Summary

Sam Bennett is the author of Start Right Where You Are and Get It Done. She created The Organized Artist Company to help creative people get unstuck and achieve their goals. She is a writer, actor, teacher, and creativity/productivity specialist who has counselled thousands of artists and entrepreneurs on their way to success.

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Sam talks about how small shifts in the right direction can yield big results in the realization of our creative dreams. “When you decide that, you want something and you move toward it physically, emotionally, or spiritually, then your movement opens up new pathways by which things can appear in your life.”

While we don’t discuss all 66 doable changes that Sam offers in her book, Start Right Where You Are, we certainly discuss how taking small steps can put you on your true path and take you towards living the life you desire. Enjoy this chat and please leave your comments below.  

Key Take Outs

• How can I make this moment more me? We need to allow our authentic self to be expressed. What is your authentic self? Do what feels most comfortable and right. If there is resistance or struggle it is likely that is not the real you. In being more you in each moment you will allow greater expression of your inner self and this will move you forward on a truer journey in life.
• Pay attention to how you feel and let your feelings be expressed. When you are pursuing your passion or in whatever you are doing connect with how it makes you feel this will allow you to decide if it’s worth continuing along that line. Also, don’t bottle your feelings because they will hang around until they are heard and they are only heard by acting on them.
• Take action and enjoy the experience. Take a first step towards whatever it is you desire. It doesn’t have to be a major leap, just something that you can start doing that is easy to stick to. In this process not only will you be able to experience whether it is really what you want to be doing but you will create space for more great things to enter your life. Clear space and something will soon fill it.
• If you are aware you are ready. Too often we procrastinate to getting started. This is dangerous because the longer we wait the longer we miss out on the real experience of life. If the thought of doing something is alive within you than you are ready and will never be more ready. Don’t wait! Taking action will allow you to experience what it is you seek and in that you can better decide if you like it or not and taking action will make room for new things to show up that your awareness will not be able to pick up on if you constantly thinking about one thing but not taking action on it.

Do you have any routines and rituals that you believe contribute to your success?

Get your cell phone out of the bedroom.

What advice would you give to your 20-year-old self?

Hang in there and go to the doctor. Don’t let your condition go unnoticed there is support for everyone and everything to help and allow you to move forward and flourish.

What is the meaning of success?

“Success is the ongoing realisation of a worthy goal.” Earl Nightingale

Quick round questions

Favourite Food

Popcorn and Dairy

Favourite Leisure Activitiy

Reading

Favourite book(s)

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

Start Right Where You Are: How Little Changes Can Make a Big Difference for Overwhelmed Procrastinators, Frustrated Overachievers, and Recovering Perfectionists by Sam Bennett

Get It Done: From Procrastination to Creative Genius in 15 Minutes a Day by Sam Bennett

Quote

“The cure for everything is salt water, sweet, tears or the sea.”

Do we all have a why?

Yes. I think it’s the expression of life.

What does living with passion and purpose mean?

“I don’t know how people live a life without passion and purpose.”

How to find Sam Bennett 

You can find out more about Sam and her work at Start Right Where You Are here. The tool-kit and other freebees are all available here too.

You can also find her at The Organised Artist Company website. 

If you are interested in finding more freedom, fulfilment and happiness in your life take the opportunity to jump on the Discovery Call. Valued at $250, this is a one on one coaching session to help you define your hidden why and discover the action steps to getting your there.