This week, we stumbled upon an article that really blew our minds so we figured we would share it with you guys!! The article is titled 13 Habits of self-made millionaires, from a man who spent 5 years studying rich people & was written by Kathleen Elkins. In the article, she discusses 13 habits that Thomas C. Corley noted in his book Change Your Habits, Change Your Life. Thomas spent 5 years studying 177 self-made millionaires, and found some similarities in their daily habits! In this episode, we'll share some of these habits with you guys & discuss whether or not we're already doing these habits & chatting about how we can start! Our 5 Favorite Habits (you'll have to listen to hear more!):

1. They read consistently: Corley discovered that self-made millionaires tended to read often. Their books of choice tended to be biographies of other highly successful entrepreneurs, self help books, and history books. In our episode, Ashley & Julie chat about their favorite self-help books they've been reading recently & Kate admits she definitely needs to read more of these!!
2. They hang out with other successful people: Corley suggests hanging out with people who are optimistic & enthusiastic. We agree!! We love our Women In Photography Facebook group because it's full of optimistic and successful people!  It's amazing to surround ourselves with people who inspire us & have those role models who are successful photographers to help encourage and support us!
3. They have multiple sources of income: This is one of our favorites because we all admit that this is something we dream of & strive for, but something we could definitely improve in! We're even hoping to do a future episode on possible additional sources of income for photographers!
4. They don't follow the herd: We love this one because as artists we can be extremely self-critical... judging our worth and our work based on what else is already out there. It's SO important for us to remember that clients are looking for something different from photographer to photographer. So we love that we have all developed our own unique brand & style, which we know will help our clients be confident in their decision to book us!!
5. They help others succeed: This is our ultimate goal for PhotoSpark so we have to pick this one as a favorite!! We love that highly successful entrepreneurs tend to help others succeed & we started PhotoSpark because of a desire to chat with each other about photography-related stuff, but we also really love that we could totally be helping other photographers succeed just by chatting & hanging out! We aim to talk about the business side of photography because we felt like there was a void in this topic in the podcast world & we wanted to be able to help other people succeed in their businesses!

Tune in to hear 8 more habits of successful people!! Also, feel free to chime in on the conversation on our Facebook page... let us know what habits YOU do on a daily basis that contribute to your success!! RELATED LINKS:

• 13 Habits of self-made millionaires, from a man who spent 5 years studying rich people
• Change Your Habits, Change Your Life
• The Artist's Way
• Big Magic