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Let me guess, you’re really busy, you’re so busy, that your to do list is so long that it could have wrapped around the Earth five times and still keep on going. I get it. I’m busy too.
But here’s the thing, every single thing that’s on your to do list, it’s something that you put there. And it can be something that you actually want to do. Now, when you have this to do list, it feels like obligation. It feels like drudgery. And I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to live my life and lead my business out of obligation and drudgery.
So what if you change your to do list to a get to do list? And when you look at that list, you’re excited about all the things that you get to do and you’re leading from inspiration rather than obligation? How would that change things for you?
Because when you think about the things that are on your list… “Oh my gosh, I have to watch all these trainings to build my business.” “Oh, my gosh, I have to pick up my kids from school.”
If you think about it, these are high class problems. You have access to the best training in the world, the best information in the world to build your business. Your children have access to the best schools.
It hasn’t been long in human history, where our lives are so good that we could devote ourselves to living our purpose, doing the work that we’re lit up and inspired to do.
So all those things that are on your to do list — They’re really on your get to do list.
When you think about it, you get to do these things every single day, you get to take care of yourself, and your family and your business. And when you make this shift, from doing things out of obligation, to leading with inspiration, it will change your business and your life forever. I promise you that.
I call that intrinsic motivation. And intrinsic motivation is when the work itself becomes its own reward. And no matter whether you succeed or whether you fail, you’re enjoying the process. You’re enjoying the work, you’re enjoying sitting in front of your computer every single day and everything that’s coming out of you everything that’s flowing out of you.
And when you can find that intrinsic motivation, then you will never work a day in your life. Because you’re doing what you love. You’re doing what you choose to do.
So people always ask me, “Marisa, how can you run three different companies? Your productivity just boggles my mind. You’re so prolific. How do you do so much?”
The reason is that I’m not doing anything. I’m excited that I’m getting to do this stuff. So it never feels like drudgery. It never feels like obligation.
Every day, I write and I create for about four to five hours. And then I’m probably on the phone and facilitating and leading webinars and coaching and guiding my team for another four to five hours a day. So quite often, I work 10-12 hours a day, sometimes I might work 15 hours a day. But I’m lit up and excited to do that work. Because I chose to do all of this. And I have to remind myself, this is not a to do list. This is a get to do list.
And I’m so privileged and so grateful that every day, I get to do the work, the business that lights me up from the inside out. That allows me to make a huge contribution and impact in the world, that’s transforming the lives of people around the world.
How lucky am I? And how lucky are you that you get to choose what you do every single day, and to appreciate it, to be led forward by it, to be inspired by it.
Because like I said, when you find your intrinsic why — When you find the reward in the work itself, regardless of how you can benefit from the work and regardless of the money, it won’t feel like work.
So leave a comment below and let me know one thing on your get to do list that you’re super stoked about… that you can’t believe you get to do and let me know how stoked you’ll be when you check that off. Because you’ve not only done it, it’s not only checked off but you enjoyed every moment of doing that work. It lit you up inspired you.
Now that’s the way to build your business. And that’s the way to lead your life. Now go out there and live your message