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  Hey there, it's Marie Forleo and you are  watching MarieTV. The place to be to create
  a business and life you love. Now, if you've  ever wondered how you can take all your passions
  and your gifts and your skills, and create  a thriving and world-changing career, you
  are gonna love today's guest.
  Franchesca Ramsey is an actress, comedian,  and video blogger with over 29 million views
  on YouTube and over half a million followers  across Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Her
  videos have been featured on MTV, the New  York Times, and the BBC. In 2012, "Shit
  White Girls Say to Black Girls" was viewed  5 million times in five days, garnering coverage
  on MSNBC, ABC, and Anderson Cooper. Most recently  Francesca worked as a writer and contributor
  for the nightly show with Larry Wilmore on  Comedy Central and as the host of the MTV
  web series Decoded.
  Franchesca!
  Yay!
  So damn happy to have you here.  I'm so excited. I've been such a fan of
  yours for such a long time.
  That makes me thrilled.
  Back in the brick wall days.
  See, this is…
  Old school.
  Old school. And we can even go like further  back from the brick wall – my ass was jumping
  around on my couch.
  Oh, I remember those.
  Like, being so silly.
  Yeah.  We still do it now, we just do it  like green screen and other stuff.
  Oh, yay.
  So, you know, you are brilliant in so many  ways and we have so many good things to talk
  about. But I want to take it back to what  inspired you. I know you were blogging in
  middle school and then you got on YouTube.  What was the impulse to start creating, to
  start sharing, to start putting stuff out  online?
  I am very much an only child. And so I think  when you don't have siblings, you need to
  find ways to entertain yourself, and the computer  was really that for me. And I always wanted
  to be an actor, I was always interested in  the arts and media, and so the internet was
  really a great place for me to combine my  interest in technology and also creating content
  and media. And as someone that was just struggling  to get acting work, YouTube was a really great
  place for me for that reason.
  So your initial idea was "actor."
  Yeah, actor and also like beauty. So when  I started – I've had locs for 14 years
  and it's really exciting because now the  natural hair space is so, you know, vibrant.
  There's so many places that you can find  things, stores you can buy products for natural
  hair. But when I started there – it just  did not exist.
  And so I was looking for help with my hair  and I couldn't find it, so I started making
  videos about my hair. But they were funny  because that's like my personality, and
  so I started expanding into more characters  and sketch and really just making things that
  I felt needed to be in the world.
  Was it ever – like when you were thinking  about comedy, like did you have training in
  that or was that just your natural personality?
  I went to school for acting. I went to a performing  arts middle and high school and then I went
  to University of Michigan for acting, and  then I transferred schools and studied graphic
  design. But then I did stand-up for about  four years before I got really serious about
  YouTube. I like to go to bed early and so  stand-up shows always start super late. I
  was like, "Do you guys have anything at  like 3:00 or like mornings?" And they don't.
  So I was like I'm not gonna do this anymore.  I'm gonna just stick to YouTube because
  I can make my own schedule and meet people  and also make a little bit of money, which
  I really enjoyed.
  Yeah. And one of the things that I love about  you, you know, so many people in our community
  – I consider them, they consider themselves,  multipassionate entrepreneurs. They do a bunch
  of things. And I love – first of all, your  website is gorgeous.
  Thank you.
  It's done by our mutual friend Krystle.
  Yes, she's so talented.
  She's so damn good.
  Yeah.
  But I loved – it was like actress/ comedian  … or actor/ comedian, blogger, graphic designer,
  like all the slashes. And I was like yes,  yes, yes.
  It's funny because there – when I was  growing up and when I was in school and I
  was interested in all these different things  I would constantly run into people in my family
  and at school who would say, "You have to  pick one." and I thought, "Well, I don't
  want to pick one. I like all of these things."
  And I very much think that if you have lots  of different interests, you should explore
  them to the best of your ability. Because  you never know how they're gonna interplay
  or which one is gonna really take off. And  for me, like my graphic design stuff helped
  me have a great website and make sure that  I had beautiful business cards and help me
  edit my videos. My interest in beauty and  hair, you know, make sure I look cute when
  I go on auditions. Like, all of those things  really work together for me.
