Minding Your Own Business with Ilana Griffo
/Welcome back listeners! Today’s guest is Ilana Griffo. Today on Brava we’re discussing how you can take your creative passion and grow it into your full-time gig…and Ilana is an expert on this! She’s a freelance designer and illustrator. Plus, she’s a newly published author of the book, “Mind Your Business”! Want to start your own side-hustle? Tune in now below to mind your (own) business with Ilana Griffo.
SHOW NOTES:
Ilana always knew she wanted to be a graphic designer. She went to school for graphic design and started freelancing immediately while working full-time. She went off on her own four years ago and hasn’t looked back since (1:05).
Despite using school to hone in on her design craft, her favorite class in school was a career development class that focused on interview tips and tricks and how to conduct yourself in the professional world (2:25).
Ilana wrote her book to help other creatives (like you!) create the business foundation to launch their careers (3:30)!
Working from home can be tough with all the distractions around you. Illana created a dedicated office for herself. A day in the life for Ilana includes her one year old son, a to-do list and drawing (7:00).
She sources inspiration from every aspect of life and is very inspired by the seasons (8:22).
When reviewing your own business, Ilana recommends not diving directly into a branding voice until you find your voice as a brand (10:50).
It takes a lot of adventure and trial and error to develop and find your voice (12:00).
The hardest part of publishing her new book, “Mind Your Own Business”? The beginning and getting started! What helped? Her loyal and hard-working team (13:45).
“Ilana’s go-to mantras: “Do it with passion or not at all” and “ask for what you want.” ”
Hoping to start your own side-hustle, Ilana recommends just to…start! Never stop having fun with it (17:45).
Thank you readers, to tuning into the Brava Podcast. If you like the show please leave us a review on iTunes!
What from our conversation inspired you today? What do you hope to hear next? Tweet or message us on Instagram @BravaPodcast to tell us what you want to hear, even if it’s your own story!
![[NEW! Episode 24] 🎉🎙️Raise your hand if you have ever done your beauty routine on-the-go. (Wait a minute, so I’m not the only one that has sat in my car in a parking lot applying make-up minutes before a big meeting?? 😂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
----⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab1cb995cfd79dad7e00ddc/1601559935394-OECPI8035YMEFDCTDNYZ/image-asset.jpeg)
![[New week, new start, who 'dis?☕🌟] Raise your hand if you have ever let the "Sunday Scaries" get the best of you. 🙋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
---⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It's hard not to...with growing anxieties from the productivity of your past weekend (or the lack th](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab1cb995cfd79dad7e00ddc/1601511219263-04DUW1JICLQDJCNTWWY9/image-asset.jpeg)
![[Episode 34 is now LIVE!!] 🎙️Brava listeners, it's time to get your financial life together. There, I said it! 💸💸Whether you are a money maven or a personal finance newbie - today's conversation will be just the dose of inspiration you need to get](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ab1cb995cfd79dad7e00ddc/1619014917496-JHB200GKPUR5WKIO0U3F/image-asset.jpeg)
