This is a new opportunity pops up. A creative project is presented. A client offers to pay

you for something you don't normally do. For many creatives, especially freelancers, this

is the spice of life. Before a business owner, distractions can keep you from meeting your goals.

Welcome to Being Boss, a podcast for creatives, business owners, and entrepreneurs who want to

take control of their work and live life on their own terms. I'm your host, Emily Thompson.

And in this episode, I wanted to explore the benefits of finding focus as a creative entrepreneur,

to put on the blinders from new opportunities and creative negligence to at least for a specific

amount of time. Just do the work that you want to do. And to do that, the original Being Boss

business bestie Kathleen is back to not only lend her expertise on the benefits of focusing in

as a creative from a branding point of view, but from her personal experience as her exit from

being boss as an owner was done to help her focus her creative energy on her branding agency.

Together, we share our lessons and tips for finding focus, even if you're a multi-passionate

and wily creative with no shortage of ideas, creative dreams, and business goals.

Welcome Kathleen back to Being Boss. Well, thank you for having me. I feel like I've just come

home after a long trip. Oh, that's a beautiful sentiment, Kathleen. Thank you. Thanks for having me.

Of course. Well, I guess everyone should know. Kathleen and I still talk all the time.

Literally all the time. And we're still having business bestie conversations. We're still

talking sort of business mindset stuff or just talking about the weird things that are coming up

and how it pertains to this like greater sphere of creativity and entrepreneurship.

So we're talking recently and Kathleen was like, I think it's time for me to come back on the show.

And I'm like, I've been waiting for you to say those words to me, Kathleen.

So here we are. Well, you know, I mean, it's kind of like whenever you say goodbye to somebody

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