  Yeah. And then it seems like they all – in  my life too, they converge at some point.
  Yes.
  In the beginning it could almost feel like  you're scattered. At least that's how
  I felt. All these different things that I  wanted to do, but if you have that sense of
  courage and the willingness like "I'm  just gonna keep going for it."
  Absolutely. And even if they don't fit together  in a traditional sense, I feel like all the
  more reason for you to try and figure out  a way to make it work. Because that's gonna
  separate you from the pack. You're gonna  be able to differentiate yourself and create
  a brand that's really unique to you because  someone's gonna say, "Huh, I never thought
  of fashion and fitness fitting together,"  but maybe there's a way that you can, you
  know, do that that no one else is doing.
  Yes. So speaking of multipassionate, because  I know what's a struggle for a lot of folks
  that are watching, when they do have multiple  interests, if things do start to take off,
  have you ever had a point whether it's in,  you know, the past 10 years or even more recently,
  where the multiple passions are almost fighting  with each other?
  Where you're starting to get stuff – maybe  it's rolling in the beauty sense or maybe
  it's more people want you to speak on tech  or you're like, "Oh, my goodness. But
  I have these projects that I want to do and  start pitching shows." How have you been
  able to navigate some of that?
  I am someone who lives by my calendar. So  I love making sure that I schedule everything.
  Whether it's "I'm gonna be on MarieTV"  or "I've got an audition" or even when
  it's just like getting coffee with a friend  or doing a phone call catch up with someone
  I went to high school with, I put it all on  my calendar.
  And so I really try to stick to that, but  also keep myself a personal day. So I really
  try to keep Friday as my day that I don't  take auditions, I don't take meetings, and
  I really stick to that. So that's my day  to kind of explore maybe some things that
  I didn't get to do during the week or work  on some more personal projects. And, you know,
  my team knows that if it's on the calendar,  that's a time that is blocked off and they
  can't have that time. So I think that you  kind of have to set those boundaries for yourself.
  Yeah. And, you know, you and I share a few  things. One, we're both Sag sisters.
  I didn't know that!
  Yes, fireside. And also the Friday thing.  I actually – Fridays I try. I don't have
  as strict boundaries as you do, but Fridays,  my team knows on the calendar. They're like,
  "Oh, that's Marie's kind of off day."
  I mean, if something happens and I need it  to be an on Friday, it's fine. But I really
  try to keep that day for myself. And you need  it. I learned that actually from someone that
  I worked with years ago and she used to do  that at like 6:00. She would have an email
  responder that would say "I don't answer  emails after 6:00." I don't do that. I wish
  I did. But for me I turned it into a Friday  thing. So setting those boundaries I think
  is really important so that you can explore  your passion projects if you're not doing
  them elsewhere within your career.
  Yeah. So you mentioned in an interview that  you were part of YouTube's Nextup program
  and that you learned a lot from other content  creators, especially when you were first starting
  to come up. And one of the things, I believe,  that's in your heart now is you want to
  be able to pass along some of those lessons  because you've learned so much. I mean,
  you're out there in such a big way.
  For anyone watching who feels like they have  something to say but they're not quite sure
  how to say it right or how to do it right,  what are some of the lessons you would pass
  on now?
  I think one of the biggest things that I learned  was just doing your research. I think a lot
  of times people say, "Well, I want to do  this thing but I'm not really sure how."
  I always say go look at somebody whose career  you really admire, somebody that's doing
  what you would like to see yourself doing.  Maybe not exactly, but there's some element
  of it that you kind of feel drawn to, and  go look at their very first videos. Go listen
  to some podcast interviews. Go comb through  their website. You know, that's the cool
  thing about social media is you can really  learn a lot about someone and their career
  trajectory and some of the things that they've  done.
  And really I love to write lists in notebooks  and things. So really make yourself a list
  of all the things that they've done that  you can learn from, things that they've
  done right and things that they've done  wrong. And really kind of help use that as
  a roadmap for whatever it is that you're  working on.
