Goal Setting for Creatives with Indigo Colton | Ep15
How can we set AND stick to our goals? In this episode, we talk with Indigo Colton about balancing multiple projects, setting boundaries, and the importance of accountability.
Summary:
- how her work as a virtual assistant has helped her create better business systems
- how to set your own client and work boundaries
- what a business system is and how it can help your work-life balance
- how to use a project management tool to help you organize your daily tasks
- the essentials of good team communication
- why she likes to set one big goal a month
- her amazing process for breaking your bigger goals into daily action steps
- why you should make room for reflection in your goal setting process
- what Indigo and I have learned by being accountability partners
- how to build a healthy support system to help you stick with your goals
Quotables:
- “Setting all the expectations up front is really helpful in client management.” (Tweet it!)
- “There’s no one-size-fits-all system for your business. It all depends on you.” (Tweet it!)
- “Having everything documented and in place will save you hundreds of hours later.” (Tweet it!)
- “Think about the big thing you want to do and then get more and more specific.” (Tweet it!)
- “Is this really aligned with what I want or am I doing it because everyone else is?” (Tweet it!)
- “Break down your goal as much as possible.” (Tweet it!)
- “Take that time to do a gut check. I can’t stress it enough.” (Tweet it!)
- “Find your people and put on your blinders.” (Tweet it!)
Resources:
- Creative retreat blog post
- Slack
- Asana
- Power Sheets
- Indigo’s VA course
- Creative process blog post
- Vision journal prompts
- Rock Your Month
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