005: Jewelry Designer Christy Sears on Art, Teaching & Risk
Roamhowl: Words and the Art of Sway
English - February 24, 2017 07:15 - 45 minutes - 63 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Marketing career mindset professionals business manifestation marketing multipassionate productivity smallbusiness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
“Escape into something you made with your own hands that is genuinely beautiful and put that out into the world.” – Christy Sears
Episode 005: Christy Sears and August Axel Jewelry Studio
http://roamhowl.com/005
In this episode, Jennifer interviews Owner, Senior Soldering Instructor, designer & fabricator at August Axel Jewelry Studio, Christy Sears.
“There has been a lot of self-doubt, a lot of fear and loathing plus high moments… all mixed in together along the road to redefining ‘What is success? What is my success right now in this very moment?’” – Christy Sears
Highlights from this Episode
From advertising to beading to metal smithing to teaching (3:00)
Left brain/right brain integration – the struggle of thinking creatively in an account management role in the advertising industry (6:50) How Christy named her business after her dead cat and a particular experience in college (11:33) The big move from Texas to LA, working in direct mail for Honda, why she stayed in that job for 13-14 years, and how she eventually got“the cosmic boot” (14:30) The doubt and fear that crept in while trying to “make it work” after being laid off from advertising (19:05) The paradox of working so you can pay someone to raise your kids while they have kids of their own to raise and on finally leaving her corporate job to start her own business and have more time with her children (21:00) Teaching vs making — what’s more satisfying? (27:30) The blessing and the curse, the sacrifice and cost of being multi-passionate and following many interests — redefining success (29:50) Creating a learning path & business model so that you don’t end up with a bunch of “torch-weilding frustrated artists” (31:30) Self-limiting beliefs & how to deal with them (33:22) Biggest teaching moment in Christy’s life (34:45) Learning to ask for help (36:55) Pushing herself every day — not confusing motion with progress (37:26) Appreciation for her husband and family (38:15) Getting stabbed in the back and wishing she had had more mentorship (38:50) Christy’s advice for people who are just starting out on their career path (40:35)How you can connect with Christy Sears and August Axel Jewelry Studio:
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