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Self Love, Persistence, & Starting That Spark W/ Founder of Fire. Clothing Ian Howard
E153:
Today we speak with founder of Fire. Clothing a recent start up out of North Carolina. Fire. wants every unique individual to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin, the spark of creation. Ian speaks to encouraging others with Autism to pursue their dreams, starting a clothing brand without prior experience, and getting past anxiety and depression of the past to live in the present putting yourself out there. Great conversation on persistence, finding your passion, and helping others.
In This Episode We Cover
Dealing with anxiety
Getting that spark for your idea and running with it
Starting a new venture you’ve never done
Persistence
Starting social media
Setting up a Shopify and direct sale process
Getting comfortable making authentic content
Finding a clothing manufacturer for your brand
Inspiring others with Autism to pursue their passion
Self love
Pushing yourself to do better everyday
Write it down and speak it into existence
Quotes
“I struggled with facing the fact that I had autism. I never wanted to say that I had autism because I didn’t like myself having it but its the reason why I love myself now. You have to have self love, I love who I am now, what I stand for, I don’t care what everyone else thinks.” - Ian Howard
“Building a brand is a tricky thing but I’m excited about how you’re building yours right now.” - Host Dave Swillum
“The past doesn’t matter, right now matters. You don’t want to live in the past, you want to live forward.” - Ian Howard
“Speak it into existence and write it into existence.” - Ian Howard
Ian’s Links
Ian’s Shopify clothing site for Fire.
https://ianfire2021.myshopify.com/
IG
@fireclothing88
TikTok
@ianisonfire
Resources Noted In This Episode
Ian’s Uncle’s Record Label
EAOLY Entertainment
Da Vin Tee
Concord, North Carolina
https://davintee.com/
Steve Harvey Motivational Talks on Youtube
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Merch To Support Us!
https://wakeup.itemorder.com/sale?fbclid=IwAR30nyVXdpFaax0mN0CRcC_mVjNzafbMo0spds82eoG-GMo01HG6Uq0dvzw
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
Facebook Community to connect to creatives
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/
Email
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
www.crawlspaceaudio.com
Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee
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E153:
Today we speak with founder of Fire. Clothing a recent start up out of North Carolina. Fire. wants every unique individual to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin, the spark of creation. Ian speaks to encouraging others with Autism to pursue their dreams, starting a clothing brand without prior experience, and getting past anxiety and depression of the past to live in the present putting yourself out there. Great conversation on persistence, finding your passion, and helping others.
In This Episode We Cover
Dealing with anxiety
Getting that spark for your idea and running with it
Starting a new venture you’ve never done
Persistence
Starting social media
Setting up a Shopify and direct sale process
Getting comfortable making authentic content
Finding a clothing manufacturer for your brand
Inspiring others with Autism to pursue their passion
Self love
Pushing yourself to do better everyday
Write it down and speak it into existence
Quotes
“I struggled with facing the fact that I had autism. I never wanted to say that I had autism because I didn’t like myself having it but its the reason why I love myself now. You have to have self love, I love who I am now, what I stand for, I don’t care what everyone else thinks.” - Ian Howard
“Building a brand is a tricky thing but I’m excited about how you’re building yours right now.” - Host Dave Swillum
“The past doesn’t matter, right now matters. You don’t want to live in the past, you want to live forward.” - Ian Howard
“Speak it into existence and write it into existence.” - Ian Howard
Ian’s Links
Ian’s Shopify clothing site for Fire.
https://ianfire2021.myshopify.com/
IG
@fireclothing88
TikTok
@ianisonfire
Resources Noted In This Episode
Ian’s Uncle’s Record Label
EAOLY Entertainment
Da Vin Tee
Concord, North Carolina
https://davintee.com/
Steve Harvey Motivational Talks on Youtube
Waking Up From Work Podcast Links
IG / Tik Tok / Clubhouse / Twitter / HiHo Follow & DM Me!
@davewakeup
Merch To Support Us!
https://wakeup.itemorder.com/sale?fbclid=IwAR30nyVXdpFaax0mN0CRcC_mVjNzafbMo0spds82eoG-GMo01HG6Uq0dvzw
Patreon (If you want to support the show check out our sweet offers for you)
https://www.patreon.com/wakingupfromwork
Facebook Community to connect to creatives
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wakingupfromwork/about/
Email
Youtube Channel & Series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeddF25VuWn8Eg3Fhy13fQ?view_as=subscriber
For audio advice and more in depth music content from Dave
www.crawlspaceaudio.com
Dave’s Indie Band Broadwing
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/broadwing/tennessee