Onward Creatives

Success isn't the result of random forces coming together.  There are four factors that every one of us has, and they either prevent us or enable us to succeed. 1. Beliefs 2. Actions 3. Skills/Talents 4. Environment   Book the "Jump Start" Coaching PackageGet Started Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform.  Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand.  The journey onward starts here! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives  

The key to a personal brand isn't the "what" or "how" of what we do. When we build on this we blend in with everyone else.  The key to standing out is discovering our "Why?"  Our "why" is our purpose, it's the thing that truly drives us in everything that we do. Here are two things I do with clients to help them discover their "Why?" 1.  What do you want to be known for when you're 70 years old? 2.  What did you like and dislike about each job that you've had? In the middle of that, mixed in with your strengths is your "Why?"     Ready to turn your purpose into a platform?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform.  Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand.  The journey onward starts here! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives  

It doesn't matter if you work for someone else or for yourself, the best time to build your personal brand is today.  There are three steps to building your personal brand: 1. Discover your super power 2. Develop an Ecosystem 3. Activate the brand   Ready to turn your purpose into a platform?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform.  Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand.  The journey onward starts here! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives  

Forget the resolutions!  Forget the random goals.  If you want 2021 to be amazing, do these three things: 1. Define your ideal life, every aspect of it 2. Define your current life 3. Target goals that will bring your current into alignment with your ideal.   Ready to turn your purpose into a platform?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell and this podcast is for anyone who wants to turn their purpose into a platform.  Each week I'll share insights, lessons learned and interviews that will help you discover, develop and grow your brand.  The journey onward starts here! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives  

These are three big lessons learned from successful small business owners: 1. They know that they don't know everything. 2. They change up so they can level up. 3. They find a balance and then accept the results.   Ready to grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell Brand Strategist and Fractional CMO.  If you're ready to accelerate growth in your business then this is the podcast for you.  Each week I share insights and lessons learned about how to discover, define and activate your brand so you see significant growth.   Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives  

Small business owners are amazing at so many things.  They're usually really good at their "thing" whether it's a product or a service.  They're also good at selling, they have to be.  But marketing is the area they struggle with.  These are three mistakes I see small business owners make with their marketing. 1. They make it all about themselves. 2. They do what everyone else is doing. 3. They fail to build out the customer journey     Ready to grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook  

The choice is never easy....be an entrepreneur or work for someone else.  2020 has changed our lives and our careers and a lot of people are trying to figure out what to do.  I can't give you a simple, one-size-fits-all answer but these three criteria will help. 1. Define what your superpower is and what you're the best at. 2. Look at the phase of life you're in. 3.  Take the time to clearly develop what you actually want in life.     Are you ready to get started?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Whether you're rebuilding after a layoff, growing in your career or wanting to grow your business here are three things that can help you. 1. Define your magic or find your hook 2. Develop a personal brand 3. Take immediate action and activate    Are you ready to get started?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

What are you building during COVID? The fact is, most of us have more time right now. Commutes are gone School is at home We’re traveling less We’re at home more Business is slow You’re job searching Maybe you’re experiencing a few of these, or all of these. Regardless we have more time than we normally do. What are you doing with it? I’m going all in on my personal brand. I’ve been on LinkedIn 5x week for 7 weeks. I’ve seen my numbers go from 800 to around 3600 connections. I’ve done over 20+ virtual coffees with people from LinkedIn. I’m redoing my personal website. I’m redesigning and pivoting my podcast of 4+ years. Life will pick up again. The days, nights and weekends will get busy again. I want to be ready. What are you doing during this season?   Are you ready to get started?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

We assume that failure is the #1 one thing keeping us from success.  It's not.  The biggest preventer of success is not starting.  So many of us have an idea, have a moment of clarity, we hear an idea that captures our imagination.....but then we fail to launch.  Don't let this keep you from your ideal life.   Are you ready to get started?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

What do you want to be known for?  These eight words can change your life.  You can answer: What do you want to do?  How much do you want to make?  Where do you want to live?  They have impact but determining what you want to be known for will change everything. Check out our full backstory here.   Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

