“Believe in your dreams. They were given to you for a reason.” Katrina Mayer I used to think that anyone with a little bit of talent could make it as a full time artist. But now, after working directly with over 1,000 artists since 2009, I realize that I was truly naive. Not… Continue reading
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Three Things that Could be Holding you Back From What you Want
When I was working in the corporate world fifteen years ago, I dreamed of leaving my job to work with my artist husband, Drew. But truth be told, I was afraid to leave the steady paycheck, the comfort of knowing what to expect every day and all of the benefits that came with working for… Continue reading →
How Taking an Adventure can grow your Business
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain I have found time and time again that making a… Continue reading →
When One Commits, Providence Moves – How to make Anything Happen
“When one commits, providence moves… “ (once you decide to do something, everything starts falling into place) We just got news that Drew has been commissioned to paint a 60 foot mural in Myrtle Beach South Carolina this summer. That was music to our ears, because we weren’t quite sure how we were going to… Continue reading →
Money is a Commitment
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness….the moment one definitely commits himself, the providence moves, too.” William Hutchinson Murray Money is the physical manifestation of a promise to do something in the near future. You prove your commitment when you put your money down. Once the money is… Continue reading →
Stop Striving For Awesome and Give Yourself a Break
Everyone thinks everybody else is doing so great. But those that appear to be slaying dragons are feeling inadequate, too. Do you ever wonder why you aren’t achieving what your friends are? Why you haven’t been able to finish writing that book, or taken the vacation you dreamed of or grown your business fast enough?… Continue reading →
How to Have a Joyous Stress Free Holiday
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” Burton Hills We allow so many pressures on ourselves during the holiday season. We are expected to be like everyone else: to attend all of the parties and gatherings, to bake cookies, to buy… Continue reading →
How to Live a Life of Travel
“A life of travel is not for special, rich or lucky people. It’s for those who choose to live it.” Do you dream of places you want to travel, but put it off until “some day” when you have more time and money or when your kids have grown? Some day may never come. Most… Continue reading →
Why you should have a Death Wish
“Let us endeavor to live so that when we die even the undertaker will be sorry” Mark Twain Do you ever question if what you’re doing with your daily life is the right thing? Do you feel that you’ve reached a lot of your goals, but you’re still bored? Stuck in a hum-drum existence? I’ve… Continue reading →
When is it time to Quit – Throwing in the Towel
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” ~Earl Nightingale An artist friend sent me this two-part question, which is a GREAT topic… Continue reading →
Stop Tolerating What Holds you Back
“Tolerations weigh us down; they keep us stuck and prevent us from getting on with our life and moving forward.” Peggy Porter I stumbled upon a great article by Peggy Porter about how tolerating big and little things in our lives can drain us of our good energy and keep us from moving forward…. Continue reading →
Make Great Things Happen – Write A Letter From Your Future Self
“To Visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real – a dream. To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies. Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true.” Peter McWilliams Visualizing your future helps to make it come true. It’s a secret that top athletes and entrepreneurs have… Continue reading →