#24: Laurie Collins on Building a Business on Instagram, Outsourcing and Ethical Clothing

04/08/19 • 2283 min

Today's interview is with Laurie, who has been on an incredible journey with her business: she started sewing clothes for herself, then sold them on Instagram, and then turned it into a successful business. We talk a lot about what comes with a journey like that, including impostor syndrome, mental health, outsourcing to make your work more sustainable, and doing it all at as an introvert. "It was definitely a business before I was prepared for running a business"- Laurie Collins

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#23: Sarah Von Bargen on 11 Years of Blogging, Selling Courses the "Wrong" Way & Habits for Happiness

Sarah Von Bargen, in her own words, helps people spend their time, money and energy on purpose. She has been blogging since 2008 at Yes and Yes, "a lifestyle blog for smart, funny people", and runs several courses on the topics of money and habit. She really is brilliant, so I know you'll enjoy this episode! "A lot of us have spent a lot of time, energy and money pursuing a version of happiness that we haven’t necessarily taken time to examine."

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[Quietly Ambitious Podcast] How to Keep Showing Up (Even When It's Hard) | 25

In this solo episode I talk about how to keep showing up for yourself and your business, even when it's hard. Showing up for me is essential to making this work, but it's hard when you doubt whether what you're doing works, when you doubt yourself, or when you suffer setbacks. So I talk about how I've learnt to navigate these feelings myself over the years. "Showing up for me means having this resilience, and having this faith, that even if things aren't working out now, they will work out in future"

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