Should you focus on your strengths or shore up your weaknesses?

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Should you do the hardest thing in your day first, or tackle more little stuff to knock it off the list? When it comes to personal strengths and what’s best, you often hear conflicting information.

Experts and successful entrepreneurs alike will often say to “do this” and “don’t do that” kind of advice. Subsequently, it can be challenging to identify the best plan of action for the most personal growth.

The reason for the confusion is that there’s no one solution for everybody, including you. What worked for you last year—or yesterday—may not be what works for you now, or next year.

Are you interested in starting a family business? Whether it's with your kids, parents, or future kids?  We touch on this topic because we heard a great Gary Vaynerchuk interview about a young girl who's Instagram slime business became a family endeavor. 

We've wanted to talk about family business for a while now, so if you're interested in this topic, and/or unschooling, and involving your kids in business let us know. Shoot us an email to [email protected]!  

Topics Discussed: 

- Slime business 

- Family business

- How goals evolve 

- Capitalizing on opportunity 

- Being open to possibilities 

- How to decide which opportunity to take

Turns out that curing binge eating and harnessing your creative drive can be very similar.

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Glenn Livingston shares his journey of how he overcame binge eating through slightly radical methodologies.  As a PhD veteran psychologist, Glenn took a more scientific approach to the habits that were derailing his life.

His findings have not only helped thousands of others over come food addictions, but it could also help with other areas of life.

Often times, we hear about and from creators and artists who constantly seem stuck in a negative cycle.  They want to get out, get back to creating, and move on... But they keep looping back to feeling lost, stuck, or depressed.

If that cycle sounds familiar to you, the simple yet powerful researched-backed advice from Glenn Livingston might help you!

Topics Discussed:

- Glenn's story

- Where our appreciation for color comes from?

- The human survival drive

- The reptilian brain

- How Glenn wrote his book

- Being the Alpha wolf

- How Glenn wrote his book

- Glenn's journal habit

- Self-doubt and mental programming

- Discipline and self-accountability

- Refusing to guilt yourself

- Parenting yourself

- Being in a family of psychologists

- Disempowering your victim-voice

- The voice of contrarian reason

- Glenn's present and future goals

- Daily journal ritual

- Using positive affirmations effectively

- What Glenn learned from hiking

"Self-esteem and freedom sit on top of discipline."

~Glenn Livingston

Do you find setting your goals is a challenge?

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Don't worry, you're not alone. Goal-setting and achieve is a habit you build through daily practice. Like planning for a trip, an event, a party, or anything else, you start with your end destination in mind.

Topics Discussed:

- Planning your goals

- What is a realistic goal?

- How to map a goal

- Journey vs destination

- Reverse engineer your goals

- Discipline and commitment

- LeAura's personal trainer

- LeVar Burton on self-love and work-ethic

- Simple mindset shifts

- Breaking down your goals

"If you want your creative endeavor to become your livelihood, then you need to show up for yourself."

~ LeAura Alderson

"The only people who accept your excuses are your other loser friends."

~ Gary Vaynerchuk, Belarusian American entrepreneur, author, speaker and internet personality

"The times in our life where we have felt the most proud, has not come from doing less, but doing more than we thought we were capible of."

~ LeAura Alderson

“I think self-love is all about pushing yourself, demanding of yourself that you stretch and reach your boundaries.”

~ LeVar Burton

"Assume you can do more than you think."

~ LeAura Alderson

The Business of Being an Author

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Today we’re delighted to be joined by a husband and wife team who are both best selling children's book authors!

While the colorful wigs, glittery eyes, and magnetic personalities are indeed whimsical... Both Sheri Fink and Derek Taylor Kent are savvy, down-to-earth business owners, marketers, and publishers.

Inspirational Children's Books

We loved the passion Sheri and Derek bring to building their Whimsical World, inspiring children to be more confident in themselves. Their mission to empower and uplift children and adults alike inspire us.

We hope you enjoy their stories, practical advise, and wisdom as much as we enjoyed spending time with them!

Topics Discussed in Episode:

- Sheri's story

- How being bullied lead Sheri to write her first book

- Derek's story

- Derek's first book written at 15

- The first book Derek published

- How to publish a children's book

- The questions Sheri asked successful authors

- The business of being an author

- How Derek and Sheri choose

- Printing children's books in China

- Creating products around books

- How Sheri & Derek met

- The founding of Whimsical World

"When you're on your path magical things happen." 

