Well-Structured Life
As a creative business owner, a well-structured life for me is one that’s full of meaning and purpose – not just consistency, deadlines, and goals. All are useful and valuable, but only within the context of doing work that you love and that’s on purpose for you. If some of […]

Episode 114: 3 Benefits of Living a Well-Structured Life

During my 17 years of being self-employed, I’ve had a fair amount of communication wins and mishaps. And in the last 6 years, my wonderful husband Brad, has been working beside me at home, so we’ve learned even more about communication during this time. Would you consider a few questions […]

Episode 113: 3 Effective Ways to Use Technology to Improve ...

Let Heart Sing
Happy Monday beautiful! How are you today? Do you feel like Maria in the Sound of Music singing “The Hills are Alive…” Or more like the girls in Annie singing “It’s a Hardknock Life”? The choice is yours. Yes, we can get knocked down, overwhelmed, and frustrated by the process […]

[Monday Motivation] Let Your Heart Sing

We’re excited to be really geeking out today… getting a little focused on one particular tactic that we use in our business on a regular basis to keep us organized and productive. Timelines. What are they and how do they improve productivity? To me, timelines give you a visual representation […]

Episode 112: 3 Reasons to Use Timelines to Improve Productivity

I have a question for you: are you showing your work? I had this aha moment earlier this summer when I was looking at my numbers and realizing I wasn’t making as much income as I had planned on because I wasn’t actually offering anything for sale. I wasn’t making […]

[Monday Motivation] Show Your Work

Magnificence
One of my very first mentors was brilliant at seeing the magnificence and potential in her clients. She used to say, “I will hold you as powerful, no matter what, even when you can’t.” And she did. We all felt this from her and her team. Talk about lifting us […]

[Monday Motivation] I see your magnificence, do you?

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The other day I cracked open a marketing newsletter email and they referenced a recent TEDx talk given by Cameron Herold entitled “Your Vision Statement Sucks“. I watched it and was hooked. It was transformative. I bought the book (see the link below to ‘Vivid Vision’), read it in a […]

Episode 111: Does Your Vision Statement Suck?

productivity tip for creative business owners
As a Creative Business Owner, how could you bring more play and fun into your business?   This may sound like a trick question but it’s not. Asking yourself this type of question brings a fresh perspective to how you are managing your time on a day to day basis. […]

Productivity Tip: How to Bring More Fun and Play into ...

Months of hard work, tears, and sweat. Weeks of anticipation, connection, and service. Today is the day we officially re-open the doors of our Creative Business Accelerator after months of revamping the content and building our community. Maybe you saw our new video series “The Productive Creative” that invites people […]

[Monday Motivation] I’m so nervous, I couldn’t sleep

improve focus
Woo hoo! This is part nine of our Nine Pillars of Productivity series, which is our longest series ever in the history of Structure & Flow. Doing happy chair dances… ? Today we’ll be sharing 7 Ways to Improve Focus at Work, especially when you work from home. If you’d […]

Episode 110: 7 Ways to Improve Focus at Work