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Join Ashley Baxter and Paddy Donnelly on a journey to figure out how to create a business doing what you love. Is it possible to make a living from your hobby? On Working out, Ashley
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#45: Working Remotely from 2015-06-04T07:00
As Paddy works remotely for almost all of his projects, he shares his positive and negative experiences on handling timezones, communication, results-based work and developing trust with clients...
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#44: What Happens After You Ship? from 2015-05-28T10:20
You've shipped your project. Congratulations! Now what do you do? Do you abandon that little boat you've built out in the middle of the ocean? Or do you get working on steering it towards your d...
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#43: Flipping A Side Project Into A Real Business from 2015-05-21T10:00
It started out as a bit of fun, but now you're thinking that this pet project you've been tinkering with in the evenings could actually be a real business. What do you do now? Ashley and Paddy d...
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#42: Quality Matters from 2015-05-14T09:40
Here's the story. Ashley and Paddy recorded an episode of the show for this week, but realised afterwards that it wasn't quite up to their standard. Instead of just releasing it anyway, they dit...
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#41: Building For Long Term Success from 2015-05-07T07:40
Is it just a bit of fun, or a serious business? This is an important question you need to ask yourself about your passion. On the show this week, Ashley and Paddy discuss how you can plan for lo...
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#40: The Go It Alone Checklist from 2015-04-30T07:00
So, you're thinking of making the jump to go it alone and work for yourself? Whether that's freelancing or setting up a small business, there are a few things you need to take into account befor...
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#39: How To Survive Working From Home from 2015-04-23T07:00
People who work at home are living the dream, aren't they? What could be better than sitting in your pyjamas and working from your sofa? There are a lot of challenges when you live and work in t...
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#38: How To Launch A Product from 2015-04-16T11:30
So you’ve put all the hard work in to actually make your product, and now you’re ready to hit the launch button. With two product launches in as many weeks, Ashley & Paddy talk about some of...
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#37: When Should You Work For Free? from 2015-04-09T09:20
In the wake of Ashley launching her new camera course, the guys talk about the taboo subject of working for free. In the past they've discussed what to charge for your passion, but this week's t...
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#36: Naming Your Ideas from 2015-04-02T11:00
Do you need to name your ideas before you start working on them? Is finding a good name a blocker for you? For many people it's a tough process, but it doesn't need to be. This week Ashley and P...
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#35: Back To Reality from 2015-03-26T15:30
Season two is here! After taking a break from the show over the winter, Paddy and Ashley are back. Paddy's got some stories after travelling for 3 months around South America. He explains how he...
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#34: Season Finale - Our Yearly Review from 2014-12-24T09:30
We've made it! In the season 1 finale of our show we look back at how the podcast has changed our working lives over the past 34 weeks. We talk about what we've learned, how our goals have chang...
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#33: Conquering Your Fears from 2014-12-17T09:00
Staying in your comfort zone and not taking any chances can be tempting, but will it make you happy in the long run? Setting up your own business doing what you love takes a lot of courage, so t...
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#32: Paddy's Design Process from 2014-12-10T09:00
A good designer obsesses over the details. Last week we talked about Ashley's wedding photography process, so this week we discuss the details of Paddy's illustration and design process. Learn h...
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#31: Ashley's Photography Process from 2014-12-03T09:00
Ashley reveals the secrets of being a wedding photographer. She covers finding new clients, first impressions, scouting venues, getting paid, crazy requests, conducting yourself on the big day, ...
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#30: Educating Clients from 2014-11-26T10:25
In order to have a healthy working relationship between client and designer/photographer/other, you need to educate the client on how to work effectively with you. Before anything starts, you bo...
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#29: Avoiding 'Freelancer Loneliness' from 2014-11-19T09:30
The freelance life can be a lonely one, especially if you work from home. Co-working spaces, having side projects and contributing to your industry all feature on our list of tips to avoid 'free...
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#28: Preparing For Your First Speaking Gig from 2014-11-12T08:45
If you want to run your own business, you’re eventually going to have to market it to people. This week we talk about one method of doing that - public speaking. From intimate meet ups to large ...
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#27: The Working Out Side Project (Part 5 - The Launch) from 2014-11-05T13:20
We've finished our MVP! After working on the side project for the past few weeks and documenting our progress along the way, we're finally happy to announce our little app is ready for you to pl...
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#26: The Working Out Side Project (Part 4 - The Delay) from 2014-10-29T20:08
What happens when you miss a deadline? Have you planned for it? We're a little behind schedule with our app, and in this episode we explain why. Ashley talks about the challenges she's been faci...
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#25: The Working Out Side Project (Part 3 - The Development) from 2014-10-22T07:30
In the third part of our mini-series, we look at the progress Ashley has been making with the development of the app. She presents what she's whipped up so far and we see if it works or not, whi...
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#24: The Working Out Side Project (Part 2 - The Design) from 2014-10-15T08:53
Paddy pitches the wireframes and designs to Ashley in part 2 of our mini series following our side project creation process. We discuss the contract between us, the interactions and details of o...
