Our fearless founder
About Marisa Murgatroyd
Discover the journey and vision behind Live Your Message
I Started My Career as an Artist Who Was Told by My Father That I Had No Marketable Skills…
I figured out how to build a multi-million dollar business anyway and have shown over 19,000 students how to succeed online, many of whom also felt like they had “no marketable skills.”
As the founder of Live Your Message and creator of The Experience Formula, I get people so excited about changing their lives that they stop dreaming and start doing.
I do this by creating what I call “Experience Products”: a new framework for online courses that combines gamification, behavioral design, adult learning psychology and innovative curriculum design, to get people “hooked” on taking action and getting results.
This approach is so effective that we have some of the highest success rates in the industry!
I've Shared My New Approach to Product Creation at Top Industry Events
Including:
I've Also Become the “Go-To” Course Creation Expert
For dozens of industry leaders, including Mary Morrissey, Vishen Lakhiani, JJ Virgin, John Assaraf, Josh Turner, Taki Moore and many others.
Education
A BA from Brown University (Modern Culture & Media and Visual Arts) and an MA from the Royal College of Art in Communication Art & Design.
Awards
Countless awards and grants for creative work from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Faulkner Society, the British Standards Institute and many more.
Home
I live in Austin, Texas with the love of my life, Murray. He keeps me laughing all day with his Australian sense of humor, and we call each other “monkey.”
The Truth Behind Why I Started Live Your Message
Since I'm a firm believer in understanding why people do what they do, not just what they do, I wanted to share my story with you.
It's a story that still feels a little raw and vulnerable for me to share. It's the story of my very unlikely journey to be where I am today, and the powerful clues your past can offer your future success.
All the challenges and experiences that you've had in your life have prepared you for this exact moment, where you're poised, ready and uniquely qualified to do what you're here to do.
The experiences I've had give me more credibility to do this work than any of my advanced degrees, the tens of thousands of entrepreneurs I've served or the millions of dollars my business and my students have made. This is why this work is life and death to me.
10 Things You Probably Don't Know About Me
I believe that who you are, and the life you live, is just as important as what you do.
No. 1
I interviewed Snoop Dogg
In my past career as a documentary film director. He was high as a kite…
No. 2
I graduated from Brown in an Egyptian wedding robe
I was marching in a pot and pan band when Bill Cosby (there for an honorary degree) pulled me out of the crowd and kissed my cheek. "That's the spirit!" That story only became sketchy 20 years later!
No. 3
I biked down the Most Dangerous Road in the World
In Bolivia, often called the Death Road, which drops 3,900 feet from La Paz to Coroico. I've never said the f-word so many times in my life.
No. 4
I once entered a pumpkin decorating contest… and won!
My submission? Osama bin Pumpkin. I made his machine gun belt out of ziti.
No. 5
My grandfather was in the Elephant Guard
That's like the Thai Secret Service… only they rode elephants and fought with swords. Seriously! Bad ass is in my blood.
No. 6
Our family heirlooms include jewelry of the Princess of Thailand
My mom went to school in the Royal Palace to learn "how to be a woman." She ran away 3 times in a rickshaw. I know she's proud of me today.
No. 7
My dad was in the Peace Corps in 1968
He was placed in a leper colony in Thailand as Entertainment Director. He tried to teach them Steal the Bacon, but they couldn't pick up the bacon.
No. 8
I have an island named after me!
One high school summer in Wisconsin Rapids, I paddled out to a small island each day to read. My grandfather built a dock and a sign: Marisa's Island. Population 1.
No. 9
I got fleas in the Ixil Triangle of Guatemala
A shaman offered to rid me of them by spitting grain alcohol in my face. It didn't work. 3 days later I checked myself into the hospital.
No. 10
Murray and I were detained by the Russian government
For trying to enter the country illegally. I had to sign a 30-page confession before they released me.