There's no Waze for life, I wish there was.  Sometimes we realize that the path we're on isn't the right one and it's time for a redirect.  It doesn't mean we change the destination, simply the path.   Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Life is a marathon not a sprint.  The hustle is vital to seeing our ideas become a reality.  It's normal to feel tired, it's normal to pass out when your head hits the pillow.  But sometimes we get weary, spent, running on fumes and when we do, we need to pause the hustle. If you're tired, take a nap and keep going.  If you're running on fumes, pause the hustle.  It's ok to walk mile 4 so you can run mile 5.  So if you need the break, take it.  We'll be waiting for you when you jump back in.     Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Walt Disney is known for the empire built in his name, but it wasn't always that way.  He struggled throughout the 1920's only to have his largest character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, stolen from him.  Soon after he created the legendary Mickey Mouse.  But even that wasn't easy as over 300 bankers told him now before someone would finally fund his project. A lot of you are struggling and 2020 has thrown you substantial curve balls.  You can't give up because often times your greatest success comes from your darkest season.   Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

If I could hop in a Delorean and travel back in time (every one knows those are the best time machines) I would go back to when I was 18.  I was much thinner but clueless about so many things.  If I could go back I would tell 18 year old Jack to do these three things: 1.  Discover yourself.  Study your personality, your strengths, figure out how you're wired and own it.   2. Write out your 70 year old story.  I've always run hard, but for a while I had no destination in mind.  I wish I would have taken the time to discover what really mattered to me. 3. Start creating.  A few powerful things happen when you consistently create content: you fine tune your own point of view, you become more confident in your own skin, and you build a network of people who already believe in you.   Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

You're more than a job, more than a title, more than what you create or what you do.  You have a "magic" to you.  It's the heart of your identity and discovering it can change your life. Knowing your personal brand does two things.  It gives you clarity to live and make choices by.  It also helps you stand out from everyone else. Regardless of which career path you're choosing, knowing your personal brand can change everything.   Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

You're more than a job, role, title or what you create.  You are known for something, you have a reputation.  This is your brand. Personal brands aren't just for the famous, the influencers.  Each  one of us has a personal brand.  If we want to succeed in life and business we have to discover and define our magic, our greatness.    Are you ready to discover your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. I'm Jack Fussell, brand strategist and creative entrepreneur.  This podcast is for those who are ready to have clarity of purpose so they can stand out in life and business. Each week I help you discover, develop and communicate your greatness! Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

The world needs your greatness.  It's not only the thing that you need to discover but it's also your superpower. You're more than a role...title...job description...service....or product.  You're specially wired, gifted and talented to solve a problem.  You're here to make the world a better place.     Are you ready to develop your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

If you're not sure what to do next, you're not alone.  Think about 2020: COVID-19, social unrest, masks, hazmat suits, killer hornets, locusts, and the threat of a Nickelback reunion tour (not true but would definitely fit in 2020).  Add to that the unemployment rate and the uncertainty and it's easy and perfectly normal to feel unsure. I have a solution and it all has to do with the way you think about yourself.  If you few yourself as a job/role/title/position then you wake up daily with the need to find work.  Even if you own your own business it's easy to think of yourself as a product/service.  What if we changed this? You are a solution.  You're a problem solver.  I want you to reframe how you think about yourself, your company, your art form, whatever you have as a solution to someone's problem.  This is the way to create opportunity in the midst of a crisis.   Are you ready to develop your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Opportunity: a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something We often thing wrongly about this word because we think of it as the result instead of the circumstances.  "Opportunity" isn't a result, it's not a job, internship or study opportunity.  Opportunity is what you currently have. COVID-19, the recession, your creativity and restless spirit: this is your set of circumstances....this is your opportunity.  What will you do with it?   Are you ready to develop your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

