Comments on: finding balance http://starvingartistink.com/finding-balance/ where photo and design meet Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sharalee http://starvingartistink.com/finding-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-40635 sharalee Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:45:03 +0000 http://starvingartistink.com/?p=1729#comment-40635 i don't know! i am going through the same thing. actually, just yesterday i made a couple contacts in tulsa for possibly selling some stuff. when we were driving home i was flipping out inside! "what if they hate my stuff and they don't want me? what if my stuff sucks and no one buys it?! agh!!!" i've come a long way in my confidence...and its the only reason i actually had the guts to ask someone about selling my stuff, i couldn't have done that a year ago! but i have soooo far to go. i guess i'm working hardest on making sure i do what I love, and present what I want to instead of what i think people want to see. the right people will be receptive. at least i hope! ;-) i don't know! i am going through the same thing. actually, just yesterday i made a couple contacts in tulsa for possibly selling some stuff. when we were driving home i was flipping out inside!
"what if they hate my stuff and they don't want me? what if my stuff sucks and no one buys it?! agh!!!"
i've come a long way in my confidence…and its the only reason i actually had the guts to ask someone about selling my stuff, i couldn't have done that a year ago! but i have soooo far to go. i guess i'm working hardest on making sure i do what I love, and present what I want to instead of what i think people want to see. the right people will be receptive. at least i hope! ;-)

]]> By: Roberta Cotter http://starvingartistink.com/finding-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-40634 Roberta Cotter Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:49:33 +0000 http://starvingartistink.com/?p=1729#comment-40634 It's not easy. it's a learnt skill I think. At first I was very much a yes person too, "oh of course I can do that", "yes no problem I'll change that". Then I realised i was doing nobody any favours especially myself. If this is how you're to make a living, learning to say no is critical. I have found that clients respect me more now that I am 100% certain on the way things are and run. Of course I do have a degree of flexibility, you have to have that it's only fair but i don't let people take a mile when I give an inch, there's no point in being in business if I do, it wouldn't be worth my while. You'll get it. You'll learn it. It does take time, but when you get there you'll be thrilled skinny and oozing confindence in yourself, your work and in your clients. It's not easy. it's a learnt skill I think. At first I was very much a yes person too, "oh of course I can do that", "yes no problem I'll change that". Then I realised i was doing nobody any favours especially myself. If this is how you're to make a living, learning to say no is critical. I have found that clients respect me more now that I am 100% certain on the way things are and run. Of course I do have a degree of flexibility, you have to have that it's only fair but i don't let people take a mile when I give an inch, there's no point in being in business if I do, it wouldn't be worth my while.

You'll get it. You'll learn it. It does take time, but when you get there you'll be thrilled skinny and oozing confindence in yourself, your work and in your clients.

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