  And I also think that's so important because  often times you might have a really great
  idea and then realize, "Oh, crap. Somebody's  already doing that or someone did that and
  it failed." Why did it fail? Or what am  I doing that's possibly going to lead me
  down the path where this will not be successful?  So I think that research step is really important.
  And then I also just thinking working with  other people, you know, you can just learn
  so much from other people and you can also  kind of help lift each other up. Maybe there's
  a skill that they have that you don't have  that you can partner in a project together.
  And also just you never know who they're  gonna meet that you will be perfect for a
  project or you might meet someone, and vice  versa. I'm so lucky I met so many people
  through Nextup who I'm still really good  friends with today and have gotten to work
  with in a variety of different ways.
  That's so cool. You know, one of the things  we were talking about off camera while we
  were just getting ready was this idea of comparison.  You were sharing a MarieTV video.
  Yes.
  Let's talk about that – one of your favorite  ones from early on.
  Yeah, I – it really spoke to me just talking  about the downside of comparing yourself to
  other people and how especially for entrepreneurs  it's hard not to do that. Because there's
  so much time where things aren't working  out and you're taking this risk and you've
  got people around you telling you like, "Is  this a good idea?" You're, you know, putting
  money into something that doesn't necessarily  see an end goal in sight.
  And then you see somebody appear, you know,  that's doing what you want to do and they're
  being really successful, and it's just hard.  And that really spoke to me because, you know,
  in any creative field there's gonna be times  it's just not working yet. And so I really
  kind of built on that and I've started saying  "stop hating, start studying."
  I love it!
  Because I've had so many times where I'm  like, "Mm, she ain't all that." And
  then I was like, "Wait a second, she is  all that. She's doing so well." Then instead
  of like getting upset and, you know, like  going down that Facebook k-hole and looking
  at all their pictures and seeing all the stuff  that they're doing. I started thinking,
  "Let me study this person and see how is  it that she booked that job? How is it that
  she got that client?" And I think that once  I started doing that it's helped me so,
  so much. And I think that more of us need  to put that into practice, especially because
  social media makes it so easy to just hate  and consume everything that's going on in
  someone else's life.
  Yeah. And, you know, we were also talking  too about how so much of what's on social
  media, it's just kind of bullshit.
  Oh, yeah.
  Because it's a lot of fakeness.
  Yeah, exactly. That's a hefe filter. I know  it and I see it. Nobody looks that good all
  the time. And so much of it's not real,  right? Like think about about how many selfies
  you have to take before you get that perfect  selfie.
  Oh, I am the queen of having my eyes closed.
  Exactly.
  Queen.
  Right, so you have to take a ton of pictures.  Or you have to like jump to get that one flawless
  jump picture and you've got all the ones  where you're like on the ground, you know,
  and your like skirt is up. I think that we  look at what's happening on social media
  and we think, "Wow, that person's life  is perfect," but we don't know about – oh.
  A perfect example. I remember I had bedbugs  in my apartment.
  I've had them too!
  You're in New York, right?
  Yes.
  And I still had to make videos, and so I had  like one area of my apartment that was clean
  and the rest of my apartment was like garbage  bags. And I was like, "Hey, guys!" And
  then like the camera would go off and I was  like, "I hate my life!" I was like, "This
  sucks!" I'm like climbing over bags. No  one knew. I wasn't telling them that. You
  know? But my audience is watching thinking  like, "Wow, her apartment's so cute."
  She's so put together. She's so funny.
  And I was like, "No, I'm literally sitting  here being like… this sucks." And you
  don't realize like what's happening outside  of that frame. Right? And so I think the minute
  that you start comparing yourself to somebody  else, it's a lose-lose no matter – no
  matter what. Because you don't actually know  the whole story and what you're seeing has
  been tweaked and edited to present an illusion.
  Yes. Yes, amen. And we were also – I don't  spend that much time on social. Like, people…
  I wish I didn't.
  And I know we do similar things, but, you  know, everyone's got their own path. But
  for me, I just have so much fun putting the  damn phone down. I get so many more things
  done!
  I know. It's true. It's – for me it's  like a double-edged sword because it is work
  and play.
  And you get to connect with people and there's  that beautiful upside, which I do really love.
