side hustler’s perspective
This is fuel for your mind and creative grind.
The Side Hustler’s Perspective Podcast is fuel for your mind and creative grind.
Each week, Coach Scotty Russell’s mission puts you in a position to get paid to play creating work that lights you up...
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Deneen Pottery Illustrator Series - Growth Takes Time Mug
There are no such things as microwaveable results—growth takes time. Scotty Russell breaks down the message behind the art for his latest Illustrator Series collaboration with Deneen Pottery.
257: How to Grow Your Creative Biz (Fall 2023 Student Spotlight)
12 weeks to radically grow your creative business…is it possible? My Fall students share their biggest tips, wins, and takeaways they learned during the Fall 2023 Side Hustler’s Coaching Program.
6 Mind F*cks Paralyzing Isolated Creatives
No one should feel stranded solo on an island building their creative biz. Sure, you can find success rolling solo. But often, there comes a point where isolated creatives become paralyzed due to these 6 mind f*cks.
10 Ways to Become a Lucky Overnight Success
Would you rather be an unlucky starving artist or a lucky overnight success? Both options are hard—choose your hard. Here are 10 ways overnight successes are born and blow up out of nowhere.
Your Big Break is Two Years Away (Here’s Why)
Your biggest win is probably 2 years away, can you wait that long? Here’s how all my biggest wins over the past decade have happened at the end of a committed 2-year season on a focused path. It pays to be patient.
5 Unsexy Tips to Unlock Sexy Successful Results
The biggest names crushing it didn't get lucky overnight—they spent years building their foundational launchpad. Here are 5 unsexy tips successful creatives did that led to the sexy results you see.
The Power of Connecting Your Story to Your Work
Do you struggle to tell your story, let alone think anyone would even care? In this training, I’ll show you why your story is a powerful asset. As well as how you can bake your story into your work so people can easily connect with you.
How to Tell You’re Creating for the Wrong Reasons (Vibe Test Checklist)
Are you creating work you vibe to? Or are you creating what you think strangers + algorithms want to see? What I share today will reveal if you're wasting your time creating work for the wrong reasons (and how to fix it).
10 Questions to Get Paid to Create Work You Love
Want to get paid to play like a professional? Here are 10 questions that’ll help you act like your own dream client to create and attract your dream projects.
Stop Chasing the Money—Chase the Play to Get Paid
Creating work for yourself you don’t enjoy is basically just a day job you dread. Let’s tap into the power of purposeful play so you can become a professional who gets paid to play creating work you vibe to.
256: Pt. 2 A Season of Betting On Yourself (Spring 2023 Student Spotlight)
It’s scary to embrace the unknown when betting big on your creative pursuits. Listen to 6 students share their biggest struggles along with their biggest takeaways and tips they've learned during the 12-Week Spring 2023 Side Hustler’s Coaching Program
255: Pt. 1 a season of betting on yourself (spring 2023 Student Spotlight Special)
It’s scary to embrace the unknown when betting big on your creative pursuits. Listen to 6 students share their biggest struggles along with their biggest takeaways and tips they've learned during the 12-Week Spring 2023 Side Hustler’s Coaching Program
4 Tips to Protect Your Time & Eliminate Distractions
Want to become a productive creative assassin? Get ready to go to war to savor those sweet gains lurking on the horizon with these 4 tips to protect your time + eliminate distractions!
Grow your creative biz by eating your veggies 1st
Struggling to gain traction, see results, and/or stay focused? Instead of doing this, grow your creative biz to the next level by eating your veggies first!
How to Set Priorities That Drive Big Results (Pizza Priority Party)
When you know what’s important and you’re able to execute, that's when you see BIG results. Here’s how to set priorities for your life, day job, and dream by leveraging a ridiculous awesome pizza metaphor.
2 Hurdles Hurting Your Productivity (3 Tips on How to Fix it)
Not seeing progress and overwhelmed feeling like you have to do ALL the things to be successful? Here are 2 hurdles hurting your productivity…and 3 tips I leverage to keep myself on track.
5 Tips to take your creative biz full-time
Most creatives I talk to want to do their thing full-time one day. In this session, I'll share 5 tips that helped me grow my side hustle outside a Corporate Cubicle and turn it into my 6-figure full-time dream job
6 Reasons to Leverage Your Day to Fuel Your Dream Job
So the day job is holding you back from chasing what you want on the side, right? WRONG. Here are 6 reasons I was able to leverage my day to chase what I wanted on the side.
Save the Emotions for Your Art—Stay Objective With Your Biz (Pt. 6 of 6)
When you operate from an emotionally driven reactionary state, it’s extremely difficult to put yourself on the path to thriving full-time doing your thing. Here’s how to save the emotions for your art while being objective and measurable with your creative biz.
Your best year yet—Track your wins if you want to win (Pt. 5 of 6)
It's easy to fall victim to comparison as our inner critic is working overtime trying to convince us we're not doing enough. Let’s break down the importance of tracking your Wins going into 2023 and how it'll set you up to have your most successful year yet.
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Get a taste of what to expect as below is a Live Perspective Podcast episode at Creative Works Conference 2019.
Scotty, Maggie Enterrios of LittlePatterns, and Rogie King of Super Team Deluxe share personal stories and actionable tips for growing your creative business in front of 400+ creative souls .
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