It's easy to feel overwhelmed right now.  2020 has been one hell of a year so far and the impact on our lives and minds is significant.  I'm hard wired as an achiever and love the hustle, but I'm pushing a different message for this season.  These are unique times and a lot of us are wondering what to do next. Here are four things to do when we don't know what to do: 1. Pause don't quit 2. Feed your soul and mind 3. Focus on the priorities 4. Allow for evolution   Are you ready to develop your greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Greatness = the quality or state of being great (as in size, skill, achievement, or power). We all have the ability to be great.  Few of us ever discover and believe in our greatness.  Even fewer take the time and effort to develop it.  Greatness is seen in the spotlight but developed in the shadows.  It requires grit, determination, and an unholy amount of patience.  But to those who push through, they have impact and can change their world.  Here's to Greatness!   Are you ready to pursue greatness?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

LinkedIn, I've always considered it to be the nerdy, stuffy brother in the social media family.  A few weeks ago I started experimenting with this platform and I've been blown away.  It has quickly become my favorite space to engage and network.   The key to LinkedIn is adding value to your connections. LinkedIn is a long game where you build community, foster connections and engage people.  The way that you think precedes the thing you sell. LinkedIn is all about Humans doing business.   What will you do this week on LinkedIn?  Share with us on the Facebook Group     Are you ready to pursue your dream?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Welcome to Five Minute Friday.  Steven Pressfield says "Most of us have two lives.  The life we live, and the unlived life within us.  Between the two stands Resistance." What does the unlived life feel like?  What does your ideal life feel like?  What do you feel like on your ideal day?  Define it, own it, go after it.  This is where the battle occurs....on the delta between the life you live and unlived life. Are you ready to pursue your dream?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Fear is always there.  It keeps you alive, it keeps you safe, it preserves.  It also prevents us from going after our possibilities.  Fear robs of success far more times than failure ever does. We can't ignore fear but we need something to motivate us to move in spite of the fear.  We need a big dream. A dream worth waking up for, a dream that means something to us, a dream worth fighting for. To rob fear of having the final word, you need to know: what you want, why you want it and what you're going to do about it. Share your big dream with us on the Facebook Group     Are you ready to pursue your dream?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

There are so many competing voices in our heads "Work more"..."Work less"....which can leave us asking "What do I need to do?" We can learn from the others, from people like me, but we have to decide for ourselves what matters.  We can shape the voice inside our heads. Are you ready to pursue your dream?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Have you ever bought a new red car, maybe a BMW or a Camry and suddenly you see them everywhere?  This is the called Red Car Syndrome and is based on Baader Meinhof Phenomenon.  It happens when when you see, buy or learn something new and suddenly you see it everywhere. Red Car Syndrome can be harnessed to help you discover and engage the opportunities that are important to you.  How do we harness the power? 1. Surround yourself with the positive, the helpful 2. Know what you do well 3. Know what you want   Are you ready to build and grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

Do you want unlimited potential?  Do you want to be agile and always progressing?  Be a learner!  Curiosity, humility and perseverance will take you to places you never imagined possible.   Are you ready to build and grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

There's always competition and they usually have more money to spend on ads and marketing.  How can we compete?  We have to change the conversation and make it all about the customer.  Better business happens when we place the customer at the center of everything we do.   Are you ready to build and grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Sign up for the Monday Launch Onward Creatives Facebook

No matter what you're selling, you have an ideal avatar.  Only toilet paper and bread have universal audiences, everything else is niche.  The two key elements to selling is an understanding of your avatar (customer persona, ideal customer) and your unique value proposition.  In this podcast I'll help you define and connect with your ideal avatar.   Are you ready to define and engage your avatar?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

When is the best time to take action?  Now.  So many times we want to wait until it "feels" right or the goosebumps hit and we feel like it's the right time.  Ready isn't a feeling, it's a choice!     Are you ready to take action?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

Uncertainty happens to all of us.  We're all feeling it right now but the truth is that face it all the time.  It's easy to let the uncertainty rob us of our confidence.  So how do we stay confident? 1. Know yourself 2. Do what you do best 3. Keep your perspective 4. Assess the real cause 5. Engage a Growth Mindset   Are you ready to grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