  And then there is – it's like – it's  really about I think for me bringing a level
  of consciousness and awareness to it.
  Yeah, that was one of my New Year's Resolutions  was to try and live in the moment more. I
  realized I was thinking a little bit too much  about capturing things for social media rather
  than just actually enjoying them.
  Yes.
  Because you're never gonna watch concert  snaps. You're just not.
  Yeah. No, that's my thing. Like, I have  to dial down the Jersey when I go to concerts.
  I'm like, okay. Because I'm the person  who will want to start maybe yelling like,
  "Please put your goddamn phones down! I  just wanna see Beyonce!"
  And I am so the person that's like on Snapchat  that's like, "I'm getting my life."
  I know, it's bad. I apologize in advance.  I'm getting better.
  It's fun stuff though. I love that we're  having this conversation.
  So one of the things that I – I mean, I  admire so many things about you. You're
  so brilliant at what you do.
  Thank you.
  But I love that your work from your perspective,  from what you've shared, it's solution-based.
  Talk to me about your perspective on creating  content around women's issues and social
  justice and things that can be – they're  tricky paths to walk. And really what I feel
  when I watch your work is this sense of wanting  to help us understand each other better.
  Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I saw this quote  that said "you don't know what you don't
  know." You know? And so for me, I talk about  these issues in a way that I hope will be
  easily digestible, because it's hard to  talk about social justice. It makes people
  feel uncomfortable. People feel guilty. And  I found that comedy is a great way to kind
  of break that barrier down and make people  feel a little bit more comfortable.
  I also love talking about pop culture and  using myself as an example. I also find that,
  you know, often times when we talk about things  like privilege, for example, if I can talk
  about my own privilege as like a straight  cis able-bodied woman, than people realize
  like "oh, wait. You're not yelling at  me. This is not – I didn't do anything bad."
  We all have to kind of deal with this to make  a better world for people.
  Yeah.
  So I really think if more people were open  to acknowledging like their own position in
  life and also like the mistakes that they've  made. So many times when we talk about social
  issues very – it makes sense that people  get upset. And I think that people are entitled
  to those feelings, especially when we're  talking about life and death issues. But I
  think if more people were open to say, "Look,  I've screwed up in the past or I didn't
  know about this issue at one time," more  people would be open to doing that themselves.
  So that's really what I try to do in my  work.
  You do it so well.
  Thank you.
  And like I feel like in especially, you know,  the amount of wisdom, accurate information,
  humor, and warmth that you are able to convey  in like the MTV Decoded.
  Thank you.
  It's like these five minutes. It's brilliant.
  Thanks. But, you know, it's similarly to  how, you know, you've been on YouTube for
  a long time. It's a process, right? Like,  you look at your old videos and you think,
  "Oh, my goodness. Why did I do that? Like,  that did not work." And so I've been on
  YouTube for about 11 years, so I have all  those old videos up largely because I want
  people to see that where I'm at now is not  where I started.
  Yes.
  And so I've learned a lot over the years  and just kind of refined my content and the
  way that we approach these issues so that  we really have it down to a science that I'm
  super proud of.
  You should be. And I feel like for all of  us, we continue to grow because the world
  keeps changing.
  Absolutely.
  And it's like navigating it. And speaking  of that, not everyone – and I think this
  is so important for people to hear. We've  been online a long time, we're creating
  a lot of stuff, and naturally not everyone's  gonna like or agree with your perspective.
  There's like a cottage industry around not  liking me. It's – I pay people's bills.
  It's wild.
  Which is very, very difficult for – I can't  even. That's like a whole…
  Yeah, but you know what? It is – the same  way that I talked about stop hating and start
  studying. I feel like people in their process,  you are at a place where you maybe see somebody
  doing something that you wish that you were  doing, or they're doing something that you
  feel like you could do better. And for people  who don't necessarily have the confidence
  to put themselves out there, especially when  it comes to media, that can be really hard.
  To see somebody succeeding at something that  you wish that you could do.
  And so I realize because I've been in that  place myself to not take it as personally
  as I would in the past. Of course, I'm human.  Some days you have a bad day and it hurts
  your feelings. But I realized that it really  is more about them than it is about me.
