Left brain or right brain? embrace Balance to create success

Let’s talk about finding the right balance in our art business. I know artists are free-spirited creators that have the desire to make beautiful things and share them with the world. 

But if you want to make a business from your talent, you must learn how to operate a business successfully. I know none of you want to be part of the starving artist statistic, and the good news is you don’t have to be. 

For the past 20 years, my husband, Paul, and I have operated our creative business, and we have never been in the red. Our company has sheltered over three recessions and a few natural disasters, but we are still standing. 

I credit our longevity to our creativity, determination, and intuition. And I also know none of the success would have been possible without our acute sense of business operation and finance management.

Balance Perspective
The achievement comes from having a balanced perspective in our business. As artists, we are naturally more right-brained, our strengths are in our creativity and intuition, but it doesn’t mean we can’t strengthen our counterpart, the more analytical left brain. 

To be an artist-entrepreneur, you need the Ying and Yang to create the right combination because having the parity will serve your business more effectively.

Here is a small summary of what our right and left brain functionality are:

Our right brain, the artistic side of our skull, is called the analog brain; it is more creative and less organized. Here are the attributions: intuitive, creative, imaginative, emotional, holistic, and dreamy. 

Our left brain, the analytical side of our skull, is sometimes called the digital brain. It is more orderly than the right brain and helps with: Logic, analysis, strategy, facts, mathematics, and verbal expression. 

Do you see the Ying and Yang of our great cranium? That is why having a well-balanced way of thinking helps with business operation.

The beautiful thing about our brain is that it is trainable. If you flex the muscle of your analytical mind, you will find operating a business becomes more effortless and strategizing for success is not so difficult.

Enhance your Left Brain
You can enhance your analytical brain by doing Sudoku, accounting, and word puzzles. Writing and reading also help or taking a course to up-level your business skills; all of these activities exercise the left side of your brain.

Enhance your Right Brain
On the other hand, to exercise your right brain, make more art, meditate, play an instrument, and do more hobbies such as knitting, sewing, cooking, or gardening. 

Embrace Balance
So, folks, I promise you if you learn to embrace the balance way of thinking instead of resisting it, it is worth the challenge and reward. I wouldn’t have had a successful business if I didn’t have a healthy outlook. You will learn the whole aspect of being an artist-entrepreneur is creative and ever-changing. 

Artist-Entrepreneurship Spirit
Imagine what it will be like to be creative and strategic simultaneously. Can you see the power in that? 

I want you to have a business that thrives and keeps you inspired and excited to wake up every morning to create, market your art, and watch it grow. Owning an art business is about the freedom to design the lifestyle you desire as long as your business is profiting. 

Being an artist-entrepreneur means you must be mindful of your art-making and marketing efforts. You need to know your expenses, profit, and how you manage your business. 

To make your talent into a business, you must treat it as one. Do you see why having an equilibrium perspective is vital to achieving your dream? 

My Experience
Being an artist-entrepreneur is the bomb to me. It has made my life incredibly fulfilling. The changes that I have seen in myself are phenomenal as well. 

If I didn’t embrace being more analytical and strategic in my business operation, I wouldn’t be here today to tell you about my success. 

Once you step foot into entrepreneurship, you will find your life blossoms in so many facets that it would make your head spin happily. 

I want the same for you
Artists, please think about it and seriously consider what being an artist entrepreneurship could bring into your life and how it would reward your family. 

Don’t be afraid to embrace changes. Finding a balance between your creative and analytical brain doesn’t mean you will lose the artist in you; instead, it will accelerate your growth and make you a more vital artist-entrepreneur. ​

The accomplishment you are going to experience will bring you joy and confidence. You will blossom as a better YOU. Embrace the dream and make the necessary changes; I believe in you.

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With Creative Joy,
Ting