029: Be a Good Boss

Starving Artist No More

Funny story. I’ve had this topic, being a good boss, on my list of upcoming podcast episodes for months. Literally. For week after week after week, I’ve had this episode marked down as the next episode I was going to write and record for this podcast. And I kept pushing it back. I kept saying to myself, “No, I want to talk about this other thing this week. This other topic is more on my mind.” And so this episode, the one you’re listening to right now, kept getting shoved to the back burner. Finally, after months of doing this, I asked myself, why I was doing this? Why was I refusing to work on this episode, even though I knew I wanted to have an episode about being a good boss? The answer: because of all of the topics I’ve discussed in the past 28 epidodes of this podcast, this is probably the area where I personally struggle most. So, more than anything else I’ve ever talked about here before, today’s episode is for me. We’re going to talk about what it means to be a good boss, when you’re your own boss. Today’s episode is going to look at how to have a good boss as a creative entrepreneur, which begins with being a good boss.

In this episode, you will learn:

• What honesty has to do with being a good boss to yourself.
• How you can use knowledge about your strengths and weaknesses to thrive in your creative work.
• What it means to check in with yourself and your artistic business.
• Why allowing time and resources for ongoing growth is an essential part of caring for your creative self.
• How to use your passion to determine what projects are the right fit for you and your business.
• What it means to accept work that matches your capacity as an artist.

In this episode, I share three pieces of exciting news in the Starving Artist No More community:

• Dream Big Workshop - This is a completely free, no-strings-attached 2-hour workshop on goal setting for creative entrepreneurs. July 5, 2023, from 7-9pm ET.
• Taming the Muse Group Workshop - Registration is now open for the summer cohort of my group workshop. The workshop begins on July 19, 2023 and will meet weekly through the end of September.
• Muse Scholarship - The Muse Scholarship will be granted to two creative entrepreneurs and will cover 75% of the registration cost for the Summer 2023 cohort of the Taming the Muse Group Workshop. Scholarship applications are due 11:59pm ET on Sunday, July 9, 2023.

I also reference previous episodes of this podcast:

• 007: Working in Your Creative & Financial Sweet Spot
• 016: The Six Components of a Thriving Creative Business
• 022: Outsourcing for Creatives
  

A full transcript of this episode can be found here. Full transcripts of every episode will always be available at the Starving Artist No More Blog.

Thank you for listening. Please feel free to reach out to me at www.StarvingArtistNoMore.com, with any questions, comments, or feedback. I'd love to hear from you.