  Has that helped you – I know you've written  about like it's really about choosing your
  battles.
  Oh, right.
  And I think that is – it's an important  thing. I remember, you know, when I first
  started even doing online programs, I love  education. I love getting people into an experience
  where I can hopefully make a positive difference  to them. And I just remember like the first
  few times someone refunded, and I just – like  it's kind of silly to hear myself say this
  now, but it just felt like such a punch in  the gut. And I took it so seriously. And I
  was just like, "Oh, God. I'm horrible  person." Like what have I done? But I think
  as you hopefully grow and as all of us mature  and you get more experience, you do have to
  pick your battles.
  Oh, absolutely. And the thing is is like everything  isn't for everyone.
  Yeah.
  Like there are some television shows that  are super successful that "I'm like I
  do not get this show. This sucks. I don't  like that movie or that artist or whatever
  it is." And there's an audience for that,  right? So if someone's not interested in
  my content or they ask for a refund, it's  not a negative reflection on you all the time.
  Maybe it's just you weren't right for that  person or that project didn't fit what their
  needs were.
  But in terms of when it comes to responding  to some of those negative comments, for me
  I really try to be strategic in that it's  usually less about them and more about my
  audience. So if I can find a funny and smart  way to respond to something negative that
  maybe can help my audience have a better way  to address that question or comment from their
  family member or their roommate or their co  worker, then for me it's less about that
  troll who said something really ignorant about  my work and more about, you know, all my Twitter
  followers who are also listening. And they're  saying, "Oh, how is she addressing this?
  Oh, wow. I'm gonna use that. I'm gonna  put that in my pocket."
  They're watching from many different perspectives.  Do you have a team of people whether it's
  like friends or confidants or literal, you  know, teams that help you do what you do?
  Because none of us do this alone.
  Yeah.
  Do you ever go out to them and say – because  we do this on our team. You know, if someone
  comes in with a particular comment or they  come in really upset we'll roundtable it,
  you know, and say, "Okay, great. What's  really happening?" You know, is this a troll,
  someone who's just pure hating? Or is this  someone who's hurt? And there's a lot
  of validity and how can we address this in  a way that is full of compassion and also
  honesty sharing our perspective.
  Yeah, I do think it's important to take  a step back because sometimes even though
  someone is saying something that is hurtful  and maybe it is filled with, you know, curse
  words and personal jabs that aren't fair,  sometimes there is a grain of truth in there
  that you do need to hear.
  Yeah.
  And for me that person is my husband. You  know, he's someone that I – he really
  keeps it real with me sometimes when I don't  want him to. I'm like, "I really hate
  this girl." He's like, "Well, she's  not wrong." And I'm like, "Just agree
  with me." He's like, "She didn't say  something wrong!" You know? And I'm like
  "crap. You're right." You know?
  So I know that if there's something that  really hits me and I think I can't shake
  it, I take it to him and he really helps me  think about it objectively. And, again, sometimes
  it's not the answer I want to hear, but  it's the one that I need to hear. And I
  think it's really important to surround  yourself with people like that. So my manager
  is that type of person, my agent is that type  of person.
  I'm very wary of people who tell me I'm  doing great all the time. While it might feel
  good in the moment, I realize that I don't  know that I can trust them to let me know
  when I've gotten it wrong or like when those  pants don't fit. Or like – you know what
  I'm saying? Your thong is showing. Just  tell me. Like, don't tell me I look great.
  Just tell me that it's not right so I can  change. And that's how my husband is and
  that's how all the people that I work with  are like that too. So I consider myself to
  be very fortunate.
  Yeah, well, you helped create that. Because  of your open heart and your desire to grow
  and your desire to continue. It's freaking  awesome.
  Let's talk about something that you've  shared, and I think there's a lot of people
  in our audience who can relate to this. That,  you know, you said every day there were people
  telling you that you're not successful and  that your career is over and that you're
  never doing anything, but you knew in your  heart that they were wrong. Let's just talk
  about that and also the importance for all  of us to define success for ourselves.
