Focus and Bloom Podcast

In this week's episode, we go over ways to set your intentions for your business.

Having a plan for achieving your goals (1:09)Becomes a list of what you do and what you don’t want to do (1:15)Did you make a resolution? Did you find it hard to stick to the resolution? Then the resolution just went away. (1:52)SMART goals stands for Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time based (3:45)In your business Specific might mean that you want to grow your following on InstagramMeasurable, for example it's January 1st and you have 100 followers and you want to grow your following, you can measure that by January 30th you want to have 200 followersAchievable, making it happen, are you going to post everyday, every other day, twice a day, every two days or maybe do an Instagram live every Wednesday? How many stories you want to post. In essence, what are you doing exactly to make that happen?Relevant, does it make sense? Question whether it is relevant to your business, do you need Instagram for your business? Rather maybe it is Youtube or Linkedin.Time based, when do you want to achieve that by? What time do you want to do this? A month, a year?Smart goals are not just for your business but it is applicable to everything. (6:30)Marathon analogy (7:20)Having big goals and understanding that everything will not happen overnight (9:37)Setting goals in a quarterly basis (10:09)Why is it worth all the hard work it takes to be a self-employed entrepreneur? (12:14)Coming in halfway through the year and feeling like you did not accomplish the goal, continue to try (12:34)

Episode 1:I am Yesenia Bocanegra and I want to welcome you to my very first episode here on the Focus and Bloom podcast! The Focus and Bloom podcast is a business and lifestyle podcast that brings you weekly actionable items that will help you level and grow your business so you can have a work life balance with purpose and lots of joy.I am a professional wedding and lifestyle portrait photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. I have been a business owner and a photographer for over 10 years, I was born and bred in Puerto Rico and I am happily married to my wonderful husband Ben. We have two beautiful fur babies, Padme and Archer. I love plants, I love animals. I eat plants, I do not eat animals. I speak 5 languages, Spanish is my mother tongue, English, French, Italian a little bit of Porteguese and because I like to keep things interesting I’m even learning Arabic. I love to run and I am all about hanging out and watching Netflix movies with my pups and I really really love my coffee.I have a Bachelor’s in communications from the University of Puerto Rico, and there I learned a lot of cinematography and film. Eventually, I went ahead and decided I wanted to get a masters in Graphic Design from Atlantic University, also in Puerto Rico. After that I made the big decision and got a masters in fine arts and photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.So now that you know a little bit more about me, let me tell you what you can expect from me moving forward here in the Focus and Bloom podcast. I’ll be sharing with you a brand new podcast every week right here on this platform. I’ll be sharing tips on how to build your business by providing actionable items that will guide you to build that work-life balance that you've been wanting to have.

Welcome to The Focus & Bloom Podcast with host Yesenia Bocanegra, founder of Focus and Bloom Studios.

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