EP05: How To Build Your Business With Purpose, Passion and Creative Authenticity With Anahata Katkin
Release Date: 04/29/2019
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info_outlineWhat if you chose to live with “Creative Abandon” – where you follow your passions and not follow money? Anahata Katkin, an Atlanta based mixed-media artist, mother, entrepreneur and boutique-maker, is the cofounder of PAPAYA! Inc, PAPAYA! Living Boutique, Jupiter Row, and Fireweed, which are all independently and family owned.
In this episode Anahata shares how she successfully lives a life of purpose, passion & creative authenticity – all with Creative Abandon. She tells us how she started Papaya, how her role has shifted over the years as she’s hired more employees, how to treat new friendships like dating, and why it’s so important to take care of your health now.
TODAY WE WILL LEARN HOW TO
- See your “weaknesses” differently
- Know if an idea should to come to life
- Redefine your day in order to take care of your health
- Be yourself on social media
- Increase your creative productivity
- Build a community of friends
FIND ANAHATA KATKIN HERE:
- Anahata’s Website
- Anahata on Instagram
- Anahata’s flagship brand PAPAYA!
- PAPAYA! on Instagram
- PAPAYA! Living Boutique
- Jupiter Row
- Anahata’s new line Fireweed
- Fireweed on Instagram
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