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This podcast is for the creative entrepreneur, the one’s who dare, dream and do.
Each week I help you find clarity and take action so you can make a living doing what you love. The journey onward starts here.
When we start the year we think of words like: goals, action, go, strategy, change but the one word we overlook is the one word we so badly need....no. Highly successful people don't run around in madness and busyness....they're laser focused and say "yes" to a few things while saying "no" to everything else.
1. Say no to other opportunities. They may be good, but they're a distraction.
2. Say no the toxic, drama-filled, negative people. They're not heading where you are you don't need them.
3. Say no to yourself. We are all superheroes mixed with kryptonite. Say yes to the Ironman within but give no voice to the Joker within.
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
This is day three of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
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You can't wait! Once you know what you want to do this year: discover, launch, grow, pivot you need to take some type of action. Every idea has a rot rate, the longer you wait the greater the chance of the idea never happening. The sooner you act on your why and what, the greater the chance of it becoming a reality.
So today, do something. Buy a book, do research, sign up for a conference, buy a domain, make the call, book a coaching session. If you're serious about seeing your "why" and "what" become a reality this year, take action now!
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
This is day two of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
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Most of our resolutions and goals fail for one big reason....they are "what's" and "what's" don't inspire us. Our goals of self-discovery, launching a business, growing sales or influence or career pivots are great, but they're just the "what's."
Simon Sinek says "There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you and inspire it." The way to inspire your own behavior is to discover the why behind the what.
Every one of us in this group is either discovering, launching, growing or pivoting. We all have a goal or two, some small and some large within those areas that we want to see become a reality this year. That's awesome and I celebrate it. But if you want to increase the odds of it becoming a reality you need to push deeper to the "why?" Why do you want to discover, launch, grow or pivot? Whatever this answer is, this becomes your rallying cry for the year.
Move beyond a simple goal...put a date on it and define the why.
This is the first day of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Sometimes the idea you have doesn't work like you hoped it would. What do you do when it's not working?
Here's a checklist of questions to work through to determine what your next steps are:
1. What is the ultimate goal? 2. Is the business a good fit for your life? 3. Is it selling? 4. Does your product/idea/art help people? 5. Is it a product or pipeline issue? 6. Is the issue a lack of attention or a lack of trust?
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
2020 starts now! Don't wait until the calendar changes to start moving towards your goals, do it now. The next few days and weeks can be an incredible combo of relaxation and creativity. A great way to get a jump start on 2020 is to create some dissonance. Give yourself a few things to wrestle with so in those quiet moments your mind can start to solve these problems.
Here are a few questions to ask to help create the dissonance:
1. What was your biggest obstacle in 2019?
2. What derailed you from achieving your goals?
3. If you could solve one issue, what would it be?
Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!
Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
These four questions will help you honestly assess your year.
1. Where did I succeed?
2. Where did I flop?
3. What gaps do I see?
4. What surprises did I experience?
Are you ready to 2.0 yourself and your business? Let's Talk!
Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Chances are if you're listening to this podcast you are driven. This isn't the type of podcast that complacent people listen to. Being driven is awesome and necessary if you want to succeed, but it can also have a dark side. If all we see is the gap between what is and what can be, it's easy to be miserable.
Gratitude is the best way to balance this out make it all make sense. Drive is what gets you up in the morning, gratitude gives you a reason to smile when you do. Adding gratitude to your life allows you to keep the drive in place but enjoy the journey.
This episode is a must for everyone wanting to grow and evolve to the next level.
Are you ready to 2.0 yourself and your business? Let's Talk!
Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Knowing an owning your differences is the key to success in life and business. You owe it to yourself, your business and your customers to discover and build around your differences. It will feel strange at first because we've been programmed to be just like every one else but no one ever stands out by being the same.
Are you ready to go big and own the differences? Let's Talk!
Join Valentina for her 25 Days of Christmas series on Youtube.
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
You're an amazing individual, uniquely skilled, amazing at certain things....and so much more than a job or role. Every person has an identity or magic to them. It doesn't live on the surface like a job or hobby but is hidden deep inside. If we want to live a successful and meaningful life we have to discover our identity, it's the key to everything.
How do we do it?
Ready to discover your identity? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
Helicopters, Ferraris, non-stop content creation and endless energy. This is what the entrepreneur life is all about. My reality is a beat up iPhone 7, forgetting to post on IG and bags under my eyes so large they wouldn't even fit in the overhead compartment. I am the world's worst entrepreneur. My IG feed is full of amazing quotes pushing me onward, pics of entrepreneurs in the most exotic locations and countless rags to riches stories. It sounds awesome and some days I feel like I come close to touching this ideal but many days (and late nights) I feel like this life is a million miles from my reality.
To be honest, I'm fairly certain that I'm the world's worst entrepreneur. I don't have a helicopter, I don't always exhibit the "Top Ten Entrepreneurial Habits", and I probably work way too much. To be honest I drink too much coffee, don't sleep enough, buy more books than I read, and sometimes I simply want to chill out with a Moscow Mule and watch a few episodes of the Office.
So I'm either the worst....or I'm simply normal.
The reality is that life rarely looks like we see in media....it's way more human. So if you're struggling to get it all done, you're normal. If you're struggling to make the right choices daily, you're normal. If you're working way too much and are daily tempted to throw in the towel, you're normal.
So if you're like me what can you do?
1. Do what you can do. Make priorities and stick with them. You're not Superman, you can't do everything.
2. Keep at it. You will be tired, you will work too much, you will be underpaid. BUT if you keep at it you can have a life like no other.
3. Find community. You may feel like you're alone, but you're not. Find others that are on the same journey and travel together. Feel free to download the Marco Polo App and let's have a conversation.
Ready to finish 2019 with a bang? Let's Talk!
Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand.
Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.
Don't do it alone! Join the community!
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