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Slow and Fast#31: Setting Realistic Expectations As A CreativepreneurStay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://rebrand.ly/SF-Discord Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://rebrand.ly/SF-CreativeSupport Connect With Us https://rebrand.ly/SF-Socials Here's a glance at the episode... [00:00] - New Intro! [00:56] - Catching up [05:08] - Episode Overview: Setting Realistic Expectations [08:21} - If you're already performing at a high level in one field, don't expect to perform the same in another...2023-05-0246 min

Slow and Fast#30: What We've Learned After 6 months and 30 Podcast EpisodesStay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://rebrand.ly/SF-Discord Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://rebrand.ly/SF-CreativeSupport Connect With Us https://rebrand.ly/SF-Socials Here's a glance at this episode... [00:13] Preview [00:33] - Intro [00:50] - Episode Overview [04:40] - Lessons on how our conversations have changed [11:43] - Lessons on scheduling and batching tasks [13:20] - Maintaining our...2023-04-2559 min

Slow and Fast#29: The Creativepreneur's Internal Battle of Procrastination VS PerfectionismStay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://rebrand.ly/SF-Discord Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://rebrand.ly/SF-CreativeSupport Connect With Us https://rebrand.ly/SF-Socials Here's the episode at a glance... [00:24] Intro [00:48] Episode Overview [02:00] Perfectionism as procrastination = Competence exceeds confidence [03:27] Deadlines as a tool to ward off procrastination [04:37] The outcome may never match the initial vision.. and that's ok 2023-04-1845 min

Slow and Fast#28: Warning Signs Your Client is Going to SuckStay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://rebrand.ly/SF-Discord Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://rebrand.ly/SF-CreativeSupport Connect With Us https://rebrand.ly/SF-Socials Here's the episode at a glance... [00:27] Intro [01:42] Episode Overview [03:46] Red Flag: Talking down your services or ability in order to drive the price down [04:40] Red Flag: I have someone who can do it cheaper 2023-04-1132 min

Slow and Fast#27: Self Help Books That Didn't HelpStay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connect With Us https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast 00:38 - Episode Overview02:12 - Extremism sometimes has the opposite effect: Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins08:41 - To Generalist in their advice: Productivity Project by Chris Bailey14:29 - Some books apply to different phases of your journey...2023-03-2836 min

Slow and Fast#26: Harnessing The Power of Regret As A CreativeStay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connect With Us https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast 00:31 - Intro 01:29 - The Power of Regret Breakdown 04:42 - "If Only" vs "At Least" Regrets 08:04 - Everyone has a talent, it just might not be what the world needs from you 09:25 - Foundational Regrets 12:51 - Make sure your actions and priorities match 13:44 - Regret of...2023-03-101h 00

Slow and Fast#25: "When" To Find Your Efficient Time As A CreativeStay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connect With Us https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast 00:24 - Intro - Catchup 00:55 - Episode Overview 04:36 - Book Summary - Intro to Circadian Rhythm(Night Own vs Lark) 06:47 - John on how his schedule has changed due to the lessons in this book 11:55 - Steven's scheduling lessons 15:01 - How to Schedule your Doctor...2023-02-2828 min

Slow and Fast#24: Understanding Your Own Drive As A CreativeIn this episode, John and Steven talk about their deepened understanding of what drives them after reading Drive by author Daniel Pink. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connect With Us https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast 00:23 - Intro - Catchup and BS'ing 07:17 - Episode Overview: Drive by Daniel Pink 09:55 - What motivates a creative? 14:40 - Outlining the framework...2023-02-2144 min

Slow and Fast#23: The Cautionary Tale of Self-Help and ProcrastinationThe journey to bettering yourself isn't one with an endpoint but because of this endless outlook on constantly striving to improve ourselves, it can sometimes lead many of us to stop dead in our tracks and find reasons to hold off on doing the work necessary. In this episode, John and Steven discuss warning signs of diving too far off the deep in with self help that can cause us to procrastinate. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Q...2023-02-1445 min

Slow and Fast#22: The Evolution of Success As A CreativeCreatives all start out with an idea of what success means to them at that moment in their life. But as creatives grow and life changes depending on the season of your life your idea and how you define success will constantly be changing. In this episode, Steven and John explore how their ideas of success have changed over the past 5 years of their creative journeys. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John...2023-02-071h 02

