Creative Success = Financial Balance with Flexible Budget Plans As a creative individual, dealing with irregular income can be daunting. In this episode of From "Creative Passion To Profit", titled "How Creatives Can Budget for Regular Income," I, Mahmood, tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by those in the arts and creative world—budgeting. Have you ever felt the high of being fully booked and having commissions flying off the shelves, only to be met with silence and income droughts the following month? You're not alone. But here's the good news: with a little planning, you can smooth out those financial ups and downs. In this episode, I'll share three simple steps to help you build a budgeting system that fits your lifestyle and supports your creative ambitions. You'll learn how to determine your essential baseline expenses, create a financial buffer for quiet months, and implement a flexible yet simple budgeting method that allows you to thrive creatively and financially. You'll also have some homework tasks... Timestamped Summary: [00:00:00] Introduction to challenges of budgeting with erratic income. [00:00:58] Step 1: Determine your baseline expenses. [00:02:12] Step 2: Build a financial buffer for quieter months. [00:03:46] Step 3: Apply a simple, discipline-based budget system. [00:04:58] Homework: Calculate baseline expenses and track income. Mentioned in this episode: Training Training Training Find out more about Budgetwhizz Find out more about Budgetwhizz Budgetwhizz…
Join the Grow Farm Solutions team as we share stories of challenges we have overcome and lessons learned in our ongoing journey to become a leader in the agriculture industry. Welcome to the Grow Farm's Toolbox!
Join the Grow Farm Solutions team as we share stories of challenges we have overcome and lessons learned in our ongoing journey to become a leader in the agriculture industry. Welcome to the Grow Farm's Toolbox!
Keeping yourself busy at work and being available as a helping hand is how you build yourself into an irreplaceable asset in the workforce. However, this can lead to some stressful issues when you feel underappreciated. How do we overcome these? How do we keep ourselves from being seen as an underperformer? There are some of the questions that Steven tackles in this episode in Grow Farms Toolbox.…
We live in a world full of information. With all this information can you tell what's the truth and what's a lie? Do you have sources that you believe always tell you the truth? Have you considered that they might be wrong? Steven talks about the truth and the value of questioning everything. How the way we were raised, what we are taught, and what we believe is the truth might not be the truth at all. How can we study, learn, and question things to find the truth in the middle of all the options available. This is what we talk about in this episode of Grow Farms Toolbox!…
Have you ever found yourself thinking about tomorrow and not knowing what you will do? Not knowing where you are going? Has that thought ever driven you crazy and made you feel like your life is spiraling out of control? Well if you have you are not alone. Steven talks about how this feeling can cause a chain reaction that keeps you stuck for years. However, he also goes through the processes that he uses and believes helps get you out and keep you confident in your ability to face the unknown.…
Have you ever been upset with your company or employer because you felt that you were not being paid what you're actually worth? You're not the only one who has felt this way. Come listen to Steven talk about the cost of employees for employers. How the value we bring to the company does not match our productivity because we want to keep our jobs. How a company who takes care of its employees is worth taking on more work in the short run.…
With the end of the year fast approaching Steven talks about how time flies. How we lose track of our passions and plans in the day to day grind. He gives some advice on how to plan for the future and to not lose track of your goals by setting the bench too high to reach.
The power of remaining a student in your craft is a scary one to consider. Come listen to Steven and how he came to understand the value of alway wanting to improve and get better. How regardless of age and experience your ideas can be valuable in the right hands.
In a world where everyone is shouting about how right they are, how do you hear anything? Well you can't can you? So come give a listen to Steven as he talks about the value of shutting up and taking the time to listen and watch those around you.
Sometimes it's hard to focus on what is really making us money and we get lost in the process and the details that don't matter. Steven recalls a lesson he learned his first season and how that has shaped his mindset and his communication with the team. This lesson has helped him stay focused on what really matters in the business and his personal life.…
Correcting behaviors, whether it's at home or at work is never fun. However, choosing to allow bad behavior or not reaching the standards can cause you far more stress in the long run. Sometimes you have to choose to be the bad guy and follow through with punishments when someone fails to perform as they should or as they were told too. Setting the standard and then reinforcing that standard is how we build a great business, homes, and people.…
Have you ever noticed that when you rehire someone that they don't seem to stay as long the second time around? Or that their efforts seem less when they do return? Steven talks about the idea of employee halflife. Giving examples of how employees who return to a former job often don't fit like they used to and why that is.…
How often do you find yourself saying yes to something that you wanted to say no to? Do you feel like you can't say no? Do you wish you had more time to do the things you want? Come listen to Steven talk about the power of no. Become comfortable saying no so you can free yourself from the stresses of being overwhelmed and allow you to give greater focus to what you actually want to do!…
What are your priorities? Do you consider yourself a priority? If you don't then you're not giving your priorities your best self. In this episode, Steven talks about the importance of putting yourself first on your priority list. How putting yourself first will allow you to show up as a better version of yourself for your faith, family, community and everything else.…
An employee who didn't show up for work at a secondary location put Steven in a tight spot. The lessons learned about communication, honesty, and the hiring of friends are ones that Steven would take with him into his future leadership positions. It is our hope that by sharing this story that you might be better prepared for situations you might find yourself in and that you might be able to avoid making the same mistakes yourself.…
Steven talks from the perspective of employees and their view on PTO (Personal Time Off). How it feels like a battleground between employees and employers to use earned PTO. How you need to stand firm and not allow yourself to be bullied into not using PTO. How if you followed the company's standards for putting in for PTO you should always be approved. Your life exists outside of work and you deserve to spend your earned PTO when you wish and as you wish.…
Steven talks about the importance of having a plan for yourself and your business. How not having a plan can be harmful to your success. How having a plan can help you grow as a person and a business leader. Learning to adjust and adapt when things change and even learning from your mistakes.
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