Hot Tip Tuesday by Auspicious Arts Incubator
Bite-sized pieces of advice for artists, every week!
There’s a secret to changing your limiting beliefs. They are there because you wanted them at one point but they no longer serve you. Take the first step now to uncouple them from your auto response programming.
We all have work stress, when it becomes relentless you’re heading for burnout. Look out for 3 red flags and then use these 5 ways to prevent burnout.
You can beat anxiety if you develop a habit that interrupts your physiology. You can develop a habit of mindful breathing that will disrupt your stress response and let you make a different choice and take new action. Video: Podcast:
The inner game is where you succeed. Making a change to your inner habits will make the biggest difference. There are 7 secret inner habits of success. Here’s three.
Why is it hard being an artist? What can you do to acknowledge the struggle and the reward. It’s time to remind yourself that you are doing well and celebrate with a fellow artist.
Neuro science shows us that we achieve our best when there is a challenge. We need to embrace challenges of creative expression as well as challenges of contribution to propel our careers.
Learn to use Value Based Language to market your art. Stop talking about the product and start talking about the benefit people receive. Learn what happens to your fans and customers emotionally and intellectually when they experience you and your art.
You are an artist in business and as such you need to know how your business is doing. Start simply tracking the numbers. Money coming in, money going out. Start to learn what it costs to run your practice as a business. It is OK to operate at a loss for the first couple of years. But you need to be AWARE.
You are the reason people want to find out more about you on line. It is hard enough to have fans and customers learn your name, don’t make it worse by adding a clever mask. E.G. Tree Branch Studio, Tree Branch productions…. Just be you… after all you are who they are connecting with. You are the source of the magic that is your brand. KISS
It is a crazy belief that you need to work at something else to support your passion. It’s way easier and more sustainable to build a business around your passion. Running a business is hard and when the going gets tough it is the passion for the art that will carry you through and help you see the value. When you love what you do for a living you never work a day in your life.
