faulker076

Wow. It’s been an incredible year; definitely one of the most challenging, eye-opening, educational, and amazing of my life. To end it, I decided to share 12 of the most important lessons I learned in 2012: #12 Face Hubris: One of the most difficult parts of this year has been becoming present to the detrimental parts of my identity. Not until I was in an environment in which no one was interested in your impressive résumé, number of degrees, or even that you had attended college (let alone which school,) did I realize how much my perception of self-worth relied on the affirmation from others. The music industry was this environment and it was the first time in my life that I wasn’t immediately supported and adored. I never realized how important being impressive was to me until I wasn’t. Being stripped of the very parts of me that brought (and bought) me the greatest pride forced me to reevaluate my motives for hard work and my intentions when doing my “best”. Once I let go of the ne...

I have been a full-time entrepreneur for 10 months and while every single project, experience, trip and challenge has been awesome, money is an issue sometimes.   I’ve never wanted to be driven by money- neither by the constant yearning for more, nor by the obsessive focusing on its insufficiency. A major part of the reason I quit my job was because I wanted to love what I did every single day so that it never felt like “work”. However, lately I am beginning to wonder if love and passion have to take a backseat so that I can chauffeur a few more profitable passengers/clients to keep the lights on. Sigh. I saved a good amount of money last year to be able to make this happen and it has kept me afloat. However, my goal was never to burn through my savings. The challenge now, as is the case with any entrepreneur, is to figure out how to establish a steady revenue stream while still remaining selective about my projects and with whom I work. Paycheck vs. Passion This...