Automate to Elevate: Scaling Your Creative Business

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:00:00

Automating the ordinary so that you can focus on the extraordinary.

ShySpeaks: 00:00:05

Just work four days and that fifth day I can work on like personal development. Because if you're touching something two to three times, this may be time for you to go ahead and automate, audit.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:00:15

Automate, delegate, eliminate, so you can elevate.

ShySpeaks: 00:00:18

I just read up five hours like, you know what I'm saying?

Instead of me working on this every single day for a total of one hour every day for five hours, I no longer have that, that's clear time on my schedule. And so now I was like, oh, I'm to do more like revenue generating things. If you're always busy, you're probably not building.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:00:44

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ShySpeaks: 00:00:55

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ShySpeaks: 00:01:51

We can't wait to help you unlock CEO mode and the freedom you've been working for. Now let's get back to the episode. If you're always busy, you're probably not building what's up?

And welcome to the Mind and my Creative Business podcast. The number one podcast for creative entrepreneurs to earn strategy, structure and self development all in one place.

Yes, I say earn, learn, get access to yes, all in one place. I'm your co host, Shy Speaks.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:02:17

And I'm your co host, Ron Ironically Junior. And today we're going to be talking about a topic that is dear to us and that is automating the ordinary so that you can focus on the extraordinary.

And we do that through a workflow audit. So we're going to show you how to Audit what it is that you're doing so that you can maximize.

ShySpeaks: 00:02:38

Right, right. We're going to talk about the importance of it.

You know, we show you how to do it in the creative to CEO challenge that we put together, this five day challenge for creative CEOs just like yourself to go from creative mode to full on CEO mode. And we give you this workflow audit. It's a really cool.

We're going to talk about why we do that and how it helps you scale your business and go to the next level with your creative energy. Because we got to make sure we not just talking about business all the time, we talking about energy as well.

You know, if you're making that creative juices, keep them available to flow, but they're not available to flow if you're always bond down and you always have a bottleneck. Right. So you want to have fewer bottlenecks, you know, and more creative time.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:03:18

Yeah. Because like I said, if you in the weeds. Yeah. Nobody wants to be in the weeds. So just to kind of set the tone for what we about to discuss Adobe.

So anybody, you know, if you are a photographer, videographer. Right. You know what Adobe is, if you're creative in certain aspects.

But Adobe did a study and they were saying that 70% of the people that they surveyed said that by automating certain tasks. Right. That they were able to increase their collaboration, increase their workflow and output.

ShySpeaks: 00:03:47

Yeah, I mean, and I believe it. I believe it because I've experienced it. Right.

So for me, for example, I used to say I always want to just work four days and I don't need to be working five days no more.

I want to have work four days and that fifth day I can work on like personal development, I can work on like just other creative things or if I'm making Fridays that day, I can take Monday and make that my free day. Whichever way I go, I just want four working days and one that I. But I couldn't do that because I was always working on everything.

And one of the things that I would work on, me being an artist at the time, it was my primary income. Most artists, artists, they're touring and their bookings, I'd be like spending one day focusing on answering all the emails.

And I mean I would answer emails regularly, not just on that day, but I make sure I go through and touch in any emails from all the booking inquiries I have.

I make sure some people who needed a contract, some people needed something changed or did something with the contract I'm working on that on that day I was like, oh, who all needed the invoice? I'm sending the invoices, I'm checking to see that they pay the deposit.

On that day I was like, oh, let me make sure I put this on on my calendar because they've already confirmed the booking. Oh, let me. And so you hear this. This is the same thing I had to do every single booking.

So I got to the point where I was like, I need to automate this because if you're touching something two to three times, this may be time for you to go ahead and automate. Like, I know, and I know that automation work feels like I had to sit down and mess with some kind of tool or software.

This is going to be like, it's going to be business in me and admin and all that kind of stuff and it's going to take away from my energy, but it's really, once it's installed, it's going to give you that energy back. And so back to this booking situation. I was like, oh man, I need to figure out a way to save hours. You know what I mean? I need to save time.

