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My Creative Business Coaching Style

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0:00Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome
0:05back to Alienize Photos Industry Talk.
0:11Let's discuss my creative business coaching style.
0:18Now what is my business coaching style
0:26as a creative and for creatives?
0:29Creative entrepreneurs, it's a good question.
0:37But I wanna put it out there
0:42when I'm coaching and mentoring others,
0:45my words and feedback are about the actions and outcome
0:49rather than the person, individual or company.
0:53I am doing it in the need of the goal, the goal at hand.
1:02If you are doing good work, keep doing it.
1:10But if you're not, I will call you out on it.
1:19You want this goal,
1:23but the actions are not leading up to you getting the goal.
1:27And we both know that.
1:30We had come up with a change, a solution.
1:36I'm always creatively problem solving,
1:42thinking of solutions, thinking how can things be better?
1:52So if you tell me you want this goal,
1:56you really wanna do something, you really want this,
1:59you want this outcome, this result,
2:04but you're not going in the direction,
2:08the route, the steps that's needed to get there.
2:19So yeah, I will have to call you out.
2:21But if you're doing good work,
2:22like I said, keep doing the good work.
2:25I encourage the good work.
2:27We celebrate the good work and keep going, you know?
2:32Make it a habit of doing good work.
2:35Turn it to great work.
2:37Turn it to amazing work.
2:39Have it keep evolving, you know?
2:45Eliminate distractions and let us focus on the needs done.
2:54Excuse me.
2:57Eliminate the distractions and let us focus
2:59on the work that needs to be done effectively.
3:03I'm gonna just get a sip of water before I continue.
3:06But you know, with that being said,
3:09emotions, a blur judgment.
3:14Gotta stay hydrated.
3:17I remember when one of my old basketball coaches
3:20used to tell me, keep my arms straight.
3:26I was semi-stuck in the method,
3:31in the habit of shooting, you know, my own way.
3:35It took me longer to adjust.
3:38You know, I would just do the opposite almost.
3:44I'm like, I'm doing it right.
3:45That's how you show me.
3:47But I guess like last minute, or I do what I do it,
3:50then like last minute, you're like, oh, almost.
3:54But I don't know, I was young,
3:57and sometimes I would twist my wrist
3:59instead of flicking my wrist.
4:02Like I was like slightly twisted
4:04instead of flicking and keeping my arms straight.
4:09Elbow probably outer than it need to be, you know.
4:14So some things I had to learn,
4:18some things that I definitely took in
4:20and still remember and I appreciate.
4:24But yeah, that simple principle stuck with me.
4:27And now that I'm much older
4:29and just started back playing basketball
4:31every now and then, you know, you know how I be.
4:35I got to ease into it.
4:39The remainder, I should say the reminder
4:47of the foundation of shooting.
4:54You know, that little memory is a reminder
4:58for the foundation of shooting, you know.
5:02And the things that we learn,
5:07that's simple, that's basic,
5:11can really change outcomes or lives.
5:19It could be that little tweak of the fundamentals
5:23or the basics could get you a long way.
5:30Sometimes you don't need the big grandiose things,
5:35the lavish things, the newest thing,
5:42what is working, what is working.
5:48And that should always be the goal,
5:52what is working and how it is improving,
5:58those two things.
6:03Now, like I said, that principle of that basketball,
6:10shooting and keeping my arms straight
6:13stuck with me for all these years.
6:16An old lesson from my basketball coach,
6:18Myron Jackson, and maybe it's a Jackson thing,
6:21you know, I'm Steve Jackson,
6:24also known as Photographer Jackson,
6:26many call me alien for my brand,
6:28alienize photos, media, and then also former,
6:33musician, alienize player.
6:36You can catch my music on all streaming platforms
6:38in alienizeplayer.com.
6:42But yeah, I'm very appreciative,
6:48you know, years and years later,
6:52I am certainly shooting a basketball
6:53better than I was in school.
6:56It's a testimony of how much of a student I am
7:00for everything that I pursue and engage,
7:03relentless on getting better, improving.
7:09I also had a chance to coach at the YMCA
7:13for two summers straight,
7:15to volunteer and coach the NBA Cavs Junior,
7:20AY and W, or YMCA.
7:25I think it was both though.
7:28YMCA hosted a program sponsored by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
7:36I still coach, but now it's creative entrepreneurs,
7:41and you could be one of them.
7:44Be sure to reach out and let me know
7:46what you need help with.