~ Sheri Fink, bestselling author, entrepreneur, publisher

"Anything I do, I want to do with excellence." 

~ Sheri Fink, bestselling author, entrepreneur, publisher

"We're about inspiring, delighting, and educating children of all ages while planting seeds of self-esteem and high achievement." 

~ Derek Taylor Kent, bestselling author, entrepreneur, publisher

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The creative process is a process of loving… of bringing your love into the world.

Read the full article here.

https://www.icreatedaily.com/art-from-the-heart/

Our highest creativity comes from heart and soul channeled through a focused mind. When you create, you’re creating art from the heart.

We are of course speaking of beauty and creativity; not the creation of the dark and negative. That is a different story and we do not dwell there, for where we dwell becomes our abode.

But beauty… beauty beckons love and stirs souls.

Read the full article here.

https://www.icreatedaily.com/art-from-the-heart/

Episode 168: Identifying Life Purpose ~ Coffee Break

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"In your life, you are the decision maker."

~Devani Alderson

Who decides when you get to focus on your goals? Or when you get to start something new? If you are not consciously making your own life decisions, then who is?

Ultimately, it's your life. You don't need to wait for the perfect day—or permission—to work towards your vision.

In business, when you need something approved or want to get a contract, it's important to talk to the decision maker.

Listen to the full episode here: https://icreatedailypodcast.com/identifying-life-purpose/

Topics Discussed:

- Non-conforming

- New years goals

- Societies shoulds & shouldn't's

- Who makes your life decisions?

- Honing in on your life purpose

- Building skill sets

- Make a commitment to you

Episode 167: Daily Art with Ingrid Sanchez

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We discovered our artist guest today when perusing top sellers on Etsy. Ingrid Sanchez is a Mexican artist based in London, UK.

Of course it immediately caught our attention that Ingrid illustrates and paints everyday using watercolors and mixed media. We love her art and that she gains inspiration from nature and a daily dose of meditation.

Ingrid loves the moon, plants of every kind, good weather, yoga and tea, and sells her beautiful art on her website and Etsy store.

For a truly delightful visual treat of Ingrid’s latest collections, upcoming workshops, commissions, collaborations and inspiration, you can visit her website and Etsy store, which we’ll ink here in the show notes

Topics Disscussed:

- Ignrid's story

- Skills that Ingrid developed

- Making the jump from Ingrad's job to her art business

- Ingrid's first Etsy trial and what she learned

- Learning the craft of art in NYC

- Starting a new Etsy shop with a new business name

- Selling on Etsy

- Using Instagram for promting art

- Watercolor workshops

- Daily art and discipline

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The power of focus is the one thing above all else that will help you achieve your goals. That and perseverance.

Read the full article here!

https://www.icreatedaily.com/the-power-of-focus/

Simplistically, the focused light of a laser is created when light waves are in sync with each other. The parallel waves are coherent and in phase. The light waves from a laser are the result of synchronicity and coherence resulting in focus.

Read the full article here!

https://www.icreatedaily.com/the-power-of-focus/

Multitasking minimizes mental clarity and amplifies mind noise.

Meditation maximizes mental clarity and minimizes mind noise.

~LeAura Alderson, iCreateDaily.com

We’re excited about today’s show with the foremost expert on healthy organic wine. 

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Todd White is the founder of Dry Farm Wines, the only health-focused, natural wine club in the world!

Todd White is an entrepreneur with a phenomenal company culture, all of which we’re excited to discover more fully here today…. But first and foremost, Todd is a visionary creator who says about his entrepreneurial endeavor:  

“It's not a day of work; it's a day of creating.”

Welcome, Todd White of Dry Farm Wines!

Topics Discussed in Episode: 

- Todd White's story

- Creator vs Business Person

- From multi-millionaire to broke at 52

- Dealing with depression

- How he discovered meditation

- Manifesting purpose through meditation

- Gratitude and conscious abundance

- 18 Point Manifesto

- Dry Farms Wine story

- Organic wine vs regular market wines

- The art of organic wine

- Connection through wine and food

"School was not a good fit for me. I'm a student of life, and very curious.  I did not fit into that structure."

~Todd White, Dry Farms Wine

"Most creators aren't creators because we want more money. They want more freedom. We're creators because we want to be free."

~Todd White, Dry Farms Wine

View full show notes and links here:

https://icreatedailypodcast.com/organic-wines/