And so you can literally spend one hour just working on one booking just because you got to do a contract, this the follow up, you know, and then sometimes after the booking you need to follow up and say, hey, how did it go? Thank you for having us. Is we, we, we look forward to any feedback. And if you give us positive feedback. Okay, cool.

We would love for you to make a referral to any other people that we could go work with, you know what I'm saying? There's this stuff need to do. And I was like, I need to automate that.

So one day I said, I'm gonna sit down and I'm gonna work on an automated system, a streamlined system. And I took to the tool that I have called Savant Sync. Right. The software company that founded.

And I'm like, okay, cool, well let me go in here and like figure out something. Now at this time, I hadn't founded the tool, right. I was just creating the tool. I was just creating something.

And after I created it, I got to the point where I was like, oh man, this is like saving me hours.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:06:25

Yeah.

ShySpeaks: 00:06:25

And then I could share this to other creative entrepreneurs so that and other artists so they can save them hours. Right. I put a whole course behind it because I was like, this is so cool. I just saved five hours.

And where I used to work five days a week, I don't because I now have five hours on Friday that I can just take to work on like personal development, reading, taking, doing like, you know what I'm trying to say? I finally was able to achieve that. And not only was I able to achieve it, other people were able to achieve it.

And I feel like what I built in the system. System, I was like, okay, I need to turn this into a software.

And this software needs to turn into like something that I could sell to people outside of just the bookings, but the overall streamlined system. And so that's kind of how Savant Sync came about.

So not only did it save me time, it actually helped me create like a whole nother entity business, a business model and all that kind of stuff. So. Yeah, definitely.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:07:14

So even that and talking about it saving you time.

ShySpeaks: 00:07:16

Yeah.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:07:17

Like, what was, what was like your biggest payoff for you having that time saved with just that alone?

ShySpeaks: 00:07:24

Yeah, just that alone. So the biggest payoff was like, okay, I have this. I just read up five hours, you know what I'm saying?

Instead of me working on this every single day for a total once an hour every day for five hours, I no longer have that, that's clear time on my schedule. And so now I was like, oh, I'm available to do more revenue generating things.

Like, for example, I can work on writing grants on this day, you know, or applying rather for a grant or looking for grants to have somebody on my team to apply for. I told my publicist, I was like, when she says, like, hey, are you available?

Sometimes she lets me know in advance, like, hey, can you make this appearance? It'll be good for business, it'll be good for optics. And I'm like, I can't do it because I'm just working on this. I'm always working on that.

I'm behind my computer.

I was able to tell her like, yeah, if you have stuff that comes up, pops up in the middle of the week, don't feel free to ask me if I can come because I know I got an extra hour or two that I saved. Appearing places, now we're talking about partnership. Like as far as sponsorships are concerned, partnerships. I'm able to have meetings with people.

It's like, man, can we work on a partnership? Or I'm able to go work on sponsorships. Sponsorships help bring revenue into the business.

So just that extra five hours made me say to people, I can say yes more.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:08:44

Right, right. So even that. So that drives me to asking, so when you were in the weeds, right, doing those, those tasks, right?

Like how did you, how did that make you feel? I'm not. I mean, because you're doing it, but. And it's helping you to get to, you know, revenue.

But it's like, how did you feel opposed to when you put the automation in place? You felt. Because I just sensed even. And you explaining it.

ShySpeaks: 00:09:06

Yeah, there was a. Yeah, yeah.

It was different because I was like, I used to have to, like, I used to have to tell my publicist, like, let me know in advance so I can put it on my schedule. So I can. But sometimes she's like, hey, I had an opportunity. You can go up here, here. And it's like, oh, man. I went to. I made this appearance.

I was able to be in this magazine impromptu or be on this podcast, be on this radio station impromptu. And it kind of like circulated. I found out I got a lot of followers, new business came in simply because I was able to partake in that.

And it like, that is really cool because I'm not just doing this. I felt when I was doing the work of it all, I felt productive.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:09:44

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

ShySpeaks: 00:09:45

I felt busy.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:09:46

Yeah.

