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Listen in on what industry experts had to say at the latest Creatives Meet Business event. Host Ashland Viscosi curates and shares the best content and tips from the live events to help creatives and artists transition into creative entrepreneurs.
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Nov 19, 2018

Hi there folks!

Creatives Meet Business is an event and podcast series based out of Austin, Texas for artists and creatives to learn the ropes of entrepreneurship.

This episode features Kara Perez, Founder of bravely, who joined us in February during our roundtable event on Goal Planning. This episode includes SO much about financial goal planning. From the "why" behind the goal to some tactical how-to info, this episode is chock-full of financial goal setting know-how. Without further ado, let's hop in and hear what Kara has to say!

Notes:

  • 0:00 to 1:41 - Ashland Opening Remarks and Intro of Kara Perez
  • 1:46 to 2:07 - Introduction of Self and Topic
  • 2:08 to 3:25 - Setting a Financial Why
    • Connect with a financial why
    • Personal story about setting a financial why
  • 3:26 to 5:00 - Set a SMART Goal
    • S = Specific
    • M = Measurable
    • A = Achieveable 
    • R = Realistic
    • T =  Timebound
    • Example =  I want to pay off $10,000 in student loan debt by the end of 2018
  • 5:02 to 10:59 - Organize Money
    • Check your accounts
    • Very easy in the digital age to be separate from our money and our cash
    • First thing to get organized = budgeting
    • Budgeting apps available, spreadsheets, downloadables 
    • Categorize by need and want
    • Understand your spending patterns
    • Review expenses and highlight the things that move you toward your goal
    • Separate accounts for separate goals
      • Kara has 6 savings accounts
      • Be mindful about interest rates
  • 11:00 to 17:34 - Having Conversations about Money with Loved Ones
    • Having money conversations with those you share your time with is critical.  Be sure to share your financial why
    • Be specific about the changes you want to make
    • Sharing about your goal helps keep you accountable toward achieving it
    • Use "I Statements"
    • Visual and consistent reminders to keep self on track
      • Vision board / picture on wall
      • Goals on phone screen
      • Setting reminders or alerts on Google Calendar 
        • Can be a sweet reminder to self like #debtpayoff
      • Sign up for daily alerts with your bank
    • Money fluctuates, be compassionate with yourself when looking at your money
  • 17:39 to 21:59 - Ashland Closing Remarks
    • Like this podcast? Great! A rating and review is so helpful!
    • Stay in touch, email us (ashland@cmbatx.com) or connect with us on social (@createmeetbiz on Instagram and Twitter // Creatives Meet Business on Facebook). 
    • Big thanks to Jamal Knox (audio engineer) and Chris James (composer)!

If you like what you hear, share the podcast with your friends, and rate and review. To stay in the loop - follow us on InstagramTwitterFacebook or subscribe to the newsletter.

More Goal Planning to come, so stay tuned!

Thanks!

Ashland, Creatives Meet Business

 

Nov 5, 2018

Hi there folks!

Creatives Meet Business is an event and podcast series based out of Austin, Texas for artists and creatives to learn the ropes of entrepreneurship.

This episode features Maggie Gentry Miller, Founder of MaggieGentry.com, who joined us in February during our roundtable event on Goal Planning. This episode uncovers the values behind goal planning and how you can create more meaningful goals for yourself. Without further ado, let's hop in and hear what she has to say!

Notes:

  • 0:00 to 1:06 - Ashland Opening Remarks and Intro of Maggie Miller
  • 1:11 to 2:42 - Introduction of Self and Topic
  • 2:43 to 9:12 - David DeSteno Research - Power of Gratitude
    • Delaying gratification study in the 1970s with a marshmallow and children
    • Kids who could wait for second marshmallow had "grit" 
    • Further studies of those same children who waited for a second marshmallow hit every success marker (good grades, good colleges, good work), but they weren't living as long.
    • Deprivation of what we want now and the pleasure of the present moment increases our stress hormones. A prolonged period of that shaves off years of life.
    • David DeSteno says the problem is that our goals are self-serving, it doesn't rely on strengthening social bonds and community (historically what we've done) 
    • Three values that allows us to work as a collective to achieve goals:
      1. Gratitude - Look at what you're grateful for on a daily basis. 
        1. Gratitude increases our threshold for patience which then increases our self control
      2. Compassion - Giving ourselves a healthy perspective of what the overall environment is
      3. Pride - Take an honest pride in your work, in your strengths, and in what you do really well
        1. Enjoy the process
  • 9:13 to 10:30 - Danielle LaPorte - Desire Map - Create goals with soul
    • Creating goals that make you feel the way you want to feel
    • Looking at values (gratitude, compassion, pride) and understanding how you want to feel in pursuit of that goal, then you're finally ready to create a vision board
  • 10:31 to 14:11 - Vision boarding
    • Maggie does her board once a year
    • How do I want to feel? - that's the question she uses when creating a board.
    • Start with a central image (start in the very middle) - that's the focal point and everything builds around it
    • After creation, post it in a place that's visible every day 
    • Gratitude journal / journaling - create a gratitude practice
    • To accommodate pride and the process in pursuit of the goal, Maggie has a piece of paper on the wall with blank slots for the number of client spaces she has available. It's about physically creating space.
  • 14:12 to 15:48 - Visualization 
    • Two kinds of visualization - Guided Meditation and Visualization (Power of Habit / Michael Phelps example)
    • Michael Phelps strategy with visualization
  • 15:51 to 20:01 - Ashland Closing Remarks
    • Mindset by Carol Dweck // Carol Dweck TedTalk
    • Like this podcast? Great! A rating and review is so helpful!
    • Stay in touch, email us (ashland@cmbatx.com) or connect with us on social (@createmeetbiz on Instagram and Twitter // Creatives Meet Business on Facebook). 
    • Big thanks to Jamal Knox (audio engineer) and Chris James (composer)!

If you like what you hear, share the podcast with your friends, and rate and review. To stay in the loop - follow us on InstagramTwitterFacebook or subscribe to the newsletter.

More Goal Planning to come, so stay tuned!

Thanks!

Ashland, Creatives Meet Business

 

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