Advice and Tips

Stay productive with these 5 habits

Stay productive with these 5 habits

Not a morning person, or can’t beat that pre-coffee fuzziness? When time is money we can’t afford to drift off into a haze of Instagram reels and endless Pinterest pits - or at least not every few minutes. All you need are these five simple habits to combat that unproductiveness and figure out your productivity flow!

What’s in a reflection? The beauty in looking back

What’s in a reflection? The beauty in looking back

Self-reflection is a process where you look back on yourself and the world from the point of introspection—observing your ideas, thoughts, actions and aspirations. Not only does the practice enrich your personal life, but it can deepen your awareness around how you wish for your life to evolve.

With the dawning of the new year fast approaching, now is the perfect time to take an intentional moment and look back on the year that was 2020.

Carol Mackay, Design Business Council, on finding your onliness

Carol Mackay, Design Business Council, on finding your onliness

Carol Mackay helps Australian creatives manage their business better - more effectively, more efficiently and more sustainably - so they can spend more time creating. After 30+ years running a graphic design firm, Carol moved from client-focused projects to consult to the design industry. Now with the Design Business Council she uses her experience, and research, to help creatives build robust, sustainable businesses, and to help businesses integrate, and profit from, design.

Many creatives haven’t necessarily been trained formally in business. What are some common mistakes people make with managing their money?

Many creatives haven’t necessarily been trained formally in business. What are some common mistakes people make with managing their money?

One mistake that is commonly made is not seeking financial help or advice from a professional. The language of business is accounting and unless you are well versed in it—you are dabbling! Some owners will have copious numbers of reports and yet they have no idea how to read, interpret, or understand them. CWC Treasurer Gordana Milosevska shares some some advice.

Do your tax: advice from creatives to set you on your way

The month of June means crips winter mornings and cold nights. The idea of bunkering down with a glass of wine or hot chocolate and doing something homely in my spare time is oh so enticing and alluring. However June also means…. tax time is looming.