Creative Success = Financial Balance with Flexible Budget Plans As a creative individual, dealing with irregular income can be daunting. In this episode of From "Creative Passion To Profit", titled "How Creatives Can Budget for Regular Income," I, Mahmood, tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by those in the arts and creative world—budgeting. Have you ever felt the high of being fully booked and having commissions flying off the shelves, only to be met with silence and income droughts the following month? You're not alone. But here's the good news: with a little planning, you can smooth out those financial ups and downs. In this episode, I'll share three simple steps to help you build a budgeting system that fits your lifestyle and supports your creative ambitions. You'll learn how to determine your essential baseline expenses, create a financial buffer for quiet months, and implement a flexible yet simple budgeting method that allows you to thrive creatively and financially. You'll also have some homework tasks... Timestamped Summary: [00:00:00] Introduction to challenges of budgeting with erratic income. [00:00:58] Step 1: Determine your baseline expenses. [00:02:12] Step 2: Build a financial buffer for quieter months. [00:03:46] Step 3: Apply a simple, discipline-based budget system. [00:04:58] Homework: Calculate baseline expenses and track income. Mentioned in this episode: Training Training Training Find out more about Budgetwhizz Find out more about Budgetwhizz Budgetwhizz…
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How to Do Short-Term Missions Without Long-Term Harm with Jen Bradbury
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36:20Mission trips have become a staple in youth ministries across the United States. However, it's often difficult to integrate students' experiences on the field with their lives back home.In this podcast Ben sits down with Jen Bradbury a veteran youth worker with 15 years leading mission trips both domestically and internationally.In this episode Jen…
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Transitions in Youth Ministry with Chuck Hunt
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36:39This week Ben chats with Chuck Hunt, Associate Pastor of Family Ministries in Pasadena CA.In this episode they’ll dive into the Importance of Transitions and Recognizing that All ministry is in transition.They’ll cover everything from seasons, students involved in parents’ divorce, to Students Transitioning from High School to College. This is a gr…
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How to Make Your Volunteers...Good.
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40:15This week Ben talks with Todd Jones, pastor of generational ministries and founder of Stoked On Youth Ministry. This episode is all about volunteers. Not so much on how to find them, but once you have them, how to make them....good.Together they'll dive into how to give feedback to your volunteers, and how to balance their skills with your ministry…
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Dive into The OODA Loop with Jeremy Zach
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35:33This week Ben chats with Jeremy Zach, director of student ministries at Clairmont Presbyterian Church and a Navy and Marine chaplain. This week they dive into The OODA Loop. (The OODA is an acronym that identifies the four steps of decision making: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) They’ll discuss what the loop can do for Youth Ministry leaders, and ho…
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Smart Phones: A Danger More Pressing Than Sex and Drugs in Your Youth Group?
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24:09This podcast is a little different than most. This week our Senior Editor Jack Radcliffe joined Ben Howard our Lead Editor to talk about an article they read recently that stated Smartphones are a danger more pressing than sex and drugs in youth group. They dive into why "Gen Z" is "obsessed" with smartphones, and look into the link between screens…
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