ShySpeaks: 00:09:47

But that's why I opened the episode by saying, if you're always busy, you probably are not building. Yeah, I was busy. Right. But I wasn't building what I was really trying to build because I really wanted a company that had good publicity.

It had a good, you know, I wanted that. I wanted a company that has sponsorship.

In order to have the sponsorships, you have to meet with the sponsors and, and come up with packages and things that you're going to be able to give them deliverance, make this a mutually a beneficial relationship to. I wanted grants right in. To do that, I need to have time to work on the grant, apply for the grant. So I, I actually feel, I felt busy.

You know what I mean? Because I felt busy. I felt like I was being productive, but I really wasn't being productive in the right way.

I wasn't building what I was really want to be. And when I go do interviews and having fun, that's actually refreshing for me. That's energizing. Yeah, I was.

Yeah, I was doing these tasks and it was helping me, helping me make money because it was leading towards the. An end goal. But it wasn't something that was like as exciting as sitting down talking about a collaboration between me and this sponsor.

You know, I was able to get a sponsorship and a partnership with Beyond Meat. Right. For example, this is, this is side note. We wouldn't even plan on talking about it.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:11:00

No, I had to ask you, okay, go ahead.

ShySpeaks: 00:11:02

But Beyond Meat. And it was because, like, I put out these. This musical content called Free Lunch Fridays.

And these Free Lunch Fridays I always spot, like, vegan and vegetarian restaurants. That's how I eat most often. And that's what I encourage people to do most often as well.

And so Beyond Meat saw me tagging them and using them, and they were like, hey, we like what you're doing, a demographic, you're serving. Let's talk about a partnership.

But if I was too busy, I wouldn't even have time to hop on that impromptu call to talk about said partnership, because I'd be like, I still gotta send this. I still gotta send this invoice. I still gotta send this contract.

I still gotta follow up on this email because they asked me to send over my W9 or they needed me to send over my headshots and all that kind of stuff. So I was like, man, I'm touching all this stuff too much. How can I automate this stuff? Like, how can I get in some kind of way?

And that's when I start streamlining. Created a system where all I have to do in one or two tabs, right? I just go in the system. I approve it.

Once I approve it, it then sends the invoice automatically. It sends the contract automatically. It then after that, after they respond, there's an email that goes out.

Once the booking is confirmed, we have their deposit or we have their contract, it sends them an email that's saying like, hey, we know in advance. You're probably going to ask us for this W9. We know you're going to ask for this. So we send that type of stuff.

And this is like the, the beauty of automation for me. It freed up so much time. So, yeah, I felt busy, but I wasn't building.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:12:29

No. And you got to that point because you did something that we've talked about is you. You did audit, right? You had.

You did a review and an audit and saying, okay, cool, this is what I'm currently doing. But I just got. This can be simpler, right? So it's the workflow audit. Or you know that workflow audit is first you got to audit it, right?

Once I audit, then I'm seeing what can be automated, delegated, eliminated, or needs to be elevated.

ShySpeaks: 00:12:56

Right, right, right, right.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:12:57

And that's what you were able to do. You was like, okay, cool, I can automate this task. This task, this task here. I'm sure you delegated some things as well.

We're not going to Talk about, you know, this episode is about automation, but still that delegation is still a part of that workflow, right?

ShySpeaks: 00:13:09

Yeah. That's why we want to audit. Yeah, exactly.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:13:11

That's what we want to audit. So some things that can be delegated, but the. There's some things that can be automated. So I automated these tasks, I delegated these tasks.

I probably eliminated some. Then that allowed for me to elevate. But then not only did I elevate it, but I also elevated certain things. Because now the things that I.

That elevate me, that energize me, I was able to do. Right. And it created more. I was able to increase and maximize my input and my output as a result of me going and doing that audit.

ShySpeaks: 00:13:41

Exactly, exactly. And that's what we're talking about, that workflow audit.

And then I'm happy that you asked me about that because you're auditing your processes, but it's almost like auditing your energy. That's why you asked me about how it's built. Right. And so. And that's the same thing.

Like, we want you to feel like if you're watching this, we want you to feel energized by what you're doing. You're still getting it done. I'm still getting all that stuff done. And of course, I did delegate it.

