Comments on: In the Zone of Discomfort

By: Mark

Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:54:06 +0000

Great post Alyson!
We all need the reminders to keep moving forward to easy to live in our comfort zones and get complacent. I re-posted the article on my blog > http://markschutter.com/2013/10/13/in-the-zone-of-discomfort/
I have always considered myself a visual artist (painting and drawing) but in the last year have began to write. I have combined my poetry with some of my art and entered competitions and even written some short stories and one novel. It has lead me down many new paths and forged new relationships getting out of the same old same old day after day.
Thanks again for the great post!

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Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:51:07 +0000

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By: Dee

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:54:19 +0000

Once a month a real estate lady comes walking by my home with a large messenger bag and places a newsletter of homes for sale on my door. In the newsletter also has events in the community, cooking recipes for holidays, and any charity things going on, as well as tips for home improvements.
She wears a suit while walking this whole neighborhood. I can tell she writes the newsletter herself and enjoys it, and it fits with that her job as an agent would require good communication skills.
I like looking at the newsletter, but what I admire most is that she walks to every house in a suit every month you can count on it. I see her out my window while on my computer. Sometimes I want to spring up from my chair and call after her and cheer her on. This to me is an example of real go getter-ness. I’m sure it’s not exactly comfortable to do all that walking in those clothes, in cloudy weather, carrying a big sack, but she does it. And if I were ever to sell a home, I would certainly consider her.
What this has to do with your post is, I get a lot of spam snail mail for real estate agents “junk mail.” There is nothing remarkable about them. I am “sold” on who I would hire, just by this 1 real estate agent’s distinctiveness.

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By: Rose Welty Art Studio » Behind the Curtain – how I work

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:46:56 +0000

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 08 Oct 2013 18:54:33 +0000

In reply to Patricia Tyser Carberry.

Patricia: I love to talk mindset and I’m so glad you brought this up. I think mindset + action is critical, but I don’t believe in willing things to happen forever.
I’m guessing you’re still doing some marketing, yes?
Congratulations on your new kitty. I need to set a similar intention for a female Siamese.

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By: Patricia Tyser Carberry

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:49:40 +0000

This is kind of radical, but after 2 years of doing very consistent marketing – blog, events, sending DVs to galleries, I had the worst year ever financially.
I decided to scrap all of it, and set the intention that I would attract the right opportunities to me, without having to go after it. What I needed to do was change my mindset. I was doing all of those things because I felt I had to, and it was not authentic.
So.. what I am doing now consistently (although I fall off the wagon sometimes) is to meditate and do yoga, and work on changing my energy to a higher vibration. So far, many new and unusual opportunities have come to me, really out of the blue!
After losing my beloved animals last week, I set an intention that the perfect cat would find us. Friday, Katsu was delivered to us from the Las Vegas Animal Shelter – direct to our door. He is wonderful. I have also had some other amazing things happen, so I’m trying to do more of this.

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By: Vanessa

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 01:50:15 +0000

Hi William,
Thanks so much for your additional input. Actually I was just wondering 2 hours ago if I should link it to my blog!!! So your message was perfect ! I’m also starting Pinterest and linking it to my Fine Art America page…
Also, I noticed that some people just have a link to their Facebook page on their blogs and no “subscribe to blog” option anymore. Not sure what to think about that…things change fast!
Thanks again!

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By: William Hagerman

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:59:25 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

Yes, you’re probably right about the gasping at eBay part, but perhaps there’s still a frown or trepidation thinking it may undermine one’s reputation as an artist. I’ve also seen artists diss eBay despite others success. I guess it’s like recommending a restaurant because you had good food, good service, and then someone else goes and there’s a new cook, a lousy wait person and to top it off got food poisoning.
As an alternative, I did see a landscape artist using his blog as a platform for his own personal auction and it appeared he was successful at it. I also know there are plugins for WordPress for transforming a site into an auction platform with functionality similar to eBay. I imagine for that to work, one would need pretty good traffic for their site or a good base to work from in starting out, but the idea seemed interesting if someone wanted more control and keeping it all “in house.”

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:00:19 +0000

In reply to Roopa Dudley.

That’s awesome, Roopa! I can’t wait to hear more about your book.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:59:35 +0000

In reply to Patricia Tyser Carberry.

Patricia: What are you doing consistently?

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