You can't stand out as a Creative Entrepreneur by playing it safe.   The world wants more Freddie Mercury from all of us.  Go give it 150% and be larger than life!     Are you ready to grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

"How does one become a butterfly?  You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar." -- Trina Paulus Success is a journey. The truth is, you can't stay where you are and journey onward, it's not possible.  Part of the success journey is the season of sacrifice.  This season requires that we sacrifice a few things, making different choices.  If we want to succeed we much chose: Future over Feelings Growth over Safety Action over beliefs Are you ready to grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

If you want to see an increase in your business, you have to try more and fail more.  Whatever you want more of, make more attempts.  It's simple but it requires that we exert more energy and get used to failing often.  Are you in?   This is the first episode of Five Minute Friday, a weekly podcast to help you end out the week.   Are you ready to grow your business?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

The chaos of the Corona virus has definitely thrown a lot of us a curveball.  If this was a movie it would be a plot twist, something unexpected that changes the course of the rest of the story.  With this in mind I've done three things in my own life to start building momentum again! 1. Write my life story.  Where do I want to be at 70 years old.  What have I accomplished?  What am I known for? 2. Focused on self-awareness and alignment.  I've spent some serious time defining my strengths and looking at Enneagram. 3. Connecting with others on the same journey.  Community has been amazing during this process!     Are you ready to make a pivot?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

None of us could have ever predicted the way this crisis and the impact that it would have on our lives and business.  Many of us went to bed one night with a solid plan and a steady business and woke up the next morning to an inbox of cancellations.  Sometimes life changes, sometimes we change and we're left wondering "Now What?" If you're ready for a change, it's time to pivot! There are seven steps to an effective pivot: 1. Define your why 2. Choose a new destination 3. Find/build a new tribe 4. Look for the gaps 5. Resource and invest 6. Develop a launch plan 7. Make the shift   Are you ready to make a pivot?Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

We’re living in a revolution! We're watching as brands that only "sell" are struggling with what to say.  In many ways, they've gone silent.  In their place has emerged an amazing group of content creators teaching us to cook, dance, paint, think and live.  Social is fostering humanity and it's becoming the new normal.  It's time for all of us to rethink social media and how we can truly engage and invest in our followers.  If you want to build a brand or business that will thrive in the post Corona economy, now is the time.    Do you have an idea that you want to see developed? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

There's a lot to be concerned about right now, related to health and finances.  Many of us are being effected in either or both of these areas.  In spite of this, there are also amazing things happening.  It's actually possible to create momentum for your life and business during this lock-down, here's how: 1. Turn off the news 2. Set a launch date 3. Set goals and learn 4. Remember this isn't a staycation 5. Go all in on social, add value and try new things     If you need help, reach out! Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

The impact of the Corona virus is truly unprecedented and the uncertainty can be overwhelming.  We know that to protect ourselves physically we need to stay inside and wash our hands frequently.  But how do we protect our mentality and our actions? 1. Mindset.  This is truly key to our survival.   2. This isn't a staycation.  It's time to rethink and pivot. 3. Solve problems. 4. Celebrate the beauty.    If you need help, reach out! Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

We have it all wrong!  We've been told the key to success is to study someone and copy them....become their little disciple and that this will lead to success.  The issue is....you're not them....you are you!   Each one of us is uniquely wired, skilled and gifted to do certain things in a way just as unique as we are.  This is what I call your magic, the thing you do unlike anyone else.  When you find it and are brave enough to own it....amazing things happen!     Ready for some help on the journey? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

Are you feeling drained?  Are the long hours taking their toll?  Are you possibly questioning your own sanity?  Welcome to entrepreneurship!  It's all exciting on Instagram but in reality it can be exhausting and if we're not careful we can lose the joy that we first launched with.   Here are eight ways to stay energized: 1. Build a business that matters to you 2. Stick to your values 3. Don't compare yourself to others 4. Focus on the customers 5. Remove the toxicity 6. Embrace the pivot 7. Celebrate everything 8. Remember, it's just business   Ready for some help on the journey? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