I have a booking coordinator, I have a booking manager. I approve it. And then some stuff happens. Stuff happens with the delegation. But then it's not all on them either. It's some automation that's in place.

Right. And so we automated some of the boarding, so we even eliminated some stuff like that's. That's dragging on the conversation too much.

There's going to be a lot of back and forward. Let's just go ahead. And, you know, so we were able to really look at it. So we talk about a workflow audit. Like, no, I'm not going to do that.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:14:30

Like, you know, like, listen, you got to do that. Yeah, you got. It's imperative.

ShySpeaks: 00:14:36

Yeah, Right.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:14:36

And so I had a similar situation. Right. And this was during the pandemic. So this was during the pandemic when I, you know, kind of was. Was. Was leading into me coaching.

ShySpeaks: 00:14:46

Yeah.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:14:46

And you know, what was the. What was the platform? The talking platform? Clubhouse.

ShySpeaks: 00:14:51

Clubhouse.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:14:52

Yeah. So clubhouse met a young lady on Clubhouse. And you know, we got together. Cause she focused on operations. This before me.

And you started getting it in.

ShySpeaks: 00:14:59

Yeah.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:15:00

And we did a workflow audit. You know what I'm saying? She was like, so I want you to we had a sticky, a sticky one of the sticky tabs. So you know.

But she was like, I want you to go in there and write everything, your whole process, your whole, your whole flowing process, everything that you personally touch. I need you to write it in red. Anything that's delegated, automated or something does somebody else does write it in green.

When we was done with that thing, I want to say at least 90, 95% was red. She was like, you bleeding, sir. Wow. That's literally. She said you bleeding.

ShySpeaks: 00:15:29

Wow.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:15:29

Like you doing too much so you gotta make some adjustments.

ShySpeaks: 00:15:34

That's crazy. Yeah, 90%.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:15:36

Yeah. I mean once again I was focusing in solopreneur mode. So even if you're a soloprene, you still don't gotta do everything right.

There's things that you can automate.

ShySpeaks: 00:15:48

Exactly.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:15:48

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ShySpeaks: 00:16:49

Ultimately this workflow audit helps you balance what you're passionate about and what the processes are because you the reason why you're doing 90% of it because it's like I'm passionate about it. I like doing it like I like.

You know, you're coaching creative entrepreneurs, you enjoy it and it's like there's some other passages comes with it as you upload their spreadsheet. I got to do this. I got to send them the invoice I got to do.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:17:10

There's so many calendar invite. Then you got to send them the contract. You got to send them the question. I'm manually emailing every little thing.

ShySpeaks: 00:17:18

Yeah. And you're willing to do it because you're passionate about it. Exactly.

But it's like just as I'm passionate about it, I need to find a balance in like what this process entails. You know what I'm saying? Some of that stuff in red we could be like, we be eliminated that we don't even need that. Like some of this stuff in red.

You need to go ahead and get you an assistant. We're going to delegate it to that person. Or also you need this contractor and we're going to delegate this to this particular contractor.

Because sometimes the contractor, I talked about it, the publicism, other times the contractor is a social media firm or maybe sometimes the contractor is, you know, you can fill in the bud like whatever it is can like I don't have to hire a full on employee to do it. Like so for example, maybe the contractor is a project manager, right?

Because this is literally, I do this group coaching cohort for example and it's literally just six months and so I just need somebody to help me with this, this project. I don't need them all year. I just need this time frame or this.

And so like boom, I'm going to get a project coordinator, I'm a contract them and they're going to handle this, this, this and this. Like I literally do that.

I have a project coordinator that I bring in from time to time on various projects and I say this is your world, this is your world, this is your world. Right? So I'm delegating that. But then there's even things that I'm putting in that's in their world just because I've delegated it.

Here's a, here's a secret. This is a, this is a. Just because you delegate something to somebody and it's like, okay, I've delegated, I don't need to automate it.

That's not true.

Just because it's in their wheelhouse, it doesn't mean that they may not look at it and say okay, these things you gave me, we can put some automation on some of this stuff. Is there a way for when they fill out a form to automatically send them an email reply back just thanking them?

