10 Minutes to Being Boss
10 Minutes to Being Boss is a bite-sized show for creative entrepreneurs. We're taking listener questions and giving out actionable insights, tools, and tactics in around just :10 minutes. Join Emily Thompson and her plucky sidekick Corey Winter every Monday as you start your work week. Brought to you by the team behind the Being Boss Podcast.
Episodes
31 episodes
My #1 Mindset for Making Decisions in My Business (+ bye for now!)
Every business owner has experienced decision fatigue at some point in their entrepreneur journey. It can easily lead to burnout and wasted time if you don’t adopt healthy mindsets and routines. In this episode, Emily shares one of her fa...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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8:14
Why Taking a Mandatory Lazy Day is Self Care
If you’re a passionate creative business owner, it can be difficult to let yourself slow down. We get it— it can feel like a chore to take a full day of rest to simply do nothing. But sometimes, giving your brain 24-hours to be calm is a key to...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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11:04
4 Habits to Help Prioritize Your Business
As a creative entrepreneur, business planning should be an ongoing priority. How can creative bosses actually plan for success? In this episode, Emily shares four habits that can help you prioritize your business better. From setting yearly goa...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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9:25
How to Fix Your Business (6-Step Process for Improving Business Systems)
How do you make your business better? It starts by identifying the gaps in your existing systems and then finding (and implementing) solutions for practical business process improvement. The path to more growth, better impact, and greater custo...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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9:20
Want Success? What it Means to Do the Work
What does it take to be fulfilled and achieve success as a creative, business owner, or entrepreneur? Success is an ongoing journey and continual exploration that involves many layers. There's no magic solution to success, but rather several in...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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8:21
How to Handle Constructive Criticism (4 Tips for Filtering and Taking Feedback to Grow Your Business)
Taking constructive feedback isn’t always easy and can even be uncomfortable. Being a free-spirited creative or a Type-A business owner can make it more difficult to see the upside to criticism. The ability to consider constructive criticism li...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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12:20
How to Get Motivated (especially if you work alone)
If you are your own boss, either a business owner, an artist or a freelancer, being boss is such a wonderful thing to make your dreams a reality. You can do things based on your own terms and have a life according to your rules. But as you do t...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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9:44
How to Be More Creative (4 Tactics for Putting Creativity First)
At some point in running a business, creative entrepreneurs often find themselves focusing more on everyday tasks like email, social media content, and other administrative tasks and forgetting that the main reason they started their busi...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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10:37
My Secret Weapon for Making Decisions in My Business
Making decisions in your business can be hard and overwhelming, because not only does it affect the trajectory of your career and your life but also the lives and careers of your team, your vendors, and even your clients and customers. But even...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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9:29
How to Prioritize Projects in Your Business
When you start your own business, you're putting yourself in the position to have a million different opportunities at your doorstep. It's overwhelming, which is why you need to have a system in for prioritizing projects and opportunities so th...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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9:07
Overcome Imposter Syndrome (4 Tactics to Kick Fraudy Feelings to the Curb)
Fraudy feelings are the worst, especially if you are a human being who goes out in the world and tries to do great things. But as a boss, it is your job to overcome them, to stop them in their tracks. In this episode, Emily dives deep into impo...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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12:56
Want to Become an Influencer? 5 Tips to Grow Your Brand
If you're an online business owner, you want to be an influencer. Maybe not the influencers of Instagram fame, but you do want to influence your audience, your customers, your clients to take the action that you want them to take. In this episo...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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15:05
Productivity Tips: How to Focus
6 productivity tips to help you find focus in your work and hone your craft as a creative, business owner, or entrepreneur.Watch the video of this episode here >>---Find r...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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16:15
Money Mindset Exercise: Expand Your Idea of What's Possible
Your money mindset has a huge effect on your ability to show up in your business and reach your goals. In this episode, I'm taking you through one of a simple and quick money mindset exercise to have you bringing some awareness to your feelings...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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14:49
6 Lessons from Podcasting for 6 Years
As a professional podcaster (like, I get paid to podcast) who started a podcast before they were as plentiful as Instagram accounts, I know a thing or two about showing up and creating content in this medium. In this video, I'm sharing my...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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16:43
Goals Every Business Owner Should Set
Setting goals are an important part of growth, but not everyone sets goals the same way. No matter *how* you set goals, in this video I’m sharing 4 goal-setting business questions to assist you in clarifying 4 goals that every business owner sh...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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11:14
4 Habits for Being Boss in 2021
Navigating 2021 presents its own set of challenges as we pick back up our lives and work, with the baggage that 2020 has left us in tow. In this episode, I'm sharing why the transition into this new year isn't like any old New Year's flip, and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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12:12
Where is my :10 Minutes to Being Boss episode?
Question: "What do you do when :10 Minutes to Being Boss takes a break?"---Find resources for this episode in the shownotes at www.beingboss.club/10minutesWant your q...
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1:50
How do I make long-term goals that fit my work style?
Question: "I struggle with making long-term goals, but I desperately want to move my business forward with intention. How do I create goals for myself that move the needle while still working in the way that I work best?" ---...
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11:19
Should I offer different pricing for friends?
Question: "How do you manage pricing for friends, especially those you want to help but know can’t pay full price?"---Find resources for this episode in the shownotes at www.bein...
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10:16
Am I doing it wrong if creativity drains me?
Question: "We all hear that creativity fuels you, but I find that my creative work drains me. Am I doing it wrong?"---Find resources for this episode in the shownotes at www.bein...
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13:13
How do I disconnect to do big picture business planning?
Question: "How do you disconnect from the day-to-day operations to do big-picture planning in your business?" ---Find resources for this episode in the shownotes at www.beingboss...
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10:03
How do I build a higher converting website?
Question: "How do you build a higher converting website?"---Find resources for this episode in the shownotes at www.beingboss.club/10minutesWant your question answere...
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14:20
How do I politely decline offering people free advice?
Question: "As I've grown my following by sharing content that positions myself as an expert, I have a lot of people asking for my time, input, and suggestions. How do I politely decline the conversation while not alienating someone who's...
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9:50
Is there anything in the Being Boss book that is outdated?
Question: "Is there anything in the Being Boss book that you feel, after having three or four more years of experience today, that would need to be updated or revised? Are there things in the book that you see (or would word) differently...
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