career, and the shoutie goes to Tracy Vasquez
from sugarbeez.com, who says she's a police
dispatcher/cookie artist.
Tracy is amazing, she's a single mom, she
has not two but three jobs.
She's a medical editor, a part time dispatcher
and she has her custom cookie business.
Tracy says she loves MarieTV and without it,
she would not have learned to be humble and
she would not have as many great friends like
the one and only Tangela Ekhoff.
Tracy, thank you so much for watching and
keep kicking multi-passionate ass.
Staying on the theme of sweets, the next up
is the Best Dessert Based Analogy, and the
shoutie goes to Lissette Guzman in San Diego
whose company Madame X creates short run custom
decorated shoes and lingerie.
She writes:
“My biz and life plans before MarieTV was
like a crazy gooey hot fudge sundae mess melting
all over the place.
Good, but disorganized.
But after watching MarieTV, I'm finding my
biz and life can be like a lovely scoop of
chocolate gelato in a chilled crystal bowl,
little better and more refined and defined
and with purpose because I deserve it.”
Lissette, don’t we all?
And Lissette is sweeping the shouties tonight
with a second nod for the Best Cosmic Discovery.
And she writes:
“In my quest to lose weight, I stumbled
across an old crunch DVD and one of the instructions
was Marie.
Her routine was the one I liked the most and
she had such a vivacious fun and engaging
personality that I started looking for other
videos with her in it.
I typed her name on Google and was happy to
find she was not just a fitness instructor,
but there was this whole motivational Marie-verse
out there.”
Girl, that is something NASA has known for
years.
Next up, the always popular category of Best
Great Grandma Redemption Story, and the shoutie
goes to Linda Lochridge Hoenigsberg, or you
can call this ‘you think you got a bad award,’
because she's endured a shocking list of ordeals
which you should really read about below this
video.
They’ve included living on the streets as
a teen, unimaginable horrors and being diagnosed
with an inoperable brain tumor.
But today, she says:
“I've overcome all of this and live a joy
filled life because of a wonderful husband,
three children, 10 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren, a career I love helping others
and a new venture into selling online information
products.
MarieTV was the inspiration for that.”
Linda, a therapist with a full private practice,
also tells us she didn’t begin her education
until age 51.
Linda, you’ve inspired us, you are one great
shrink and one great grandmama.
Next up is the Best Unpronounceable Compliment,
and the shoutie goes to Cynthia Frenette from
greencouchdesigns.com, who told me “I love
your approach, I love your voice and kick-ass-ivity!”
Thanks for watching Cynthia.
And the final category for tonight is for
the Best Comment That Retaught Me What I Taught
Her, and it goes to Ese Walter.
She's a writer and a radio host from Nigeria
whose empowering young women and men in her
country on how to avoid abuse and thrive after
coming out of abusive situations.
Ese says:
“The main thing I've learned from MarieTV
is ‘I'm not for everyone.’
This singular discovery has delivered me from
the pits of despair when I feel my work is
not appreciated by people.
I just say “They ain't for me,” and carry
on with the work I love.”
Ese, that’s some good stuff.
Did I say that?
Thank you all so much for coming and now back
to me in the studio.
Me?
There are so many more shouties and super
inspiring stories that we wanted to mention,
so we’re doing it right below this video.
If you want to add your own story or maybe
just a New Years wish, leave a comment below.
As always, the best discussions happen after
the episode over at MarieForleo.com so go
there and leave a comment now.
Thank you so much for helping us get to our
third anniversary.
Thank you for watching, for commenting and
being part of our family.
We love you, we wish you a beautiful new year
filled with tons of prosperity and loads of
positipsy.
Stay on your game and keep going for your
dreams because the world needs that special
gift that only you have.
Happy New Year!
