Welcome back, Aligned Entrepreneurs! Today I spoke with contemporary artist Stevie Chow all about success as a creative, getting present as the path to manifesting what you desire, and following what intuitively feels good in your life. Stevie’s diverse career as an engineer, musician, coach, and now artist will inspire you to allow yourself to pivot and release self-imposed limitations. Plus, his unique take on following the flow of your life may help you self-reflect on your own journey and fall in love with each stage of your process.

Get in touch with Stevie:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrsteviechow/ 

Website: https://mrsteviechow.com/

Overview:

1:00 - How I’m focusing on alignment in my business

1:58 - How Stevie focuses on mindset and manifestation

3:42 - Allowing abundance to be something that comes as a result of enjoying the moment

5:52 - Stevie’s background and his path as a contemporary artist

6:49 - The golden handcuffs: Being offered a 6-figure job as he began to tap into spirituality and his passion as a musician

7:21 - Stevie beginning his path of self-discovery

7:54 - The momentum gained from helping creatives understand their own journeys to applying it to himself

9:24 - Soho house showcase and the confusion of creating a rockstar persona and managing healthy living

11:07 - Playing guitar gigs for Preston Smiles and Alexi Panos and living in two worlds

12:10 - The power of our networks for manifestation

13:00 - Stress and overdrive

14:16 - The power of reaching out to people who are more successful than you

15:25 - What it looks like to be full-time as an artist

17:27 - Beliefs around being a successful artist

18:43 - Valuing your work as an artist

19:33 - Stevie’s desire to be conceptual in his work

21:00 - Flying down to LA to learn how to scale his business

23:19 - The hurdles that keep artists stuck

24:17 - Identity in the manifestation process

25:54 - Manifestation as a cyclical process

26:38 - Tapping into the primal part of our brain

29:18 - Coming back to a place of abundance

30:30 - The myth that people who are more successful than you have it all figured out

31:44 - Using your gifts to process your human experience

32:00 - The messaging of Stevie’s art

34:00 - What motivates Stevie in his career

38:00 - Following the flow of your life and understanding your purpose, mission and vision

41:28 - Honouring what intuitively feels good

42:00 - The danger of self-comparison

44:00 - Values and self-worth

47:00 - How we can pivot at any age

48:25 - Creating a personal brand

50:25 - The power of sharing transparency

54:00 - Navigating covid in the creative world