Episode 1: Introduction, WGITWA, + Helpful Mindsets for the Creative Perfectionist

The Brilliant Creative, Business Coaching for Creatives with Ang Stocke

Welcome to The Brilliant Creative Podcast!

Ever feel like perfectionism gets in your way? Specifically with your business?

Well, let’s talk about it! Perfectionism in business can be helpful, but it can also be harmful. Join me in this episode and learn how to reframe your perfectionist thinking so you can feel some positive momentum in your business. Let’s get you unstuck + moving!

About this podcast:

If you’re gonna listen to The Brilliant Creative, ya gotta know a couple things!!
1. The definition of WGITWA: What Gets in the Way!!! From negative thinking, to old stories, to perfectionism, to comparison, to limiting beliefs and so much more. A LOT of stuff gets in the business owners’ way. I could talk about this forever. Which is why the podcast is happening!!!

SIDENOTE: Yes, I made up the word WGITWA. That’s what we creative people do right? I’m a big fan of making up words. And if you have your own business...you can make up all the words you want!
2. The goal for this podcast is for you to leave with ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE..meaning, after you listen, you feel able to be, do or have something that you didn’t before. I might offer some coaching homework. I will always offer journal prompts and questions that should be HELPFUL and FAST, and very often, I will offer new ways of thinking. These are called mindsets. If you wanna be a successful entrepreneur, you need to think like one!

In this episode, here’s what we’ll cover:

• Examples of WGITWA, and how they can hold you back in your business
• Learn how perfectionist thinking was harmful to me in my 23 years of owning businesses (and how it was helpful!)
• Identify common perfectionist beliefs that might be holding you back
• Learn new beliefs that can help create a fresh mindset around perfectionism
• Coaching homework in the form of: Choosing two or three fresh + empowering mindsets and putting them in front of you today!

Quickly get to what you want :

[0:02:12] Who I am, and who I have created this podcast for.

[0:03:10] Elements that set me apart in the business coaching industry.

[0:03:54] What you can expect to learn from the weekly episodes

[0:05:55] WGITWA; what it means, and some common examples

[0:07:15] The dark path that comparison can lead you down.

[0:09:09] Main goals of The Brilliant Creative podcast.

[0:09:29] An introduction to today’s topic, perfectionism.

[0:10:44] Ways that my perfectionism has served me well, and ways that is has not.

[0:11:49] How I worked through my perfectionism

[0:12:33] What a negative orientation is, and why it’s not helpful

[0:13:09] Examples of how perfectionism manifests itself within people who have creative businesses.

[0:16:54] Huge costs of perfectionism.

[0:17:55] How it feels when you are living in alignment compared to when you are not.

[0:18:44] I run through 9 examples of harmful perfectionist mindsets.

[0:20:20] 9 helpful mindsets that can serve as an “antidote” to the harmful ones.

[0:23:54] Where you can find a copy of the 9 mindsets I have shared with you.

[0:25:21] Your homework for today!

Links and Resources:

Link to the freebie--9 helpful mindsets for perfectionists : www.angstocke.com/9mindsets