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What Did You Struggle with Five Years Ago?
By its very nature, creativity is a struggle. We are making new connections, trying new things and it is easy to lose our way. By looking at the things we struggled with five years ago, we often gain a clearer picture...
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Create Your Personal Values Compass
In the previous episode, we looked at core values and why it’s important to identify them and then act in alignment with them to avoid disappointing yourself. Now it’s time to put theory into practice and develop your...
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Orient Your Brand Values
Every day, whether you realise it or not, we all make decisions based on what we believe in. Think about the choices, challenges, or opportunities facing us every day—and how we engage with them. The way our values...
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Banish Energy Vampires
An energy vampire is someone who makes a regular energy withdrawal from you and gives nothing back in return. They want to fill your clear head with their problems and if left unchecked, a weekly visit from an energy...
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Harness Your Authentic Voice
As a Creative Entrepreneur, it is often a struggle to craft an authentic identity for your brand or business. It is all too easy to get caught up in what your competitors are doing or you end up following trends. It...
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A Simple Way to Target Your Motivation
Motivation is one of those things that can be hard to quantify and we often don’t feel motivated to do something hard until we are part way through doing it. Success in any endeavour can bring motivation with it. A...
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The Importance of Finding Your Why
With every new business venture or a creative idea, we usually charge forward, powered by sheer enthusiasm. But this initial burst of energy soon wears off. Without a foundation of intrinsic motivation driving them,...
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How to Use Trello to Run Your Life
Trello is a visual collaboration tool that enables you to organise and prioritise projects using what are known as Kanban Boards. I use Trello to organise this podcast, I also use it to manage workflows, to-do...
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Embrace Your Procrastiworking Tendencies
Procrastiworking is a term I first heard designer Jessica Hische use, and it refers to the work you do (or feel like doing) while putting off the work you don’t feel like doing. This term applies to most designers,...
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Write Your Origin Story
Modern business founders tell their origin stories in books and movies. Ancient cultures told stories about the beginning of life on earth, plants, animals, weather and everything else that needed an explanation....
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The Importance of Story
In most entertainment, an origin story is an account or back-story revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist. Understanding the story behind a character adds to the overall...
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Harness the Power of Fresh Starts
Why is the beginning of a new year so popular for making resolutions and fresh starts? What is it about a new year that brings out the resolve to take out gym memberships, start diets, and quit smoking? Why can’t we...
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