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Surviving To Thriving As An Independent Creative
Design and Shine
English - December 12, 2023 03:25 - 10 minutes - 17 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDesign Arts Education artist creativebusiness creativeentrepreneur creativity designbusiness designer patterndesign surfacedesign surfacepatterndesign textiledesign Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When I left full-time employment as a surface pattern designer, I could not understand why I found it so incredibly difficult to design with the same confidence and ease as I did for my clients...
Despite years of design experience and confidence working to a design brief, when I decided to work for myself I immediately fell into a ''surviving creative'' mentality, and everything began to feel so. much. harder!
It took a massive shift in how I thought about myself and my ability to design before I was able to grow a successful surface pattern design business. ⚡️
But once I did the deeper work of changing my ''surviving identity'' beliefs, I was able to quickly grow my business to my first $100k and have not looked back since! 💃
So in this week's episode of the Design & Shine podcast, I share my story of how I overcame my lack of confidence and fears about my design abilities to finally get momentum in my creative business.
It's an important step that I believe every creative person needs to make to shift out of a ''surviving identity'' into a ''thriving identity.''
I hope you enjoy it!