Deciding to work for yourself is often cited as the best decision folks in our community have made. Hearing the same response over and over led us to ask them about the next best decision folks have made and we’ve shared their responses with you below.

Kathy Vail | Head Coach and Owner

The most important decision that I made was to commit myself to provide my students with high quality, professional coaching that always focuses on the individual. To that end, continuing coaching education is a requirement for our. Read more>>

Carlos Solis | Fine Art Artist

Persistency is the key. Making a living as an Artist is very challenging. You have the entire society, including family, going against your nature. But, it didn’t matter to me. If you believe in your artist skills and being effective on communicating the subject matter from your work, I felt that I have a chance. I had to learn to ignore the noise coming from different directions that wanted to distract you and deviate you from achieving your goals. Read more>>

Angel Lynne | Photographer and T-shirt designer

Starting. We all dream, we all think and imagine how dope an idea is but some people haven’t reached the level of courage to start. We consider the reasons we can’t do it because too many people are afraid to fail. I’ve failed at so many things and for a while I was afraid to face the truth of it. Once I was able to face my fears of failure, I began to feel successful. Read more>>

Victoria Carmichael | Graphic Designer & Event Curator

Other than deciding to work for myself, the single most important decision I have made that has contributed to my success is the vowing to myself not to pass over opportunities repeatedly. Although it is important to make wise choices to keep yourself and/or your brand heading in the direction in which you want to go. It is most important to recognize what opportunities are there for you to build bridges and open up doors to a successful future. Read more>>