29: How to Stop Being Afraid of Money as a Creative with Hannah Cole
About this episode
Hannah Cole discusses the importance of financial literacy and self-worth for creatives in overcoming their fear of money.
What if understanding money was the thing that finally set your creative work free? That’s the quiet truth running through my conversation with Hannah Cole . She’s a tax educator, an artist with over 20 years of experience, and the founder of Sunlight Tax. We talk about why there’s no standard path for creatives, how the story you tell about your worth shapes everything, and why financial literacy might be the most underrated superpower in your business toolkit. Highlights There is no standard path. And that’s actually the point. Creative careers don’t come with a rulebook and for a long time, that felt like a disadvantage. But Hannah reframes it completely. “Believing there should be a standard route stifles innovation and self-direction; embracing the openness enables more organic growth and resilience.” When you stop waiting for someone to hand you the map, you start drawing your own. And that map tends to be more honest, more durable, and more you. The story you tell about your work changes everything. Marketing is hard for a lot of creatives. Not because they don’t have something valuable to offer. But because they haven’t fully claimed the value of what they do. Hannah…
People in this episode
Host: Kevin Chung
Guest: Hannah Cole
Topics covered
- financial literacy
- creative careers
- self-worth
- marketing
- innovation
- resilience
Keywords
- money
- creatives
- financial education
- marketing
- self-direction
- value
- authenticity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sunlight Tax
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