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#23: The Working Out Side Project (Part 1 - The Idea) from 2014-10-08T08:00
We're putting our money where our mouth is this week as we kick off a multi-part series where we're actually going to design, build and ship a side project together. In this first part, we brain...
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#22: The Importance of Having A Personal Brand from 2014-10-01T06:45
Everything you put out there contributes in some way to how people think of you as a professional. Every tweet, Facebook status, Instagram and email. Everything. People like to deal with people,...
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#21: What If I'm Not Good Enough? from 2014-09-24T08:20
Why would anyone like my work? Why would anyone read my blog? Why would anyone listen to my podcast? We know we've got the skills to deliver, but why do we still have confidence issues when it c...
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#20: Sticking With Things from 2014-09-17T06:30
Have you grown bored of your goals or projects? Starting something is easy, but sticking with it is the difficult part. Paddy and Ashley talk about the key to sticking with things and the import...
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#19: Nobody Said It Was Going To Be Easy from 2014-09-10T10:47
Nobody said following your passion would be easy. Encountering periods of frustration is normal. Ashley and Paddy share some of the frustrations they face in building their passion-based busines...
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#18: Let's Take A Break from 2014-09-03T11:15
In a culture that celebrates long, unsustainable working hours, Paddy and Ashley look at how taking a break from work can actually be conducive to productivity. They talk about the guilt they've...
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#17: Should You Ever Work For Friends Or Family? from 2014-08-27T09:15
It's that age old saying that you should 'never work for friends or family', but is it ever a good idea? What happens when professional criticism comes across as a personal attack? How much shou...
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#16: The 'What' In Doing What You Love from 2014-08-20T11:05
Do you know 'what' you're passionate about? Sometimes it's not so easy to pick out a theme that ties all your various passions together. What if you aren't passionate about anything at all? Foll...
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#15: Self-Discovery With The 5 Whys from 2014-08-13T09:20
Using the 5 Whys technique, an initially skeptical Paddy finds out that his original goal of 'cutting out client work' isn't really his goal at all. This week on the show, Ashley and Paddy embar...
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#14: Not Following Through from 2014-08-06T10:00
We all go to conferences or listen to podcasts and nod along to the advice thinking 'That's a great idea, I must do that.' But then we don't do anything about it. We slump straight back into our...
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#13: I Quit! from 2014-07-30T16:45
The Day Job. It's one of the huge barriers between you and setting up your dream business. Not a decision to be taken lightly, but leaving the 'security' of a day job for a chance at setting up ...
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#12: Creative Block from 2014-07-23T07:00
We've all had it. That feeling where you can't move forward, the idea well has run dry and everything that you create is missing the mark. Creative block is horrible, but is it really just an ex...
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#11: Dealing With Rejection from 2014-07-16T08:42
Whether it's hearing the words 'we won't be publishing your book' or 'I don't like green', everyone eventually deals with rejection in their quest to create a passion based business. Stop lettin...
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#10: Why Are You Not Shipping? from 2014-07-09T10:25
Registering domain names and putting up landing pages are easy. Actually building and shipping your idea is the hard part. We talk about those first few crucial days after you get an idea, and h...
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#9: Disrupting Sleeping Industries from 2014-07-02T09:30
Do your passions lie in an industry which lacks innovation? Do you feel you could do better but there are too many huge, more established players to compete with? Remember, more often than not, ...
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#8: Putting A Price On Your Passion from 2014-06-25T09:00
‘If you're good at something, never do it for free’. How do you charge for doing what you love? It’s difficult to put a price on a hobby that you're turning into a profession. This week we talk ...
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#7: How To Get The Work You Want To Get from 2014-06-18T08:30
How can you snag those dream clients? This week we talk about portfolios, which pieces you should and should not put in them and the damaging effects of a coming soon page. We discuss the import...
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#6: Turning Your Passion Into A Business from 2014-06-11T09:30
How do you actually go about flipping a passion into a money making venture that you can live off? We discuss the various steps you should take as your turn a hobby into a job. Any niche passion...
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#5: Stop Celebrating Failure from 2014-06-04T09:00
Why are we being encouraged to fail all the time? 'Fail early, fail often'. 'Fail, fail, fail'. Failure is a big deal, so why are we trivialising it? Why are we being bombarded with the negative si...
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#4: Talent vs Hard Work from 2014-05-28T10:21
How does success seemingly come so easily to others, when I have to work so hard for it? When you look at talented, successful people, you're only seeing the finished product, not all the hard work...
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#3: Collaboration from 2014-05-21T09:30
Ashley gets angry at herself in this episode on collaboration. We try to define what exactly counts as collaborating and Ashley talks about her frustrations of working solo on projects. How do y...
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#2: Time Mismanagement and Saying 'No' from 2014-05-14T09:00
Don't have enough hours in the day? In this episode Ashley and Paddy discuss how badly they manage their time. Taking on too much work, saying yes to everything and switching off are all on the ...
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#1: Doing What You Love from 2014-05-06T23:00
In this first episode, Ashley and Paddy introduce the Working Out podcast and what it's about, touching upon where they're both currently at in their careers, and where they ultimately want to b...
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