291: 3 Ways to go from Hobbyist to Interior Design Professional

Welcome to the show! Today we're diving into how to go from hobbyist to professional—whether you're in interior design or building any creative business. We'll cover three powerful areas that can transform your journey: mindset, boundaries, and intentionality. So, grab a pen and paper, and let's reflect—where are you still showing up like a hobbyist, and where are you ready to level up and own your role as a professional?

Topics Mentioned:

• Mindset

• Boundaries

• Intentionality

• Sustainability

Key Thoughts:

• When we have the mindset of a professional, we're certainly going to create a boundary to make sure that we're making a profit or we're not going to engage in the work. Michele Williams

• Being intentional about what we do, having these mindsets that we talked about of a very professional mindset, creating good boundaries, all of those things start to move us into that proactive stance instead of a reactive stance. Michele Williams

• Having a very intentional, clear focus of what you're doing really creates grounding, it creates trust, it creates an environment where people can get behind it and kind of push that boulder uphill with you because they all know that they're pushing in the same direction. Michele Williams

• Sustainability shows up because we have sustainable processes, we have sustainable team dynamics, and we have sustainable profitability. Michele Williams

Contact Michele:

• Email: [email protected]

• Facebook: Scarlet Thread Consulting

• Instagram: @ScarletThreadATL

• Website: ScarletThreadConsulting.com

• LinkedIn: Michele Williams

References and Resources:

• Work with Me

• The Designers' Inner Circle - Become a Member Today

• CFO2Go

• Metrique Solutions

• E-Myth Revisited by Michael E Gerber