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b'On this episode of the\\xa0Online Marketing Made Easy Podcast, I share with you\\xa0some insight I\\u2019ve recently discovered about myself. It\\u2019s something that I\\u2019ve always known on some level, but I\\u2019ve just recently really owned it and started to be actively aware of it.\\xa0I decided to share it with you, because maybe you can relate.\\nHere\\u2019s the deal.\\xa0Sometimes my mind is a pretty scary place to live as a result of the stories that I create\\xa0\\xa0about my experiences. When I\\u2019m in my head, these stories are completely true and real, but in reality, they are just perceptions.\\nAs an example, in the early years of my business if I promoted something and it didn\\u2019t go as well as I thought it should,\\xa0the story that would play in my mind was that I\\u2019m just not as good as my peers, that I didn\\u2019t have what it takes to be a success, that I\\u2019m in over my head, and that I should have never left Tony Robbins. These stories crushed my confidence!\\nNow that I\\u2019m more aware of these stories, I try to spend as much time as possible in the present moment, where life is actually happening, rather than focusing on these stories that I\\u2019ve made up.\\xa0This approach has helped me quiet fears, doubts, and worries as they pop up as I\\u2019m building my business.\\nI\\u2019m sharing this with you because these stories are something we all have to deal with from time to time. Because of that,\\xa0I invited my good friend and mentor, Marie Forleo,\\xa0founder of B-School,\\xa0best selling author and the creator of the award-winning web show MarieTV.com, back to the show as my first repeat guest.\\nI specifically asked Marie to come on the show to\\xa0explore these mindset pitfalls, because Marie is not only a marketing pro,\\xa0she also has a great way of pulling you out of your head\\xa0and into the present moment where things tend to look very different than they do in our minds.\\nMarie and I discuss the following three mindset pitfalls that entrepreneur\\u2019s tend to face as they\\u2019re building their business:\\n#1: How Do I Deal with the Competition?\\n#2: How Do I Deal with Criticism in My Business?\\n#3: How Do I Deal with a Lack of Follow Through?\\nIf you\\u2019re struggling with perfectionism, focus more on the actual content, rather than the bells and whistles that are nice to have, but not 100% necessary.\\nIt also helps to get things started, knowing that everything is going to be an iteration. For example, when you initially release a course,\\xa0it may not be just the way you want it to be, but you can keep making improvements.\\nThis is what Marie did when she first launched B-School, her online school for modern entrepreneurs. B-School has now been out for five years, and has grown into a comprehensive soup to nuts program that changes people\\u2019s lives.'