You’ve heard “work on your business, not just in it” but what does that actually mean? Here’s a practical monthly routine for makers: four areas to review and specific questions to ask.
Make the most of the quiet season in your handmade business with strategic projects that build business foundations. Five specific ways to make progress even when it feels overwhelming.
If you’ve ever sat down in January, written out a big list of everything you want to achieve, felt really motivated for about two weeks, and then watched the whole thing collapse … you’d be forgiven for thinking that maybe goal-setting just isn’t for you.
But I don’t think that’s quite right.
I think goal-setting can work really well for makers. The problem is that we’re usually trying to do it against a massive headwind, and that headwind makes everything harder than it needs to be.
If you’re reading this while half-watching something on TV, or while the kettle boils, or during a “quick five minutes” that you carved out of Christmas Day… I see you. Makers don’t really switch off. Not fully. And especially not at...
Here’s something I see all the time: makers who feel like they’re working incredibly hard, year after year, but somehow end up in the same place, wondering why all that effort isn’t showing up in their bank account. When you’re deep in the...