Kate Bradley is a young portrait painter from Tennessee who is currently enrolled in the Artists Who THRIVE coaching program.
It’s satisfying watching her achieving her SMART goal. She’s about 80% complete to her reaching her SMART goal and we are only about halfway in to her program.
Week by week she is getting there. And that’s because she is asking herself new questions and therefore thinking and acting differently.
The artists that I coach are required to send a brief weekly update every Sunday before midnight and it must include any insights that they have gained or shifts in their perspective.
Writing down and sharing these insights helps artists become much more conscious and deliberate about improving their success and it helps us track their progress.
Why is the artist’s thinking so very important? Because it is an artist’s attitude that is the number one factor of their success.
Kate’s attitude has been shifting towards a successful entrepreneur. This is not where she started but she is committed to making changes. It is commitment that is the second factor of success.
Read what she has to say in her last update. Do you hold this mindset? If not, what if you did? Do you think success might come to you with more ease?
1. When things are going well I tend to slack off a little bit and rest on my previous successes. Moving forward I want to be more consistent with my marketing efforts.
2. I have learned to treat my failures and successes the same. If I have a success, I don’t quit trying. If I fail, I don’t quit trying. I lost a potential commission this week. It was disappointing but I want to use that failure to learn something new and to give me the energy to push harder.
Artistic creative talent is important, no doubt. But then it’s about creative entrepreneurial talent. Andy Warhol, John Singer Sergeant, and yes, even the late Thomas Kinkaid, are shining examples of creative entrepreneurial talent that is a product of their thinking around their and commitment to success.
Change your mind, change your life.
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My pleasure Kate. You are doing all the work. I’m just the coach
Thank you, Ann! You have given me the tools and mindset to completely change my business and as a result, my life. I feel like a new person!