The "burn" is key to the life of the creative entrepreneur.  The burn is a high energy season that moves us from one level to another.  It can be both rewarding and draining because it devours an intense amount of resources.  Here are three things that will help you make it through the burn. 1. Commitment 2. Mindset 3. Community   Ready for some help on the journey? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

Failure, we will all deal with it at some point.  Most of us will deal with it many times throughout our lives and careers.  Regardless of whose fault it is, it stings and if not careful can paralyze us to ever risk again. Bumper sticker answers don't really help us truly deal with failure.  The only true way to change how we respond to failure is to change how we respond to success.   Ready to move past failure and unlock your true potential? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

Are you ready for a breakthrough? Clarity around next steps?  The key is to move beyond "what you do" to "who you are and what you love." You're not a painter, you're more than that.  You're not a coach, you're more than that.  The power of who you are lies in the second half of those sentences. Discovering who you are is like breaking through the clouds....everything becomes clear.  So if you're ready for a breakthrough in your life and business, press into your identity and get ready for the game to change!   Ready to discover your identity? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to make a living doing what you love. Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

Big decisions face all of us and knowing which way to choose can be difficult.  However, there are two things that will help us make the best decisions possible: vision and values. Vision: Where do you want to be and what do you want to be known for? Values: What is important for the phase of the journey that you're on.   Have big decisions to make? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.  Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

Human centric business strategy is the latest revolution to in business and most are either unaware or unsure how to engage it. Whether you’re a business of one or of one thousand placing the customer at the center of everything you do makes all the difference. Here are for benefits to having a human centric business strategy: It helps you develop your product. When you know your customer and their needs it gives you significant clarity for product development. The idea isn’t the goal, solving their problem is the goal. You have clarity for marketing. Once you know your customers needs, you simply speak to it. To be honest, most people don’t care about the details, they care about the results. You can create an experience. Digital is no longer the Holy Grail in business, experience is. We want our brands to remove all the obstacles and friction and lead us on a well developed experience. It helps create a healthy culture. Your culture influences everything. When you please people at the center of everything you do, everyone benefits from the inside out.   Are you ready to build your strategy today? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.  Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

People matter.  You become like the 5 people you spend the most amount of time with.  If you're serious about success in business and life, you've got to curate your relationships. How do you attract better people into your life? 1. Clear out some room 2. Define what you want 3. Be the person you want to attract 4. Be brave and go meet people   Are you ready to take action today? Let's Talk! Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.  Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

Do you want to be successful?  There are three traits that are consistent in those who build successful businesses. 1. Be Curious 2. Be a learner 3. Invest in yourself   Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!   This is day five of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.   Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.  Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

How do I get started?  This is always one of the biggest questions and always where people get stuck.  So let's make it easy....here's how to get started: If you are: Discovering:  Take the personality test Take the Strengths Finder test Discover your Enneagram Launching: Develop your business plan Growing: Research and develop the customer journey  Pivoting: Determine which type of pivoting you're wanting to do in 2020   Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!   This is day four of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.   Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.  Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook

When we start the year we think of words like: goals, action, go, strategy, change but the one word we overlook is the one word we so badly need....no.  Highly successful people don't run around in madness and busyness....they're laser focused and say "yes" to a few things while saying "no" to everything else. 1. Say no to other opportunities.  They may be good, but they're a distraction. 2. Say no the toxic, drama-filled, negative people.  They're not heading where you are you don't need them. 3. Say no to yourself.  We are all superheroes mixed with kryptonite.  Say yes to the Ironman within but give no voice to the Joker within. Are you ready to make 2020 the best year ever? Let's Talk!   This is day three of "Your Best Year". A five day podcast series on Onward Creatives.   Welcome to the Onward Creatives podcast. A weekly podcast that helps you find clarity and take action so you can build and grow your brand. Each week we go beyond all the hype and the noise and we help chart a course to build a business your customer will love.  Don't do it alone!  Join the community! Onward Creatives Facebook