  Yes. Oh, my goodness. That is so huge. And  I think for me that's been particularly
  relevant for social media, because so much  of social media success is around numbers.
  And truthfully, I have never had huge numbers.  Like, I had a viral video in 2012. I'm so
  thankful. It really kickstarted my career.  But since that I don't have, you know, 200,000,
  300,000 people watching all of my videos.  But I know my content is good. Right?
  And so the people that I look up to whose  careers I've seen, you know, have accomplished
  all sorts of things that I would like to accomplish  in my career, from Isa Ray to Abby Glaser
  and – or, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson  at Broad City, these are women who had web
  series that didn't have huge numbers, but  they're on HBO and Comedy Central. They're
  winning awards.
  And so success for me is not necessarily what  the number is on my videos. Right? Success
  for me is getting a chance to be interviewed  by Marie Forleo. Getting a chance to go speak
  at a college. You know, getting that call  for a really big audition that I wouldn't
  have gotten that call for if they hadn't  seen the video that I had made that didn't
  get hundreds of thousands of views, but it  was a good video. Right?
  And so for me and for anyone that I feel is  kind of wrestling with where they're going
  in their career, I ask them to think about,  well what is it that you want? You know? And
  once you lay that out for yourself I make  these lists and I say, "Well, I wanna do
  this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do  this, and here's how I'm gonna get there."
  No one else can tell you like what success  is, because you've decided what it is for
  yourself.
  Yes.
  So I've had lots of people who've said,  "Oh, well, you don't do this and this and
  this." And it's like "I don't want to  do any of those things. So like I'm totally
  okay with that." Like, that's not what  my goal is. I've done all these other things
  that I would like to do. You know?
  Yeah.
  And so it's – I get it. It's hard. You  know? And for me, I, you know, I try to be
  the bigger person, but I'm a little petty  sometimes.
  Who's not? We're human!
  And it's nice when those same people are  suddenly like, "I'm so proud of you. You're
  doing all this stuff." And I'm like, "Mm,  I remember the days. I remember when you said
  that I wasn't doing this and this. But I'm  gonna let you cook. Thank you." And I keep
  it moving. So you have to remember, you know,  put that in your back pocket so that when
  they come around and congratulate you – because  you're gonna get there, it's just gonna
  take some time.
  Yes. I love – I had a couple of choice people  telling me my – it was particularly like
  some financial goals. They're like, "Oh,  don't set yourself up for disappointment,
  Marie." They're like, "I don't think  you're gonna be able to do that so fast."
  No, aim as high as you want.
  I really sat there, I was like, "Do you  know who the hell you're talking to? You
  just lit a fire under my ass so big, because  I will want to be the girl that comes back
  and go, 'Can I show you this?'"
  Well, and what's so funny, and I'm sure  you'd have this too, is like now social
  media and especially YouTube has like a level  of prestige. Right? Everybody knows I've
  gotta have a Facebook. Everyone's trying  to do a web series. But 10 years ago it was
  like "you make videos in your bedroom? Are  your clothes on? What are you doing?" I
  was like, "I mean, I'm doing this,"  thing and like every person I would talk to
  was like, "That's really weird." You  know? I was like I'm gonna go home and edit
  my YouTube videos and they were like "why?"  And now everyone's like, "Can you help
  me start a YouTube channel?"
  And so you have to realize that where you're  at right now is not where you're gonna be
  five or ten years from now, and so you have  to look at that goal and stay focused on it.
  Because there's gonna be a lot of people  who right now don't know what that five or
  ten year goal is and they don't get it. And  that's totally okay.
  Five years from now they're all gonna be  like, "Gosh, I wish I had gotten on that
  thing that you had gotten on because you knew  where you were headed and why you were working
  towards that thing."
  You have a really strong sense of intuition,  don't you?
  I don't know that it's intuition, I just  feel – I'm just really driven. And I think
  that I'm really fortunate, because my parents  have really instilled that in me. They were,
  you know, they were always very supportive  of whatever it was that I was doing and they
  would just say, "Listen, whatever it is  that you're doing, just work as hard as
  possible and just be the best that you can  at it." And so that's what I've always
  tried to do. And, you know, sometimes it doesn't  work out.
