250: Financials are the Foundation to Work Life Balance

Joining me on the podcast today is Val Duvick. She is the owner of Val Marlene Creative. She is a Profit First coach and a business coach for those in creative industries. We're going to have so many awesome things to talk about today including Profit First, what it is like to be a creative, how to balance the energy between our left logical side and right creative side, as well as how to get to a happy, medium place where our financials are easy to look at and simple to maintain. I invite you to listen in.

Topics Mentioned:

• Work life balance

• Definition of success

• For Now

Key Thoughts:

• I tell people I'm allergic to numbers because it feels so intense that my brain just does not want to understand them, but I realized I had to if I wanted to have the type of business and work-life balance that I wanted. Val Duvick

• The power of the numbers is what gives us the freedom to build the fence and to build the boundaries around our lives and our business. Michele Williams

• We need to know the minimum, and we also need to know where you're headed. Once we have that in mind, we can fill in the rest, and it makes it more attainable. Val Duvick

• I think part of success is recognizing those blessings so that we're not so always caught up on how much more we have to do and build and grow, but being thankful for how much more we already have. Michele Williams

Contact Michele:

• Email: [email protected]

• Facebook: Scarlet Thread Consulting

• Instagram: @ScarletThreadATL

• Website: ScarletThreadConsulting.com

• LinkedIn: Michele Williams

Contact Val:

• Website: www.valmarlene.com

• Email: [email protected]

• Instagram: @val_marlene_creative

References and Resources:

• The Gain and the Gap by Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan

• CFO2Go

• Work with Me

• Metrique Solutions

• Financial Courses with Michele Williams including "Understanding Your Financials", "Master Your Profit", and "Pricing Without Emotion"