Over the last 8 weeks I have had an amazing journey and learnt
some really important life lessons. I thought today I would share some of these
with you so you can understand the passion and drive that goes into a small Australian
Boutique business like Arthouse Industries.
So…it all started 8 weeks ago when I resigned from my high
paying, secure job that paid the bills and had a big title you could hide
behind. I had always been able to have
Arthouse Industries as a hobby or something that satisfied my creative needs
but the business had never had any pressure on it to do things like pay bills!
At that point I made a decision to make Arthouse Industries an
amazing Australian business with an amazing story behind it but I won’t bore
you all with that today. What I will do is share with you something that makes
this journey so much easier for me and I have been reminded of in the last
couple of days.
Running a small business by yourself can be very lonely,
especially when you have been surrounded by a team of over 100 a day for the
past decade and I have come to understand and embrace networking and customer
interaction like never before.
This morning I had breakfast with a networking group in my
local area that is filled with amazing, inspiring women of all ages and backgrounds
and each of those interactions adds to my toolbox of knowledge so that I am
able to face difficulties with new ideas, be inspired by creative people and
sometimes people are able to put you at ease when you don’t know and answer and
it is making you anxious.
On Monday I sat on the ground of a friend’s studio and worked
out fantastic ideas to help drive the business using her past business experience.
On Tuesday a customer who lives over 400km away called me to
say thank you for taking the time to speak with her when we met and let me know
she loved what I was doing and thought I was a beautiful person.
Being creative in my business is only a small part of its
success. Embracing the people in your life who can contribute positively towards
it is a huge part of staying in the game and I am so grateful that when the
glass seems half empty I am surrounded by inspiring people who remind me the
glass is actually half full!
Thank you to all those people….you know who you are.
Skye X
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