When you work as a freelancer, or are doing creative work largely on your own, it can be difficult to find a rhythm that allows you to simultaneously bring your best work into the world, and also keep yourself on-track and healthy. On today's show, Carrie Wilkerson shares her thoughts about avoiding the lure of comparison, running your day like a pro, and keeping yourself on course financially and personally. Carrie is the author of The Barefoot Executive. 

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Thanks to Work In Progress for supporting our show. Follow along on Twitter @slackstories or at slack.com/podcast.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. Remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

When you work as a freelancer, or are doing creative work largely on your own, it can be difficult to find a rhythm that allows you to simultaneously bring your best work into the world, and also keep yourself on-track and healthy. On today's show, Carrie Wilkerson shares her thoughts on avoiding the lure of comparison, running your day like a pro, and keeping yourself on course financially and personally. Carrie is the author of The Barefoot Executive.

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Thanks to Work In Progress for supporting our show. Follow along on Twitter @slackstories or at slack.com/podcast.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. Remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

My question for you this week is very simple: where is your sacred space? Do you have a place in your life where you go in order to retreat from the world, to think, to write, to create, to read? Do you have a dedicated space where you can simply play with ideas, free from the pressure of the world and without concern for what anyone else might think?

It's important to have such a space, and on this week's episode I share how you can make one happen.

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Skillshare, the place to learn new skills and take your work and life to the next level. For a month of free access to courses, visit Skillshare.com/creative.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. Remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

My question for you this week is very simple: where is your sacred space? Do you have a place in your life where you go in order to retreat from the world, to think, to write, to create, to read? Do you have a dedicated space where you can simply play with ideas, free from the pressure of the world and without concern for what anyone else might think?

It's important to have such a space, and on this week's episode I share how you can make one happen.

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Skillshare, the place to learn new skills and take your work and life to the next level. For a month of free access to courses, visit Skillshare.com/creative.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. Remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

Difficult people can make work miserable. You can control your own work and collaboration, but when there is someone throwing wrenches into the machinery just for fun, it can seriously derail your work and drive you crazy. On today's episode, Dr. Jody Foster is here to talk about her new book The Schmuck In My Office, and help us deal with a few different types of difficult people.

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Freshbooks. To claim your free month trial – with no credit card needed – visit Freshbooks.com/accidental.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. End remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

Many creative pros charge into their week like a bull and collapse over the finish line on Friday. Then, they may take a few days off and the cycle begins again. However, there is little consideration given to their rhythms, and how sustainable their work habits are. On today’s episode, I share the importance of building a Weekly Checkpoint into your life so that you’re regularly considering not just what you’re doing, but also howyou’re doing it.

If you’d like a worksheet to help you apply today’s episode, you can download it below.

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Thanks to Work In Progress for supporting our show. Follow along on Twitter @slackstories or at slack.com/podcast.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. Remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

Many creative pros charge into their week like a bull and collapse over the finish line on Friday. Then, they may take a few days off and the cycle begins again. However, there is little consideration given to their rhythms, and how sustainable their work habits are. On today's episode, I share the importance of building a Weekly Checkpoint into your life so that you're regularly considering not just what you're doing, but also how you're doing it.

If you'd like a worksheet to help you apply today's episode, you can download it below.

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Thanks to Work In Progress for supporting our show. Follow along on Twitter @slackstories or at slack.com/podcast.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. Remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

It’s not the big things that take out most leaders and creative pros, it’s the little ones. Over time, they forget to do the small things that position them to bring their best effort to the table every day. Everything might look fine to those around them, but the decay has already begun and they are on a path of slow decline.

On today's episode, I share three everyday practices that will transform your life if you implement them regularly.

It’s not the big things that take out most leaders and creative pros, it’s the little ones. Over time, they forget to do the small things that position them to bring their best effort to the table every day. Everything might look fine to those around them, but the decay has already begun and they are on a path of slow decline.

On today's episode, I share three everyday practices that will transform your life if you implement them regularly.

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Skillshare, the place to learn new skills and take your work and life to the next level. For a month of free access to courses, visit Skillshare.com/creative.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. Remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

When you think about innovation, what comes to mind? Blue-sky ideas? Complete disruption? Something no one has ever seen before? Yes, those are important. However, today's guest David Robertson believes that in our pursuit of disruption we often overlook a very valuable source of new value: little ideas. On today's show, he shares how companies and teams are leveraging little ideas to delight their customers and win fierce loyalty with insights from his book The Power Of Little Ideas.

 

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Today’s episode is sponsored by Freshbooks. To claim your free month trial – with no credit card needed – visit Freshbooks.com/accidental.

Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. End remix is by DJ Z-Trip.