{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 347: Carving Out Space For Creative Work With The Autonomous Creative Founder Jessica Abel","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3450,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nIn This Episode:\n\n\n\n* Why Jessica Abel believes carving out space to work on experimental and creative projects is key* The strategy she recommends for buying the time you need to do creative work* How she measures creative projects in “developmental markers” and “success markers”* And why she’s committed to building a team that helps her make room for big picture thinking and creative projects\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s one thing to get your business to a point that’s stable and sustainable.\n\n\n\nIt’s another to make room for big projects like writing a book or building a new offer.\n\n\n\nAnd it’s yet another thing to carve out the space to work on a creative project that may or may not ever bring financial benefits.\n\n\n\nIt’s those big projects—the business-related and the not-so-business-related—that so many business owners dream of being able to spend time on.\n\n\n\nSometimes, we put them on our calendar—block out a week or even a long weekend—but then life happens.\n\n\n\nSome quote-unquote emergency bleeds into the time we’ve set aside.\n\n\n\nOther times, we dwell in the daydreaming. Pinterest boards are curated. Research is done. Ideas are floated past significant others or mastermind groups.\n\n\n\nBut nothing material ever comes of it.\n\n\n\nWhile Tara will gladly tell you that I’m a huge fan of daydreaming, I also want to make at least some of those dreams real.\n\n\n\nLast week, when I talked with Jacquette Timmons about finding the perfect blend of your work days and weeks, I mentioned that one of the things in my particular blend is working on art throughout the days.\n\n\n\nI love that I’ve developed a working life that allows me to simultaneously kick butt & take names producing podcasts at the same time I’m exploring my passion for visual art.\n\n\n\nIt’s taken commitment, experimentation, and a lot of work on business systems—not to mention some serious mindset work!—to get to that place.\n\n\n\nAnd that’s exactly what I wanted to talk with today’s guest about.\n\n\n\nWhat does it take to be able to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}