But not just thanking them, go ahead and put misinformation in it. Something they may ask you now, you know what? You right, it's still in your wheelhouse.

You going to review the form and you're going to, you're like, well they going to manually send the email? No, they're going to automate this part of the email and then I'll kick in on the follower. I got you. We can get that done.

We go into our system and we make sure we get that automated.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:19:20

And one of the reasons why this is so important because like you said, we do it because we love the Aspects that we love. Right. And that's why we said when we started, we said, help you automate the ordinary.

So those mundane things, those boring things, the things that they gotta get done.

ShySpeaks: 00:19:37

Right.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:19:37

It's like if, if me, if, if I don't schedule this client call, it doesn't get on my calendar and I don't make the call, I lose clients. So I have to do it. But me doing all that stuff manually, I'm tired, I don't wanna do this. I'm frustrated, I'm irritated.

So then when I show up on a call, you're not getting this version of Ron, you know what I'm saying? You're getting the more reserves higher. Now eventually I get there, but you know, we don't want to do that.

So if I can take this stuff off my plate, put it elsewhere, still getting done, right? Right. Not that I'm removing it. I'm just putting it elsewhere so that it can get taken care of so then I can show up in my extraordinary piece.

Yeah, kill it.

ShySpeaks: 00:20:18

Yeah, you can do that. Coach, come up with solutions, ideate life plan, give structure so forth. Like that's, that's the good stuff.

For me when I brought up the media, press outlets, me being on camera, talking, sharing passion, I can do that. Me talking to a sponsorship about, man, we're coming up with beyond me. What are we going to do? You know, what can we, what can we work out?

We came up with something pretty cool, by the way. Me, you know, kind of talking about like a grant. Like, ah, let's look for grants that actually fit our project or this creative endeavor.

Like I've gotten awarded several grants since then. Prior to then, prior to then I wasn't really getting awarded, but it's because I didn't have this people.

And there's another thing that I didn't put is the, the brilliant stuff is the secret sauce like you're talking about. And so for some people is writing. For some people is weaving. For some people it's painting. For me, it is literally writing. Right.

I'm able to because of that. I make one day, that very first part of the morning, I can like write. Yeah, I just can write.

And then after I've written, I've written like written whatever I'm going to say, I actually use that same time I can schedule to go to the studio and record or if you already have a studio at home and you got to do voiceovers or whatever your creative is, you have that same space and time. But I wouldn't have been able to carve out that creative day, that creative time. If I had.

If I had every day, I always have something that I. I have to do because of what I get to do. Like, I get to do this creative, talented thing. I have this. I'm a caterer. I love the caterer. This was some. Somebody may say, you know, I.

Is this one of my favorite things to do? They like doing all that part, but it's a. Like, customer satisfaction. You gotta meet with the client, you gotta do the.

Or the cooking demo, whatever it is, the tasting, you know, the wedding or whatever. You know what I'm trying to say?

Like, I love doing the wedding part, but it's just all these other things that I have that I have to do because of what I get to do. But then it'll become a drain, you know what I'm saying? And so that's what it's for. It's not to make you sit down and be bogged down with something.

It's so that after I sit down and I put it in place, eventually it frees up my time to do the Greg stuff.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:22:26

Yeah. So I need for you guys to remember this thing, right? Where systems help you scale.

ShySpeaks: 00:22:33

Yeah.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:22:33

Right. Without those systems, you stay the same. You kind of plateau and actually you start to sink, you start to go down. Right?

Because it becomes weighty and that. So that's what it is. If you can get a visual of it, it's be weighty and it's weighing you down. Right. And you keep sinking down.

But once I can take it off me and place it elsewhere, now I can elevate, like we talked about. Automate. I mean, yes, no audit, Automate, delegate, eliminate. So you can elevate, right? And that's what you're doing. You're taking it off you.

I see it somewhere. So that you can now elevate. Right? And that's what you. That's what you literally were just describing. I was able to elevate.

I was able to get more grants. I was able to get more opportunities. I was able to do more because I took off the stuff that I didn't need to carry.

