Hey it's Antries and welcome to the Savvy Painter podcast. This week instead of an

interview I'm going to focus on questions I get from listeners.

It's a new format, so I'd love to know what you think.

After this episode, go to savvy painter.com

and tell me what your biggest takeaway was

in the comments section of the shownuts for this episode. So I get a lot of questions about things like not feeling focused in the studio, feeling insecure about painting, finding time to paint with a full-time job or kids, and all of these

questions have a common thread running through them, which is mindset.

That is our perceptions, how we see things and respond.

So let's talk a little bit about mindset.

What is it?

Your mindset is the filter that processes stimuli and is responsible in large part for how we react,

especially when we aren't even aware the filter exists. And the thing is, this filter, your mindset, it affects everything. It affects how you see your

paintings, how you manage your career, your family life. It is all over the place. So when you are aware of your mindset and the

tendencies that you lean towards, you empower yourself. As Leonardo da Vinci is quoted as saying, one can have no smaller or greater

mastery than mastery of oneself. Like painting, that mastery of your mindset is a lifelong endeavor.

So in this episode I'm going to take a look at a few questions and show you how our mindset weaves through each one of them. But before I do I want to make one thing clear.

Your mindset affects your perception of an issue, which in turn can dictate how you choose to

respond or react.

That is not the same thing as saying that it's just all in your head or just think

positively and all of your problems would be solved.

That is absolutely not true.

You still need to act

...