Slow and Fast#21: Investing Your Time As A CreativepreneurTime - we all have a certain amount of it and juggling between work, life, relationships, and family can be a tough thing on its own. And trying to pursue a creative outlet that you one day hope to become a sustainable career that can give you the freedom you always desired is tough as well. But how much time should anyone be putting into their creative endeavors, in this episode Steven and John discuss what is the right amount of time to put into a creative talent based on someone's desired output. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up N...2023-01-3156 min

Slow and Fast#20: The Question That Stumps Every CreativepreneurMaking a living with a regular 9-5 is difficult in and of its own, but transitioning from a full-time 9-5 to a creative owning their own business is even tougher and the hardest thing for any creative is to put a value on the output of their craft In this episode John and Steven talk about one of the ickest topics creative try to avoid that ends up hurting their creative businesses in the long run. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Ser...2023-01-2451 min

Slow and Fast#19: Balancing Dual Careers As A Creative w/Gabe CaraballoBalancing a Full-Time Career Alongside Growing a Creative one is no easy feat and in this episode, John and Steven invited their friend Gabe Caraballo of Liminal FX to discuss how he has been able to grow a creative business from scratch while having a demanding full-time career. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJV...2023-01-171h 13

Slow and Fast#18: Perspective VS Perception: A Creatives NemesisWe've all heard the expression the glass is half full or half empty. For a creative, it can seem at times the glass is always half empty from where we see things. In this episode, Steven and John discuss perspective over perception and how it can be the ultimate villain in our own lives. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsle...2023-01-1045 min

Slow and Fast#17: Looking Back From A Year of Burnout RecoveryBurnout sucks and is unfortunately something many creators face just like we did all of 2022. In this episode Steven and I catch up to talk about what we learned from our year of burnout recovery and the changes we are making heading into 2023, as well as what we are excited for! Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJV...2023-01-051h 13

Slow and Fast#16: Our Favorite Books of 2022In this episode, Steven and John discuss the books they read in 2022 that left a big impact on them and why they enjoyed these reads. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connect With Us https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowandfast/message 2022-12-2753 min

Slow and Fast#15: Dating A Creative w/MrsCourtneyWardIn this episode Steven and John seat down with Steven's wife Courtney to reflect on what life was like when they first started dating and Courtney's perspective of dating someone in a creative field with a different lifestyle. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connect With Us https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast --- Send in a voice message: htt...2022-12-201h 38

Slow and Fast#14: Why It's Important To Make Friends As A CreativeIn this episode, Steven and Jon talk about the importance of balancing having creative friends and friends that are not creative with different interests and how they've found and nurtured these important relationships. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connect With Us https://mtr.bio/slow-and-fast-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com...2022-12-1342 min

Slow and Fast#13: How Money Harms Your CreativityIn this episode, Steven and John talk about the idea of spending money to make money is always taken out of context and does more harm than good, especially for creatives. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/hzm0xhq Join Our Discord Server! https://discord.gg/AUzsj8hNMH Have A Question You'd Like Steven and John To Answer In A Future Newsletter or Podcast? https://forms.gle/B3q9kJVfyjk5XdM38 Connec...2022-12-0648 min

Slow and Fast#12: Creativity Isn't A Hobby It's A Calling Pt.2As Creatives Steven and John started out as musicians only wanting to have fun with their passion. Eventually, this led to spending time in studios and realizing they could probably do a better job than the person recording was a segue into their audio and video careers. Neither of them thought about their creative callings being something they could one day turn into a profitable business. In this episode, Steven and John discuss a book they wish they would have had a decade ago when they began their creative full-time journeys. This is Part 2...2022-11-2948 min

Slow and Fast#11: Creativity Isn't A Hobby It's A Calling Pt.1As Creatives Steven and John started out as musicians only wanting to have fun with their passion. Eventually, this led to spending time in studios and realizing they could probably do a better job than the person recording was a segue into their audio and video careers. Neither of them thought about their creative callings being something they could one day turn into a profitable business. In this episode, Steven and John discuss a book they wish they would have had a decade ago when they began their creative full-time journeys. This is Part 1...2022-11-2253 min

Slow and Fast#10: Creatives HATE Routine Even Though It Creates Success Pt.2There is one book just about every entrepreneur and creative person Steven and John know to recommend as a much-read. This book really helps lay out a framework that anyone can use to create habits that don't overwhelm and will stick in the long run. On this episode, Steven and John talk about their takeaways from James Clear's "Atomic Habits" how this book changed their lives and continues to do so, and what you can take away from this masterpiece and apply yourself. This is Part 2 of a 2 Part Series. Listen to E...2022-11-1547 min

