My 2022 Greatest Hits!
I was featured in the New York Times! This is one of those cases where just looking at the other experts included, I realize how far I have come and how accomplished I am.
You Are Much More Efficient Than You Realize
My studio has taken over almost all our relatively-large basement area - including one small back room with a few shelving units that houses two large bins of my faux furs, the…
Dispatches From Clown Patrol, Part 2
Twice this last week, local businesses refused to honor gift cards they'd been happy to sell our family a while back. In both cases, the businesses didn't apologize or offer credit or any kind of olive branch - they said versions of, "we don't take those anymore". In fact, they sounded aggravated.
Five Takeaways From 2022
Don't do it for clout or fame - and don't sacrifice your ethics to make a dollar. I don't know how to say it any clearer than that. There are loads of people willing to cut corners, underpay employees, steal from other artists, all that stuff. If you're willing to do those things I don't know how you're still following my writings. But if you're NOT willing to do those things, I am here to give you encouragement!
Un-Squash Yourself
The problem with the whole pickle is - like I shared last Tuesday - if you grow up hearing enough of this stuff it can really affect you. I'm forty-five now and I am still painfully peeling off layers of self-doubt and confusion. I've been known to seek validation in the wrong places.
Testimonial: Virginia Shields of Clotho & Frigg
"You have had such a huge influence on the way that I think about my business: the questions that I ask myself about my business, my confidence in being able to run my business. I've learned so, so much from you, I've learned so much about how to communicate my marketing and what marketing looks like for an ethical business. And then it's not the evil bullshit that I learned in Business College - which was just horrible."
Testimonial: Jessica Yoshiko Rasmussen of Va Va Vortex
"You run a little entrepreneurship. And if you're trying to make money, you have all these pressures. And if you're *not* trying to make a lot of money you still feel like you're supposed to gain."
Testimonial: Margaret-Grace Brost of The Good Food Club
"I needed some confidence in how to better communicate with clients. I wanted to feel comfortable about stating my No's and my boundaries and kind - figuring out where those boundaries were. I felt like, "It's business, we have to take it al!" So that was definitely something that I had heard from Sabel and Hudson that I you would be able to help me with that. That was definitely like one of my bigger things I wanted to learn from you."
Being Labeled “Gifted” as a Child Was Ridiculous & Mostly About Capitalist Compliance
"Smart" isn't quite the problem per se, it's our cultural valuation of "smart" at the expense of the "not-smart". Even at six it was obvious I'd done something very pleasing to the grownups in my life, so I went on to prove I was Smart for a chill K-through-12 years. I received straight A's, I participated in math and science contests, I beat the running year-long trivia game in fifth grade (record holder still, I believe), and assembled a few plaques and medals. Upon graduating high school I received a full ride scholarship in Engineering and got the Engineering degree. See - I'm Smart! People tell me so.
How To Handle Clients Who Won’t Pay, Part 2
Entrepreneurs with poor boundaries end up being owed money often. It's stressful for them, of course. Inevitably they post to Facebook or socials, and complain. And then they get comments that are basically scorched earth strategy. Scorched earth strategy like: take down the website you built them! Threaten them with a lawyer! Tell them you're keeping their deposit and selling the artpiece to someone else! Something like that. That's the first place people go. Level up the aggression. That'll do it!
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