This Gal’s Tweet Made Me Give Her Tens of Thousands of Dollars

Hello, hello, hello  Welcome to another saucy segment of In Bed With… (Narrator: "It's time to get in bed with Marie Forleo.  Oooooh yeeeeaaahh… Oooohh yyyeaahh… Ooooh yeah...)

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Alright so today we're in bed with, actually, we're in someone else's bed. Yeah. I kinda get around. So what we're going to do is we're going to introduce you to this very special person that I'm in bed with and it'll probably make you very excited because rather than a boy, today I'm in bed with a girl; and, a very pretty girl at that. And that very pretty girl is... it's Michelle Vargas.

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Michelle: It's me!

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Marie: Hooray!!

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Michelle: Hi!

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Marie: Hi!

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Michelle: I'm Michelle.

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Marie: So this is Michelle and like so many people have been asking questions, Michelle. Like they're loving the videos that we're doing and in case you don't know, this is the lovely lady behind all of the video magic that we've been producing.

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Michelle: I did it!

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Marie: We did it!

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And Michelle and I, we met, did we meet less than a year ago?

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Michelle: Yep.

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Marie: Okay, so we met less than a year ago.

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Michelle: It was like February or March.

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Marie: Yes, so it's not a very long relationship and it's been a deep relationship. It was like instant connection.

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Michelle: See it was so strong and you know.

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Marie: So sexy and...

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Michelle: And so thrilling, it's really good You know, whatever.

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Marie: Deep, aaahh...

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Michelle: You're jealous, that's fine.

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Marie: Did you pick me up on Twitter?

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Michelle: Yep!

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Marie: Yep, she picked me up on Twitter.

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Michelle: I stalked your ass!

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Marie: She stalked my ass and I liked being stalked by her. And it was amazing, Michelle cut a mini-doc of me and I clicked on it and it was the best video I'd ever seen of myself.

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Michelle: Well, thank you.

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Marie: And so I said, "Who are you? Who are you?

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Michelle: Who are you? And, I was like, "Who are you? And then we were like, "Let's have lunch and find out who we are."

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Marie: So we got together. I realized she was so incredibly talented when it came to video creation. You showed me your singing videos.

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Michelle: Oh yes.

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Marie: Her music videos, her comedy videos, and I was like, "I don't care what we do together. We have to, we have to collaborate."

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Michelle: That's true, you did say that. You actually said to me, "I have no idea what I want to do with you but I want to do something with you."

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Marie: Now that's something.

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Michelle: Now, that sounds good.

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Marie: Well, kind of. She's like, "Alright. She's kind of cute."

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Michelle: Yeah.

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Marie: So what I want to talk to you about today is one of the things I so admire about you is, first of all, I often talk about this Seth Godin term shipping. You know, just getting things out consistently producing content. Regardless, whether it's perfect or not perfect but just being consistent about putting things out and you produce so much content. Isn't there any secret that you can share? Because I know many people watching this have aspirations to do their own videos, perhaps they want to write a book. Perhaps they want to do a podcast, maybe they want to paint. There's something that they have a desire to do that they haven't created yet. What could you tell people at home about either getting started or something that helps you just keep going consistently?

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Michelle: Well, I guess I got started because I couldn't not make singing videos and before I had a camera, I would record myself singing on a microphone that I got from like CVS or something, like the worst thing ever. And, I put videos with a black screen because I had no camera. So I was like, "I don't care I have to put up a video on YouTube."

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Marie: What do you mean with the black screen?

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Michelle: It's a video. When you hit play, it's just sound.

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Marie: Oh, I got it.

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Michelle: Because I just wanted stuff up on YouTube and then once I finally got in a situation where I had access to cameras. I've just gone from sitting at my desk singing to getting up and moving around and filming myself with like a dolly on wheels. And like, my big thing is that nobody helps me with them So I just when I'm alone, I do it all by myself and actually the first one that I did where I was up dancing around and stuff...

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Marie: Yep.

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Michelle: It came because I went to an audition and I really screwed up. It was the worst audition I've ever been to and I got home and I was like, "I just need to make something to make me feel better about myself." So then I started making these music videos and they just feed me so much that I'll spend 14 hours on something that I'm not getting paid to do because I have to.