Slow and Fast#9: Creatives HATE Routine Even Though It Creates Success Pt.1There is one book just about every entrepreneur and creative person Steven and John know to recommend as a much-read. This book really helps lay out a framework that anyone can use to create habits that don't overwhelm and will stick in the long run. On this episode, Steven and John talk about their takeaways from James Clear's "Atomic Habits" how this book changed their lives and continues to do so, and what you can take away from this masterpiece and apply yourself. This is Part 1 of a 2 Part Series. 2022-11-0854 min

Slow and Fast#8: Creativepreneurs Just Want To Have FunThe best part about making your hobby and passion a career is the amount of fun you get to have every single day! While everyone else is working a 9-5 and hating it, as a creative you are excited to wake up and create something new for the world to enjoy. And if you're not there yet you will be soon. In this episode Steven and John talk about how much fun being creative is but the importance and changing the way you think about your passion if it's becoming your business to avoid Burn Out and resentment towards...2022-11-011h 03

Slow and Fast#7: Key Things Every Creativepreneur Needs For SuccessAs creatives, we are not the most organized of people. How can we think of being organized when inspiration might hit us at a moment's notice and we need to be ready! In this episode Steven and John talk about some of the necessities they have needed in their businesses and some may not be what a creative might think they need but without these tools life as a creative becomes harder when it doesn't need to be. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter 2022-10-251h 21

Slow and Fast#6. The Toxicity of Creative TribalismBy nature, each of us wants to have our own community or tribe. People we relate with and can find a sense of belonging with. As great as a community can be communities can turn toxic and become a bubble where everyone suffers from groupthink. In this episode, Steven and John talk about the warning signs of a toxic community and how to keep yourself grounded as a creative, and the signs of a great community with free thinking is celebrated. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter 2022-10-1852 min

Slow and Fast#5: Avoiding Creative Scatter Brain Pt.2Being organized isn't a default characteristic of many creatives. Multi-passionate wouldn't begin to describe what Steven and John call a creative scatterbrain. It's a syndrome that stops creatives from getting traction in their hobby/business and taking it to a scaleable level. In this episode both Steven and John go into detail about how The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber was a wake-up call to how and why their past businesses failed and structuring their new businesses with the principles from The E Myth Revisited is helping them plan for a better future and how it can help...2022-10-111h 08

Slow and Fast#4: Avoiding Creative Scatter Brain Pt.1Being organized isn't a default characteristic of many creatives. Multi-passionate wouldn't begin to describe what Steven and John call a creative scatterbrain. It's a syndrome that stops creatives from getting traction in their hobby/business and taking it to a scaleable level. In this episode both Steven and John go into detail about how The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber was a wake-up call to how and why their past businesses failed and structuring their new businesses with the principles from The E Myth Revisited is helping them plan for a better future and how it can help...2022-10-0458 min

Slow and Fast#3 Pivoting With Ease Into CreativepreneurshipYears ago Steven and John were two guitarists in and out of bands wanting to change the direction of their creative careers. This journey would lead them to become producers and then content curators. Through this journey, they've both had to find ways of preparing for the shifts in their careers. This episode goes over the lessons Steven and John learned on shifting careers and how the book Pivot by Jenny Blake takes 10 years of hard life lessons in pivoting and gives a blueprint on how any creative can make the jumpy from part-time to full-time without going poor...2022-09-261h 56

Slow and Fast#2 Hustle Cultures Romance With BurnoutLike many aspiring entrepreneurs/creativepreneurs Hustle Culture sunk its teeth into both John and Steven's lives. The everyday grind of trying to do it all yourself to prove something to a world of people who weren't watching or frankly cared. This episode goes into Steven and John's experience with Hustle Culture, how they contributed to the toxic mindset, and how they are taking the tough lessons they learned from burning out from the hustle culture grind. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter W...2022-09-261h 18

Slow and Fast#1: It Took 2 1/2 Years To Upload This EpisodeIn this episode, Steven and John talk about their journeys from musicians to producers to content curators and now Podcast Hosts. Why they want to share their stories of successes and failures to help upcoming and aspiring content creators from repeating their mistakes and achieving their goals as a content curator faster. Stay Updated With Our Weekly Ramp-Up Newsletter https://rebrand.ly/sf-newsletter Want To Keep The Conversation Going? Join Our Discord Server! https://rebrand.ly/SF-Discord Have A Question...2022-09-1849 min