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…
The Spiritual Leadership Podcast with Ps. Andrew Pham aims to equip Christian emerging leaders to grow in spiritual maturity through Bible-based practical insights, personal anecdotes and through spiritual conversations. The hope of the Podcast is to help Christian emerging leaders accelerate their spiritual maturity so they can be more like Jesus and do more for Jesus through Bible-based insights and principles.
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The Importance of Spiritual Discipline - Giving Part 2 (P6)
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29:02Giving has always been a controversial topic within the Church, in particular, from those outside of it, who see the Church as a money-grabbing machine. Regardless of the noise, the Bible is clear that giving is an essential part of our spiritual life. In these episodes, you will learn the following The theological basis for giving let it be "offer…
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The Importance of Spiritual Discipline - Giving Part 1 (P6)
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18:06Giving has always been a controversial topic within the Church, in particular, from those outside of it, who see the Church as a money-grabbing machine. Regardless of the noise, the Bible is clear that giving is an essential part of our spiritual life. In these episodes, you will learn the following The theological basis for giving let it be "offer…
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The Importance of Spiritual Discipline - Learning (P5)
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24:04All ministry leaders, young and old, must be continual learners, in particular, to become more Christlike and therefore impact your community and ministries more. In this episode, you'll learn about the following: Importance of being a learner and the discipline of learning Obstacles that may occur in our discipline of learning Types of learning an…
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The Importance of Spiritual Discipline - Serving (P4)
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21:05The discipline of serving God and others in the Church is truly a "discipline", many a leader and pastors don't always feel like serving or even being at Church on occasion - we all have seasons of motivation and seasons of fatigue and tiredness. However, serving God is not only a privilege but also a discipline, the act of service is fundamental t…
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The Importance of Spiritual Discplines - Boundaries (P3)
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25:06So many leaders around the world feel overwhelmed, stressed, busy, and pulled in so many different directions. I remember when I was a younger leader, I was pulled in so many different directions and it would always lead to exhaustion and burnout. I really believe that increasingly a spiritual discipline is setting boundaries to protect us from the…
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The Importance of Spiritual Discipline - Confession (P2)
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27:25Confession is the long lost art of the Church today, it seems like we are so obsessed with looking good and holy in front of others, that we forget the basics of what Christianity is all about. Confession is an important part of being a Christian and is something that has been lost over the centuries, in particular, today due to the obsessions with…
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The Importance of Spiritual Discipline - Devotional Life (P1)
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24:37No one likes the word "discipline", it almost seems like a negative word, however, without discipline and hard work, it is difficult to grow in any area. The same goes for your spiritual life, genuine spiritual disciplines are key to growing as a Christian. In this episode, you will learn the importance of a strong devotional life which includes: w…
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Spiritual Leadership - The Missing Piece in the Church
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22:04Spiritual Leaderships is an undervalued commodity in the Church and Christian world today. There has been a shift from business leadership into the Church leadership and it has impacted the way we do ministry and life. In many ways in needs to be the reversed, we need to re-shift our focus on the spiritual rather than on the execution of ministries…
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Spiritual Leadership starts with prayer and fasting and in this episode, you will learn what is prayer and fasting and the Biblical purpose of prayer and fasting. The 10 Biblical Principles of fasting have been adapted from Donald Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Further resources and references from the following Books: B: Do…
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Spiritual Leadership starts with prayer and fasting and in this episode, you will learn how to fast and the parameters around fasting. You will also hear a few anecdotes and personal stories to inspire you too fast! Further resources and references from the following Books: B: Donald Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (Colorado S…
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