  Yeah.
  But I'm very much of the mind that things  happen the way that they're supposed to.
  And over the course of my career I can look  back on things that didn't work out and I
  realize, "mmm, I was not ready for that  thing, or that was a terrible thing and I'm
  so glad that it didn't happen." And that's  happened enough that now I just kind of trust
  it as I go along. If I don't book the gig,  if something falls through, then maybe it
  wasn't meant to be and something else is  gonna come up.
  Awesome. So we've gotta end with like the  most exciting, incredible. Can we just talk
  for a minute about your new pilot with Comedy  Central? You are executive producing and co-hosting.
  I can't even.
  I'm excited.
  I'm frickin' excited. It's in development  right now, but can you tell us about the vision
  for the show, your hopes for the show, anything  that you're able to share.
  Yeah. I mean, for me I'm just really excited  to have a chance to kind of explore some issues
  that I don't see other people talking about  on television. I think talking about identity
  and representation is so important to me,  and sometimes it's not as overt as actually
  like talking about a specific issue, but just  highlighting different sorts of voices. And
  I've found in my work that I get people  who say things like, "Wow, I never saw somebody
  with locs on television before." Or, you  know, "I never thought about this issue
  until you brought on somebody from this community  to talk about it." Or just "seeing somebody
  that looks like me on Decoded" or, "you  know, in one of your sketches has been really
  eye opening" and gives people a lot of just  like hope and faith in themselves. And that's
  really what I want to do, but in a comedic  way.
  Yeah.
  So I'm just excited that I'm gonna get  an opportunity to do it on a larger scale.
  To think that I started in my bathroom making  hair videos, you know, to then go to MTV and
  then I was on the nightly show at Comedy Central,  and now to have the chance to have my own
  show and really kind of use all the things  that I've learned to kind of take this next
  step and create things that I never could  have done on my own is really exciting.
  I can't wait to see your show.
  Thank you.
  It's just – it's incredible. And I don't  know, are you able to talk about the book
  or are we gonna leave that aside?
  Yeah! I can share just a little bit.
  Drop us a little hint so we can get excited  for that too.
  Yeah. I'm excited, because, you know, we  talked about how YouTube is in these like
  little cute five minute confines, and then,  you know, I love Twitter, but you can only
  say so much in 140 characters. And there have  been so many times I wanted to really deep
  dive on a topic or just a personal story from  my life and I haven't been able to do that.
  And so I've kind of been stockpiling them  away and I just started working on this book.
  It's a lot of personal stories, but also  a lot of advice just about the digital space,
  being an activist, a lot of the mistakes that  I've made. Because I really think that that's
  something more people should be transparent  about, especially in activist spaces.
  And so I'm excited. I'm really trying  to get people thinking, but also get people
  laughing and being honest about their own  personal journeys and where they want to go.
  And I'm just so fortunate that I'm getting  an opportunity to do that and that anyone
  cares what I think.
  Well, you're extremely talented and you work  your buns off.
  Thank you.
  So it's not – your fortune, yes, yes,  yes. But you deserve it.
  Thank you so much.
  You really, really do.
  I appreciate that.
  Thank you for taking the time to be here.  All of us, myself and the whole audience,
  we're gonna be cheering you on.
  Thank you.
  And hopefully you can come back on and we'll  be able to talk about even more.
  Yeah, I'm – I cannot say thank you enough.  This has been so surreal because I've just
  been such a fan for so long. You helped me  in my career, so it's kind of come full
  circle, which is really cool.
  Beautiful. Thank you.
  Thank you.
  Now Franchesca and I would love to hear from  you. So why don't you tell us, has there been
  an idea you've been harboring in your heart  or something that you want to create or express,
  but perhaps you've been afraid to do it?  If you've got something that you want to
  put out into the world, tell us about it in  the comments below.
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  And so I had like one area of my apartment  that was clean and the rest of my apartment
  was like garbage bags. And I was like, "Hey,  guys!" And then like the camera would go
  off and I was like, "I hate my life!"  I was like, "This sucks!" I'm like climbing
  over bags. No one knew. I wasn't telling  them that. You know?
     
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