No matter what kind of creative business owner you are, whether you are a surface pattern design business owner or not, you're often told there are certain ways you need to do things...

And though you want to be successful and this external advice can be quite convincing - it's not always the right thing for YOU to do.

This is what happened to me with my surface pattern design business last year...

So in this episode of The Design & Shine podcast, I wanted to share my story with you and why I am changing the direction of my business going forward.