From Sept 11-13, 2014, I spent my days in a room of 265+ people who were willing to “go there”… we were attending Tiffany Peterson‘s annual event – Elevation. It’s a combination of personal development and sales & marketing training.
Tiffany did a call with me back in July and I invited everyone to join us in Salt Lake City, just as I had been invited by Jennifer Pugh last year. Two (brave!) artists decided it felt right and came. Debbie McCulley flew in from Spokane, Washington and Cathy Nolan took the trek west from New York City. It was fun to get to know them both better – laugh together, cry together, open up and swap stories. I was thrilled that they both found the event to be a mind and perspective changer as well… maybe next year you will come too!
One of Tiffany’s big themes is this: How uncomfortable are you willing to be to get the results you want?
Some will say not at all and others will do ANY-THING to make their dreams come true. What matters is what is true for you. How uncomfortable are you willing to be to make it in art licensing?
Here’s a little video (that was uncomfortable for me to make – but I decided that was half the point) about my thoughts on the matter.
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Some food for thought… here’s to your creative success!
– Tara Reed
Just what I needed to hear Tara!! I know for myself, and I’m sure many other’s, one of the most uncomfortable things for me to do in my business is make phone calls. I’m naturally an introvert and would prefer to just paint in my studio or send e-mails, work on my computer, etc. But, I know the reality is that I NEED to pick up that phone and make those calls! Thank you for the “Kick in the Butt” today, Tara Reed, I’m GOING to start making those phone calls and be UNCOMFORTABLE, and embrace it!!
And thank you for always being such a great inspiration and mentor to us artists 🙂