It's like the ballet song, you know what I'm saying? You gonna hurt your back.

ShySpeaks: 00:23:32

Get in all them bags like that.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:23:36

She said pack.

ShySpeaks: 00:23:38

Like, let go, let it go, let it.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:23:41

You know what I'm saying?

ShySpeaks: 00:23:41

He got the pac light.

And I see it as you were saying that, like, the person is sinking in the water, and as they're sinking down, it's like, like, okay, let me drop this whole big old rucksack. Oh, I got this on. Let me take this off. And the more I'm eliminating, you know what I'm saying?

Or some stuff, you're going to keep it, but I'm going to reshuffle where it is, where it's distributed. Like, I'm going to take this and move this right here.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:24:07

Yeah.

ShySpeaks: 00:24:07

And I'm gonna hold it in this place. And now it's actually becoming a thing that's helping me stay afloat. Yeah. When it was making me sing. So that. That's what automation is.

Elimination is just eliminating. And then eventually, as you're doing that in the water, where you were going down, you just. You're finding yourself elevating, elevated.

That's really. That's a really, really cool analogy. I wish I had a button. I could say that was fire, you know? So, man, I hope you see that.

And this is what we really want you to. Something I want you to think about, like, when you. If you have not done a workflow audit, where you sit down, like what.

What you did, and look at everything you're doing in your business, the entire process, identify in red what you've been doing.

If you have not done that, that you haven't really looked at where your energy is going, you also haven't realized where your process can be improved. But more so you're really still hustling. It's just hustle, hustle, hustle.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:25:05

I'm a hustler. I'm a hustler.

ShySpeaks: 00:25:08

Yeah. You know, he got all the songs today, you know, grinding, you know, and so you're doing that. But is there harmony in that? You know what I mean?

That's the question. Can you really find harmony in that? You know?

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:25:25

And the answer is no. I mean, I know it's a rhetorical question, but I mean, you know, it's like, no, you. There's no harmony in that. You know what I'm saying? It's chaotic.

Right. And that's kind of what systems do. That's what it does. It organizes the noise or organizes the chaos. It brings clarity to chaos.

ShySpeaks: 00:25:45

Yeah. And so basically, we want you to get this in your mind. Here's why I'm gonna do it. I'mma audit so I can automate, so I can elevate.

Now, we put a couple of other words in there a while ago. Delegate, eliminate. But ultimately, for this particular conversation, we want you to do an audit so you can know what to automate.

So then you can begin to elevate. That's what it's for, Right. You're elevating your creative gift. You're elevating your business.

You're elevating the things that you're trying to build and what you really want to do. When you really embrace automation again, automate the boring stuff.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:26:21

Yes.

ShySpeaks: 00:26:22

So that you can create the brilliant stuff.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:26:24

That's it.

ShySpeaks: 00:26:25

That's what we're talking about.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:26:26

That's it. Listen, listen. That's it. I'm excited. I'm excited. And it reminds me of our Creative to CEO challenge. Right.

Because that's one of the things that our goal is within that challenge is to help you to see where you are currently, but take you from where you currently are to where you're trying to get to. Everybody has a goal. Everybody has a transformation. And within that challenge, that's what we do.

Do we help to transform you into not just solely a creative. A creative hustler. Yeah. But to a CEO or creative CEO.

ShySpeaks: 00:27:04

Yes, a creative CEO. So again, if you join that Creative to CEO challenge, right, you're going to get this workflow audit that we're talking about.

In the midst of that again, this is five days live coaching, live mentorship. You're going to be a part of a community of other creative CEOs was just like yourself, who are trying to figure out, how can I really elevate.

I'm already killing it. Like, I'm already doing it. I'm already killing it. We're not saying you're not doing it. You're not killing it.

Because I was already doing it and I was already killing it. I was making revenue, but I hadn't elevated to where I was right here. And eventually if I didn't, I would have started going further down.

And so I know you're right there. You're right there.

So let's get this workflow audit only get the workflow audit is for you to join, click the link wherever we have it available attached to this video so you can actually join the Creator to CEO challenge. We would love to have you.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:27:56

Or the audio, right. If you're listening to it. Yeah. It's going to be show notes. So you can still get it within that.

