Celebrating your creative business wins (big & small)
This past week we had an internal debate whether or not we should be acknowledging a quickly approaching 1k Instagram milestone or it's not worth driving attention and spending our resource on something this "small". When you see reels that do nothing but add-to-the-noise go viral and skyrocket IG accounts to 100k left and right, making “something” out of a 1k number may seem so insignificant, irrelevant and out of place.
Well, not exactly.
We choose to apply the same approach we have for our Knotably Studio wins to the growth of Knotably Creative House, except the ones of Knotably Creative House are actually shared with our community (YOU!) and celebrated publicly.
Let's unpack this 👇
① Why bother celebrating “small” milestones?
Building a thriving creative business from scratch is TOUGH. When you're starting out, every win or milestone will be small (naturally so), and will exponentially increase as you climb up the ladders of success. But when you hit those small ones, it's important to pay a tribute to your hard work and make them count!
② Defining your wins and milestones is important
It doesn't have to be a long list of detailed goals, you know a win when you see one happening in your business. It might be tangible marks like landing a new project with your dream client, getting X amount of organic and super relevant inquiries in a week, hitting a desired revenue mark. Other wins might as well come in more abstract shapes & forms, like getting out of a creative rut or having an extremely productive week.
③ What actually happens when you choose to celebrate your wins
Even a tiny celebration of a small win can have a lasting positive effect on your motivation and the way you feel about your business in general. Taking time to acknowledge and celebrate your successes helps build a positive culture and encourages everyone to keep pushing forward - whether you have a team, or you're doing this creative biz thing solo.
④ The domino effect
Not only celebrating your wins along the way will help you feel motivated and more engaged in your very own business, but reflecting on your success and the way you choose to acknowledge your progress all adds up to the big picture of your business and your hard work, keeping your further away from creative biz burnout and significantly closer to your next level achievements!
⑤ How the celebrations can look like
The way you choose to celebrate your wins is no one's business but YOURS. You make the rules. At Knotably Studio, we have years long tradition of celebrating dream client wins with a nice team business lunch by the ocean (typically involving a celebratory glass of chilled Pino Grigio and some 🦪). It also happens that we celebrate a project wrap up as well to show appreciation to everyone's contribution to success. Coming up with celebratory traditions really help shape up your business culture. And it doesn't have to be fancy - an impromptu pizza party will do just the trick! And again, being a one-person-operation shouldn't stop you from celebrating your biz wins!
