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December 08, 201907: Decision making
HOW DO WE MAKE DECISIONS?

Is decision making harder for women in small business?
How does decision making impact your success?

“Being willing to say no, I can't actually help you with that decision is really important. Sometimes it's really hard to do because we want to help people with everything. We want to know it all and make them happy and solve all their problems. And we can't, we have to push back, whether that's an advice or skill thing or simply because they need to develop that skill and work on it.”
- Sophia Colquhoun

Topics discussed in this episode:

What is decision making?
What weird beliefs impact our decision making?
How does decision-making fatigue affect you?
Is structured decision making or gut feelings key to decision making?
Should we use logic or emotion to make decisions?
What is the impact of poor decision making? Is it holding us back?
Practical tips for better decision making.

“You could give me any crazy decision in the world and I'll do my own research, use my gut feels and I would make decisions and stand there with confidence. But then I realized that I didn't actually have to do all of these things alone”
- Rachel Kurzyp

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Rachel + Sophia
48 min
November 25, 201906: Experts
Season 1, Episode 6: Experts

WHO IS AN EXPERT?

How do you choose an expert?
How do you avoid wasting your time, money and energy on the wrong expert?

“We're all going around telling ourselves that we're not good enough. No wonder we're struggling to get ahead in business as women”

- Rachel Kurzyp

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
What is an expert?
Can you call yourself an expert? And when can you call yourself an expert?
How do you choose the right expert for you?
What work do you need to do before you hire an expert?
How do you pick a scam (guaranteed $30k months we're looking at you)
What's the difference between a mentor and an expert?
How do you choose a mentor?

“You need to understand what you need help with so you can hire the right person. It's your responsibility to do basic research before hiring an expert”

- Sophia Colquhoun
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Rachel + Sophia
50 min
November 11, 201905: Pressure
Season 1, Episode 5: Pressure

DO YOU NEED TO DO ALL THE THINGS TO BE SUCCESSFUL?

Do women experience added pressure?
How can you stop yourself from falling into the comparison trap?
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
How can you stop yourself from falling into the comparison trap? And when is comparison useful?
Do you need to do all the things to be successful?
How do you overcome your perfectionist tendencies and limiting mindsets?
What's the difference between overwhelm and a normal level of busy?
Do women experience added pressure? If so, where?
Does trying to do all the things + look good and sound good guarantee success?
What things can we do to address and overcome feelings of pressure and overwhelm?

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Rachel + Sophia
49 min
October 14, 201904: Popular vs Powerful
DO YOU HAVE TO BE POPULAR TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS?

How can you use your influence for good? Do you need to be liked to be respected?

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

What is the difference between popularity and power?
Why is power seen as bad? While popularity isn't?
Do you have to be popular to be successful in business?
What do you need first? Popularity or power?
Should you only work with people who are well known?
How do you build power in your business?
What makes a good leader?
How do you build your likeability?

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Rachel + Sophia
45 min
August 26, 2019 03: Pricing & Payment
Is charging what you’re worth a valuable measure? Are there formulas and systems you should be following? Why is everyone so damn secretive of their pricing? Topics discussed in this episode: - Why do people say “charge what you’re worth?” And what does that even mean? - Hourly vs project pricing. What are the options? - How do you price creativity and great ideas? - Discounting - When is it OK? How do you do it? - How to package your services? - Should you keep prices low and get more clients OR charge more and work with less people? - What’s the deal with chasing invoices and creating payment plans? Help like-minded people find us If you love what you’re hearing on i made a thing pod, please take just a few seconds to leave a rating and / or comment. Thanks so much! Check us out www.imadeathingpodcast.com
57 min
August 26, 2019 02: Professionalism
What does being professional look like for a small business? Is professionalism more than the way you dress and talk? How can you be professional but still show up in a way that feels right for you?
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How do we define professionalism? Is it different when you’re running a business?
- How the idea of professionalism has developed over time
- You don’t have to ‘look the part,’ you have to be the part
- Why putting aside time to improve your expertise, skills and knowledge is important
- Practical ways you can look, act and be professional
- Why women are judged on their appearance and how this is not OK
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57 min
August 25, 2019 01: Passion vs Purpose
Do you need passion to be successful in business? How do you find your purpose? Is this whole passion and purpose talk all just a fad?
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How do you define your purpose? Does passion play a role? And what's the difference
- Why are we seeing a rise in “passion and purpose” driven businesses? Is this a fad?
- What is passion burnout? How can passion burnout occur?
- What should you do when you don’t know your purpose?
- Is it OK to build a business or have a career that isn’t based on your passion and purpose?
- What are ways to determine your purpose? How do you use your purpose as a framework for your business?
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36 min
August 24, 2019 About Us - Minisode
Join Sophia Colquhoun and Rachel Kurzyp as they talk about that time they started a business and didn’t know what to do next.
Topics discussed in this intro minisode:
- How we met and our biz love story (Rachel gets a little emotional :P)
- How we fell face first into our business
- Why we started the i made a thing podcast
- Who we are and what we do outside of the pod
BONUS: Hilarious bloopers just in case you thought we were total professionals ALL. THE. TIME.
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24 min

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