ShySpeaks: 00:28:01

Yeah. Shout out to. As a matter of fact, that's what I want to do. Thank you for listening.

If you're listening to this on an audio platform, wherever you listen to podcasts, thank you so much. We really appreciate you for tuning in. We talk about the, the, you know, watching this because we have a video as well.

And so if you ever have opportunity, pull it up on your YouTube channel, you know, and just go ahead on and watch it. But more so like wherever you are, just however you show love on that podcast platform, do that for us, please. That's all we ask.

And if there's a button for you to share, just tap it. Even if you just take it to one person who you know is a creative entrepreneur who needs to be minding their creative business, send them.

This gives them something to think about. This gives them resources.

Today, the payoff of this conversation was literally that you would have a mindset shift to stop thinking that setting up systems is. So I'm just not good at. No, it's. You set it up so that you can actually have success. You set it up so that you don't sink.

Is what we came up with in the episode.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:29:03

Yeah. So no. And we. And actually in conjunction with one of our other episodes, we talked about meeting rhythms. Automate that. Putting that on your calendar.

Something that's. Putting it on your calendar that reminds you that's an automation.

ShySpeaks: 00:29:15

Yeah. Yeah. I'm happy you brought that up because that's one of the things I did want to talk about. When we say, what's an automate work?

And it's like people think an automation has to be something that's sold like crazy. Yeah. Like setting it on your calendar as an automation. Even sitting down and saying, I have a checklist, this checklist.

I'm gonna go check one, check two, check three, check four. All systems go. As most flight pilots would say, they have a. They have a checklist.

It's not like some kind of like AI or all this kind of fancy old technology. Sometimes it's just a simple thing and it's. But it's set in place and it's gonna happen and it's gonna happen no matter what.

Even if you're not thinking about it. Like that calendar invite, it's gonna pop up. You know what I mean? So just. Just be willing to do it.

But you'll never get to know what I need to say in rhythm. If you don't do the opposite it. Right. So you won't know what to automatic, you know, and then you won't elevate. Come on. We just trying to help.

You know what I mean? So. But yeah. Thank you for listening.

If you're watching, thank you for tuning in and if you've already tapped the link to join the Creative Zo challenge, definitely thank you for doing that. We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming training. It's gonna be. It's gonna be fire. It's gonna be fire. Trust me. We put a lot.

We put a lot of thought into this. We put a lot of practice as we pull from other people's practices. Is gonna be fire.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:30:32

Yeah, it's gonna be fire. So, no, I'm looking forward to it. You know what I'm saying? So, once again, thank you, as always, for being a part of what we're doing.

Our goal is to reach a million creative entrepreneurs and help them transform and just become impactful with what they're doing. So on that note, I think it's time for us to say goodbye.

ShySpeaks: 00:30:53

Say goodbye. Oh, no, no. Before we say goodbye, we have to say the mantra. If we're new to the M podcast, every episode ends with us together saying a mantra. Yeah.

You can sit here and listen all the podcasts. You listen to them talking. You're like, that's really good. And you walk away. You haven't said a thing. Nope.

Here you're going to say something because we believe that as you speak is informing your belief. And if it informs your belief, it's going to inform your actions.

And as it elevates your actions, you're going to go further into the CEO CEO mode that we want you to be in. So here's what's going to happen. I want you to say this mantra with me. I want you to repeat after me. I want you to say. Say out loud.

I want you to say it out loud, too. You ready?

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:31:34

I'm ready.

ShySpeaks: 00:31:35

Okay, here we go. All it takes. All it takes is intention.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:31:40

Is intention.

ShySpeaks: 00:31:41

Consistency.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:31:42

Consistency.

ShySpeaks: 00:31:43

And laser focus.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:31:44

And laser focus.

ShySpeaks: 00:31:45

To mind my creative business.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:31:46

To mind my creative business.

ShySpeaks: 00:31:49

Yeah. And on that note, we out.

Ron "iRonic" Lee Jr.: 00:31:52

Peace.