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Marie: So this is a really key point because while I love what you said and we've talked about this a little bit earlier was just the importance of doing things that you love. Especially in the beginning to get your creativity out into the world and you have no idea if it's going to make you any money. I know for me when I first started taking hip-hop classes, I had no idea that eventually someday I would be paid to do that.

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Michelle: Right.

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Marie: I did it purely out of the love of that thing.

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Michelle: Right.

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Marie: And, even writing to some degree and even actually my coaching business and my writing business. I've such a passion for personal development. I've such a passion for marketing that I would be studying this stuff and talking about it anyway.

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Michelle: Right.

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Marie: And so, I think that that's a really big clue.

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Michelle: Right and like having my stuff up online is the way I've gotten all my video work. I've never advertised. I've never answered ads, like barely ever. Everyone has come to me because they've found my videos and they wanted me to do something for them.

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Marie: Yep.

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Michelle: Similar to what I was doing for myself.

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Marie: Right.

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Michelle: So it's like a personal portfolio of 500 videos across like three years all over the Internet. So people find me from all over the place and then want me to work with them. It's like great!

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Marie: Yeah.

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Michelle: Because you already know who I am. You know what I am about and then I end up attracting people that...

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Marie: Like me!

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Michelle: Yeah, that are fun that I want to work with. So I never have a problem finding clients.

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Marie: Awesome!

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Michelle: Because all my "bleeps" out there!

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Marie: Cool! So this has been really, really cool. Thanks for being in bed together.

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Michelle: Thank you!

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Marie: I know, we're in bed in so many ways, me and Michelle.

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Michelle: Hmm, Hmm

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Marie: We can't even really go into it.

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Michelle: It's naughty.

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Marie: It's very naughty and delicious!

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Michelle: Hmm, Hmm

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Marie: Anyway, so if you want more of Michelle. Michelle, tell everybody where they can find you.

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Michelle: I have various places.

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Marie: Lots of them.

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Michelle: My two YouTube channels are Grace and Michelle. Grace is actually our awesome director of these videos.

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Marie: Yep.

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Michelle: gracenmichelle.com

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Marie: Dot com!

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Michelle: And, I also have another channel where I sing and my name is smush21. So it's YouTube.com/smush21.

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Marie: We can put that right there.

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Michelle: Yeah, we can. And, then I have my blog FartWithHeadphonesOn

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Marie: I love farting with head… I like, we actually like to fart.

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Michelle: Yes!

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Marie: Which is... we can do it right now.

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Michelle: We didn't, no, no, no. That's crazy.

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Marie: Crazy, [indiscernible] [6:33] Tough job. No, we don't want to go there. Anyway, so anything you want to leave all of our fantastic viewers with?

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Michelle: I guess the thing that I get asked about a lot is how do I deal with people criticizing me and stuff like that.

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Marie: Right.

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Michelle: People seem to think that when you're doing really well and that when you look confident on camera, you probably never get hate and you're probably totally okay with yourself at all times.

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Marie: Right.

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Michelle: And, it's just not true.

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Marie: Never!

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Michelle: Everyone out there, everyone who you see that's famous, they're all doubting themselves all the time. Anyone who just appears to do well. Everyone's the same! We all have the same fears so don't not get into something because you think you're going to fail and be afraid because everyone's afraid. If you're not afraid, then you're probably a robot.

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Marie: Or like you're so "bleeping" stuck in your comfort zone, you're not doing "bleep."

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Michelle: You're not doing anything that's putting yourself out there.

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Marie: Yes, or means anything.

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Michelle: The only way you can be awesome is to put yourself out there. The subtitle of my blog is Free Your Awesome and so like I write a lot about how to… just how to be kickass in your life and not worry about what other people think. That's also what FartWithHeadphonesOn is about that you could read more about that on my blog.

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Marie: Yay!!!

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Michelle: Yay!!

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Marie: Michelle, thank you so much for coming.

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Michelle: Thank you!

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Marie: Bye everyone!

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We will catch you next time on In Bed With You.

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Michelle: Bye!