10 Minutes to Being Boss

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10 Minutes to Being Boss

10 Minutes to Being Boss is a bite-sized show for creative entrepreneurs. We're taking listener questions and giving out actionable insights, tools, and tactics in around just :10 minutes. Join Emily Thompson and her plucky sidekick Corey Winter every Monday as you start your work week. Brought to you by the team behind the Being Boss Podcast.

  1. 08/10/2021

    My #1 Mindset for Making Decisions in My Business (+ bye for now!)

    Every business owner has experienced decision fatigue at some point in their entrepreneur journey. It can easily lead to burnout and wasted time if you don’t adopt healthy mindsets and routines. In this episode, Emily shares one of her favorite methods for preventing decision fatigue, and how she uses it to make business choices more easily and deliberately. She explains the benefits of taking the pressure off of decision-making, and announces an upcoming change that’s underway because ...

    8 min

  2. 07/27/2021

    Why Taking a Mandatory Lazy Day is Self Care

    If you’re a passionate creative business owner, it can be difficult to let yourself slow down. We get it— it can feel like a chore to take a full day of rest to simply do nothing. But sometimes, giving your brain 24-hours to be calm is a key to self-care. In this episode of 10 Minutes of Being Boss, Emily shares her top tips for having an enjoyable unproductive day and explains why having a mandatory lazy day is crucial in business. Watch the video of this episode here >> -- Find res...

    11 min

  3. 07/13/2021

    4 Habits to Help Prioritize Your Business

    As a creative entrepreneur, business planning should be an ongoing priority. How can creative bosses actually plan for success? In this episode, Emily shares four habits that can help you prioritize your business better. From setting yearly goals to celebrating daily wins, taking the time to work on your business is just as essential as doing the work you need to do in your business. Watch the video of this episode here >> -- Find resources for this episode in the shownotes at www.bei...

    9 min

  4. 06/29/2021

    How to Fix Your Business (6-Step Process for Improving Business Systems)

    How do you make your business better? It starts by identifying the gaps in your existing systems and then finding (and implementing) solutions for practical business process improvement. The path to more growth, better impact, and greater customer satisfaction all lie in the continuous improvement of working systems. In this episode, Emily shares 6 steps to improve the quality, productivity, and success of your company through process improvement. Watch the video of this episode here >>...

    9 min

  5. 06/15/2021

    Want Success? What it Means to Do the Work

    What does it take to be fulfilled and achieve success as a creative, business owner, or entrepreneur? Success is an ongoing journey and continual exploration that involves many layers. There's no magic solution to success, but rather several interconnected habits and commitments you must be willing to learn and practice. In this episode, Emily shares the Being Boss philosophy of "doing the work" for success, with helpful tips on how to show up as the best boss you can be in both business and ...

    8 min

  6. 06/01/2021

    How to Handle Constructive Criticism (4 Tips for Filtering and Taking Feedback to Grow Your Business)

    Taking constructive feedback isn’t always easy and can even be uncomfortable. Being a free-spirited creative or a Type-A business owner can make it more difficult to see the upside to criticism. The ability to consider constructive criticism like a boss is not only a sign of emotional maturity, it allows you to hear an outside perspective that will most often take you to the next level. That’s why Emily is sharing her tips for receiving, filtering, and using constructive criticism. Watch th...

    12 min

  7. 05/18/2021

    How to Get Motivated (especially if you work alone)

    If you are your own boss, either a business owner, an artist or a freelancer, being boss is such a wonderful thing to make your dreams a reality. You can do things based on your own terms and have a life according to your rules. But as you do the work to have this all happen, at some point of your journey, you’ll start to feel a lack of motivation. Today, Emily is sharing with us some top habits and tactics to help you get motivated to do the work and be a boss of your life and your business....

    10 min

  8. 05/04/2021

    How to Be More Creative (4 Tactics for Putting Creativity First)

    At some point in running a business, creative entrepreneurs often find themselves focusing more on everyday tasks like email, social media content, and other administrative tasks and forgetting that the main reason they started their business is to have creative freedom and to do work that they love. In this episode, join Emily as she shares four tactics for putting your creativity first, so you can be more creative and build a business that you'll continue to be passionate about. Wat...

    11 min
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    10 Minutes to Being Boss is a bite-sized show for creative entrepreneurs. We're taking listener questions and giving out actionable insights, tools, and tactics in around just :10 minutes. Join Emily Thompson and her plucky sidekick Corey Winter every Monday as you start your work week. Brought to you by the team behind the Being Boss Podcast.

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