Explore Your Enthusiasm

The Starship. You may have heard me mention that in the past, but judging from your emails… you have no idea what I’m talking about. In today’s episode I’m going to take you behind the scenes of my private online community.

• How do YOU Get Stuff Done?
• Getting Accountability + Support
• The Secret of Reaching Goals
• Why your business needs community
• The grounding rhythm of review
• 3 reasons your crafty business dreams aren't coming true
• The Starship

Links to the Starship Captains I mentioned: 

• Dawn of Fairy Tale Knits
• Michelle, Made by MEE
• Varian Brandon, knitwear designer

Interviews with Starship Captains:

• Lisa Barnes, knitwear designer
• Lisa Check, fiber farmer
• C.C. Almon, podcaster/designer
• Linda Tieu, graphic designer
• Laureen Marchand, artist
• Jill Wolcott, designer/teacher
• Corrina Ferguson, designer
• Sasha Torres, fiber artist
• Varian Brandon, designer
• Lynn Hershberger, intentional living coach
• Karen Whooley, crochet designer/instructor
• Violette Clark, artist
• Alicia de los Reyes, writer
• Jill Maldonado, toy maker
• Ana Campos, fiber artist
• Amy Crook, artist
• Riin Gill, fiber artist
• Karen Robinson, fiber artist
• Joeli Kelly, tech editor
• Grace Shalom Hopkins, fiber artist
• Denise Twum, knitwear designer
• Vanessa Laven, plushie maker
• Gabrielle Krake, shop owner
• Katie Franchesi, indie dyer
• Karen LePage, sewing designer/seamstress
• Gwen Bortner, teacher
• Mercedes Tarasovich Clark, knitwear designer

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Today I want to talk about something that is so vital for your business success, but so very unpleasant: Rejection. We're gonna talk about why it matters and why you need to focus on getting MORE rejection in order for your business to grow.

• Map Your Business 
• Map Your Business on Amazon
• Tara Swiger on Facebook

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How do you go full-time? How do you avoid perfection while still continuously improving? How much time should you spend marketing vs making? How much is “too” much?

Today I’m answering your questions from my recent Instagram post!

• Episode 1 - the story of how I started
• Pay Yourself
• My previous CreativeLIVE classes
• Starship
• Value: How to get what you’re worth

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Why and how do I share so much content on so many different channels? Today I'm answering your question about my own marketing plan.

• Your questions answered: making friends, failed launches, and why you need a business profile
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

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I started my first business in 2006. 11 years later, it’s changed a lot on the outside, but the overarching themes and my own Mission have remained surprisingly cohesive.

Today, we’ll look at how the message and intention have remained the same while the delivery has changed.

• Market Yourself
• Craft Your Marketing
• The Starship
• Pay Yourself
• Biz Confidence Challenge
• Essential Enthusiasm
• @EssentialEnthusiasm on Instagram
• #ExploreYourEnthusiasm on Instagram

Listen in and get the free transcript at TaraSwiger.com/podcast168.

Let’s talk more about happiness and work - how to shift your perceptions, so that you can get more done.

A grumpy person doesn't get much work done. A person who is focused on all the reasons something WON'T work doesn't make much progress towards making it work. The good news is: you're in charge of this.

You are responsible for your perception and your attitude. And that, in turn, affects how smart and hard you work, and that affects your results.

Links Mentioned:

• Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• Before Happiness by Shawn Achor
• Reframe it: Turn obstacles into action
• Reframe it: A Podcast
• Essential Oil for Mood Management

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“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” -Albert Schweitzer

Today I share my own morning routine, and how it reflects habits that increase happiness. We’re also going to talk about the role of happiness in your business and how it can help you do what you do.

I use essential oils to help me create habits, have a great morning, and shift my mood. If you wanna learn more about the oils I mention in this episode, join me for a free workshop tomorrow!

• http://taraswiger.com/eo
• http://taraswiger.com/map
• https://taraswiger.com/bizconfidence/
• https://taraswiger.com/podcast49/
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/happiness
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness#cite_note-32
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaningful_life
• http://taraswiger.com/podcast161

• Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
• Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• Before Happiness by Shawn Achor
• Emotions and Essential Oils

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Today I'm answering questions from my Instagram followers (to get your questions answered, be sure you're following me!). Today we'll cover:

• Making friends
• Failed launches
• Why you need a business profile

• Permission to take time off.
• How to get back to work after a break.
• What it takes to go on vacation.
• Take a Break (without breaking your biz).

• Imagined_landscapes
• Triplenacres
• Vtcrafttours
• Christianne_bookwifery
• Lianainstitches

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It's the halfway point of 2017!

How are your goals coming? Are you halfway through your goals? Or can you see how you're building momentum and will be there soon?

Or, are you realizing that you're NOT halfway to your goals?

Today we're going to talk about what to do about the goals you haven't reached and how to reset your goals and process, so you can get where you wanna go by the end of the year.

• Map Your Business

Watch or listen to this episode at TaraSwiger.com/podcast163/

How do you get people excited about what you're offering? Do a launch! In this episode I'll walk you through the process of launching anything in your business - a new product, service, design, or whatever it is you sell! We'll also talk about why it's important to officially launch something, rather than just listing it and doing your regular marketing.

• • How to Launch Anything
  • What Works for Knitwear Designers
  • Click to Tweet
  • Repost App

This was originally created to answer a Starship question in our monthly Q+A. To be notified when the Starship boards next, sign up here: http://taraswiger.com/starshipbiz

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