1.8 Brian K, Creative Thinker / Art Director

04/24/23 • 54 min

4 Listeners

Brian joins us this episode to talk about his transition as a Creative Director for large corporations to running his own creative agency, Space Monkey Designs, for the last 7 years. Brian talks about his early manual labor jobs and how he witnessed the output of his hard work and earning his check for the week. This strong work ethic has been key to Brian's approach in his corporate work career and running his own business.

In this episode, we talk about:

Brian's initial foray into running his own company presented some challenges early on
He talks about his "brand of you" approach to his career and how he presents himself from his work with clients, colleagues and how he presents himself on social media
Work-cations he and his wife take as they combine offsite work assignments and mini vacations

If you want to connect with Brian, you can find him on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ or his website, spacemonkeydesigns.com.

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In this episode, we talk about:

Brian's initial foray into running his own company presented some challenges early on
He talks about his "brand of you" approach to his career and how he presents himself from his work with clients, colleagues and how he presents himself on social media
Work-cations he and his wife take as they combine offsite work assignments and mini vacations

If you want to connect with Brian, you can find him on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ or his website, spacemonkeydesigns.com.

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If you want to be a guest on the show, please visit our website, ⁠⁠⁠wfhforever.com/tellyourstory⁠⁠⁠. Please complete the brief online survey and we will be in contact with you.

Please subscribe to our show to download our latest episodes and if you like our show, please, share it with a friend.

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1.7 Dani D, Creative Copywriter

3 Recommendations

Dani is a creative copywriter based in Spain and she shares her story on this episode of the ⁠⁠Work From Home Forever⁠⁠ podcast. Dani grew up in Venezuela and experienced firsthand: long commutes, rising cost of gas and resources and crime and robberies that have become commonplace. These experiences shaped her views on remote work and has helped her to seek out a fulfilling work from home career.

In this episode, we talk about:

Her experiences in Venezuela which shaped her views on remote work
Resiliency of her and her team as they were forced to go from 100% in-office to fully remote during the pandemic shutdowns
Forced team building activities
Productivity tools and apps that are misaligned with measuring effectiveness of creative personnel

If you want to connect with Dani, you can find her on LinkedIn or her Instagram @daniiswriting. If you want to check out some of Dani's writing and along with her colleagues, please visit her company, Meditopia, and read some of their blog posts on meditation, mindfulness and even some articles on work from home best practices.

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1.9 Allie R, In Transition & Children's Book Author

2 Recommendations

Allie joins us on the podcast and we cover a lot of topics during our discussion. She is currently in-transition and seeking remote work opportunities in a non-profit, tech for good or mission-based organizations.

Allie took a leap and moved to Morocco a few years ago and has traveled and worked around the world with her young daughter primarily through house-sitting. While she's looking for her next full-time role, Allie has written What Will I Be Next? which is a children's book about travel and learning which was illustrated using AI applications.

In this episode, we talk about:

Allie's perspective about seeing the world and gaining new experiences without earning a high income.
Travel hacking by offering house sitting services on trustedhousesitters.com while allowing her to live and work in a new country.
We talk about her ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Remote work allows her to make contributions without triggering the emotional sensitivity of perceived rejection by bosses, peers or loved ones.
We discuss how her ADHD allowed her to laser focus and complete her new book, What Will I Be Next?⁠, when she set her mind to write a book.
Allie taught herself AI artwork and design tool, Artssy, to help her illustrate her book after illustrator proposals were too cost prohibitive.

If you want to connect with Allie, you can find her on ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ or her website, allierenar.com⁠.

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