Marie Forleo – woman scientist

My last post was about the 8-week online business training course created by Marie Forleo that I entered to win a $2000 scholarship for.

I had once won a $5000 grant from Travelocity to do research in the Amazon so I figured in all my confidence that I couldn’t not win this one too.

Well.

I didn’t win.

You’re going to think I’m an idiot when I tell you that I just bit the bullet and spent the $2000 to take the online program anyway.

I actually haven’t told anyone that I did that. So keep it our little secret.

I don’t have $2000. And there are damn sure better ways to use that much money. I just went in to debt (a practice I do not recommend) to pay for a trip to Africa doing Big Cat Research and a trip to Baja Mexico to do Whale Monitoring Research (can’t seem to scratch that wanderlust itch enough). But I had done the calculations and figured I could definitely pay it all off by June if I eat lentils and ramen until then, so it wasn’t totally foolish from that standpoint.

So why did I do that?

Why did I just potentially blow $2000?

You may think I am a sucker for good marketing. Marie Forleo is damn good at it, so that’s a possibility. And she gained my trust through it.

The reason I really did it is because there is this small strong voice within me (I call it intuition) and every time an email came in from Marie Forleo about B-School the little voice said, “Do it. Just. DO. It.” And every time that little voice cheered me on another inner cynic voice cried, “NO. You have no money.” “NO! You’re a fool to fall for online gimmicks!”

But I have this vision stirring within. It feels like there are some big ideas to make a positive impact on this world to inspire people (especially you women-folk) to better steward it through research but those ideas feel so blocked. I’ve been in limbo land for a decade now. And that is incredibly frustrating.

It doesn’t feel like I am naively hoping B-school will be the key that unlocks these ideas. It feels like I’m trusting my intuition that this IS the key that unlocks these ideas.

(I’ll throw in a mix of other magic potions for good measure).

In this instance of battle I put my rational voice aside, which has often been overly dominating, and I just did it. And you know what? After I clicked “Enroll” the little voice inside my heart actually went, “SQUEEE!!!! I’m SO excited for the next 8-weeks!”

So I knew it was a good decision. I’m already flooded with a ton of information from her website and the beauty is, I have access to it all FOR LIFE.

In the future when I’m famous running some science business conducting eco-tours around the world and inspiring women to BE scientists and change the world for the better, I can tell you, “I knew what I was doing! I told you so!”

Or at least, I can be happy knowing I didn’t make an impulsive decision, I made a heart decision.

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I was told by a little birdy to look up this woman named Marie Forleo.

She is a business entrepreneur who built a multimillion dollar online business entirely from scratch. She embraced being a multi-passionate woman and hated hearing the advice, “Pick one thing to be good at.” Remember that one post I did that ended with a discussion about being a Jack of all trades, master of none? Well, she is proof and inspiration that you CAN pursue all your passions successfully.

Marie allowed herself to pursue all her passionate avenues. She worked at the New York Stock Exchange, Gourmet and Mademoiselle magazine, bartended, created dance videos, was a choreographer and fitness professional and became one of the first Nike Elite Dance Athletes. She wrote a book, makes silly hip hop music videos and started her own TV show. In addition to all her other endeavors, Marie created an online Business School (B-School).

The above text reads: MARIE FORLEO’S B-SCHOOL Make Money. Change The World. B-School is an 8 week, interactive video-based training program that teaches smart, effective online marketing strategies to business owners who want more sales and more impact from their online presence. It’s designed to turn your business into a force for good that fuels higher profits and your higher purpose. In addition to B-School, Marie Forleo is the creator of the award-winning show MarieTV and has been interviewed by both Tony Robbins and Oprah as a thought leader for the next generation. (Take from Marie’s website). Go check it out!

Naturally, I’m highly skeptical of people on the internet claiming life changing advice in exchange for thousands of dollars but the more I dug in to her content, watched her videos, and read example modules of what would be in her curriculum, the more convinced I became that B-School is something I am ready to be a part of.

Read the Case Study Forbes did on her.

I have a couple of business ideas floating around in my head, but I’m a biologist by training! I have no formal “business” background and I am definitely not a marketing salesperson! I figured I should pay attention to what this woman has to say. I’m hoping B-School will be a tool box I can use for these dreams to take root and grow! Plus, once you take the course, you have access for life. Not a bad deal.

Her 8-week program cost is $2000.

Gulp.

I’m convinced its worth it but working as a non-profit scientist, I don’t exactly have a lot of spare cash lying around. The good news is that Marie offers 40 scholarships a year to take her course for free! All you have to do is create a 90 second video saying Who you are, What your idea is, Why this would impact the world. Post it on YouTube and spread the word via social media! EASY.

Actually, saying all of that in 90 seconds is not as easy as it would seem.

The contest opened February 12th and closed February 16th. The winners will be announced February 20th. If I don’t win the scholarship I can still enroll until March 4th so not all will be lost (except that $2000 ;P)

Check out my video at this YouTube link! Its what I could come up with in only 2 days! http://youtu.be/phjnKmqosfw

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