Behind The Scenes « Tara Swiger

It’s time for the contractions

We creatives LOVE the expansion part. We soak up inspiration, we breathe in dreams, we acquire ideas. Magazines, classes, pinterest…it’s all one big inhalation, one glorious expansion of all possible things, zooming infinitely outward. But the exhalation, the contraction, the doing…well, that’s not as glorious. Not as tweetable. But if anything is ever going to get done, if you’re going to write that book or finish that project or launch that line, there has to be a point where you stop inhaling and you start exhaling. You zoom in on what you will do. [...]

In safety, I found YES

Safety leads to YES [...]

What’s unclear?

I’m deep in BOOK-mode, pouring all my focus into making sure I answer your questions. I’m going back through my email folder of questions I’ve received (and answered!) over the past 3 years, to make sure the BOOK answers as many of those as makes sense. But what else? When you think of selling your [...] [...]

Right Action

After getting this email (and responding to her with actual action steps!), I went back to my notes for the Right People class… And I threw it all out. I went to my BOOK draft and I found everything that is actionable…and that’s going to be tomorrow’s class. [...]

Amy makes a map

I am SO excited to have Amy, artist, map-illustrator, and Starship Cadet, sharing her map with us today! Amy illustrated the Fairytale map that you get with the guide, so I love seeing how she took her idea of what to share with YOU and actually used it in her own business. [...]

Declare Your Independence

I quit my dayjob. 2 years ago today. I consider this, July 1st, to be my personal Independence Day and I wanted to celebrate with you a free gift. YOU You have been the best part of the last 2 years. Getting to know you on Twitter, meeting you for a coffee, exploring your craftybiz [...] [...]

Everything is Everything

This has been a weird month. Launching the Starship. Turning 29. Getting knocked out for a whole work week by the flu. Going out of town for a week (family stuff!), with only my phone for internet access. [...]

I got so much from the most recent class! SO incredibly informative and helpful! I dub thee Tara Awesomepants!

Joyce, FlyingKettle.com

Wow. just...wow. that was so helpful. a lot of stuff i kind of knew already, but you totally put it all together and crystallized it in a way that really, really helps.

Anna

I think I might have sprained my wrist, I was scribbling your brilliant ideas so quickly. Seriously, I am in AWE of the sheer amount of usefulness your brain can spew out. It was all so crisp, so clear and so exactly what I needed. But my favorite part was how completely non-judgmental you were with the stuff I wanted to figure out, and how genuinely excited you got about my latest project-babies. (Anyone thinking about hiring Tara — you will get soooo much more than what you’re paying for. This service is basically the best thing in the entire world.)

Havi Brooks, FluentSelf.com

Working with Tara always gets me so excited to keep working – the energy to get stuff done is as invaluable as her advice! No more Avoidypants!

Amy, Antemortem Arts

Working with you helps me bring focus and clarity to what I’m doing for my business. The classes help answer a lot of the questions I have, and there hasn’t been a single instance of me talking with you (or any of the other awesome people in the Starship) that I haven’t come away with a great idea or way of accomplishing something on my list. You deserve lots of sparkle points for the work you do.

-Skaja Wills, SkajaWills.com