7:51And you know, I'm a laid back person,
7:56but when it's show time and you know,
7:59change needs to happen,
8:01and with change comes the transformation.
8:05When you make it a habit,
8:07and the habit you make it concrete,
8:10and you be consistent and never change,
8:14and keep doing your thing.
8:20But having that peace,
8:24which I preach a lot,
8:28you know, never let anyone or anything
8:30disrupt your inner peace.
8:32Never ever let anyone, not even yourself,
8:36disrupt your inner peace,
8:38as we can sometimes get in each other way,
8:43our own self way,
8:46be a blockage for our own self,
8:48our own reflection,
8:51our own goals, our own thoughts, our own movements.
8:56You know, we could really get in a way
8:59and you know, stop and block our self, you know.
9:15I've learned being an artist,
9:23being an entrepreneur,
9:26being in so many rooms,
9:29being in so many industries,
9:31around so many industries,
9:33network with so many industries,
9:37you know, did video production and photography
9:39for so many industries.
9:43Just shaking hands with people in different industries.
9:49Always, you know, kept that creative mindset.
9:55You know, it's also fueled by my entrepreneurship
10:00because let's be real, I just want to create and,
10:03you know, locked in in the studio,
10:11locked in writing, locked in filming,
10:16content creator, building,
10:22using my imagination to come up with something,
10:25something brilliant, something beautiful,
10:29inspiring, impactful.
10:33That's what I love using my creativity on.
10:39And that's what, you know,
10:41most creatives want to focus on,
10:43most artists, creatives want to focus on.
10:52But it got to be fueled by the entrepreneurship.
10:55You got to love it so much that
10:57the business part of it is just like one cohesive circle.
11:03It all runs together.
11:08And I encourage any and all creative
11:14artists to have that entrepreneur mindset.
11:21And to have episodes on the entrepreneurial mindset,
11:26that growth mindset that's needed
11:30to step in to becoming a creative entrepreneur.
11:36I'm a creative, so, you know,
11:40I don't have to be one dimensional, but I can.
11:46We can make it a creative function
11:50and really get you on a path that needs you,
11:58get you on a path that needs you.
12:08So, I'm about to get up out of here,
12:12got to eat dinner.
12:14It's been a long day.
12:16I've been putting a lot of work in, catching up on work.
12:21But, yeah, I know I'm kind of
12:26having inquiries on, you know, my coaching.
12:29So, I just want to put it out there
12:31on my coaching style in advance, you know.
12:36I'm very laid back, but I'm wise, resilient,
12:41easy to work with.
12:43And, hey, I've been through some things.
12:48You can find more information on Alien Eyes Photos media
12:54at alieneyesphotos.com.
12:57That's Alien Eyes with a Z, Photos with a S dot com.
13:04And follow on all social media
13:06at Alien Eyes Photos at Alien Eyes Photos.
13:13And also follow Creative Frequency
13:17on a Creative Frequency on YouTube
13:19and all social media at on a Creative Frequency, you know.
13:26Join me in, I call her Lady B.
13:31You know, that's her artist name, doing the music.
13:36And, again, mine was Alien Eye Player.
13:40I played with it and I later integrated Alien.
13:46If anybody know the story of the Super Teen Poetry,
13:50then you know how that came about.
13:53But, yeah, we really want to encourage other creatives
13:57on being creative.
13:59So, if you need that extra inspiration on being creative
14:02or, you know, get a focus on doing the work,
14:05also check out on a Creative Frequency.
14:08You got to be on a Creative Frequency to get, you know,
14:13things that's coming from the stratosphere out of nowhere,
14:18you know, painting that blank canvas.
14:22But, yeah, check us out on a Creative Frequency.
14:28And, again, you know, seek out coaching,
14:34seek out mentorship.
14:36You know, even if it's not with me,
14:39you know, find somebody that relates to your style,
14:43complements your style, complements your learning style.
14:47You know, somebody that's going to push you
14:49and help you get the results.
14:52You know, you can have more than one coach,
14:55more than one mentor,
14:57mentor in different parts of your life.
15:00So, be open to it, be open for the growth,
15:05be open for the criticism and, you know,
15:08constructive criticism, I should say.
15:12You know, we're always here to help
15:16and encourage you to do the work
15:18because only you can do the work.
15:21We can only help guide you and lead you the way,
15:25but at the end of the day,
15:28it all falls on you and you putting the work in.
15:31So, just remember that.
15:34All right, y'all, peace.
15:35Photographer Jackson, I am out.
15:36Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk.
15:40This is my culture style, y'all.