SUMMARY
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Fiona Valentine is a business coach and the creator of Business School for Artists, a program for aspiring artists who want to paint for fun and for profit, even if they’ve never sold any of their work before. Fiona has over 30 years of teaching, painting and business under her belt that includes her own transition from an admin manager and painting hobbyist into a profitable business owner and passionate artist. Now, she helps others do the same.

Today, she joins the show to talk about early impactful financial lessons she learned, the important role that faith plays in her life, and the difference between artistry and creativity.

TAKEAWAYS
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00:49 – Jonathan introduces today’s guest, Fiona Valentine, who joins the show to discuss her earliest memories of entrepreneurship, breaking the cycle of financial trauma, and raising children to be responsible with money
08:09 – Faith and money
11:52 – Fiona’s career arc and what led her to help artists
17:55 – Fiona’s program: Business School for Artists
22:30 – How an artist finds their niche
26:08 – Artistry and creativity
30:11 – Bringing creativity to the forefront
32:43 – The impact of AI (Artificial Intelligence) on human creativity
35:36 – One piece of advice to heed as an artist and one thing to completely ignore
39:01 – One thing Fiona would like others to know about her and Fiona’s idea of a perfect day
40:59 – Jonathan thanks Fiona for joining the show today and lets listeners know where to connect with her

QUOTES
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“So those [financial trauma] lessons in a man who decides, ‘That’s it. I am not doing that to my wife and children,’ and they’re prepared to work hard, and do whatever it takes to provide. That’s a powerful thing to be the generation that grows up blessed with a loving, balanced, responsible parent and spouse.” (03:58) (Fiona)

“In Australia, you’ve got to be fifteen to go to work and draw a salary. So, once we had part time jobs that were drawing a salary, that was the guideline. As long as we lived in the house, we contributed to the house. And so that taught us to be really careful about making sure that there was something to give, something to save, something to spend, and something to contribute to the household.” (06:56) (Fiona)

“It takes a significant amount of connection, and messaging, and pricing, and getting all of those things to come together so that the right people - your ideal collectors who are people who love what you do, they can’t wait to buy it, and they can afford it - making sure that they know who you are, they know when and where your work is available and there’s been enough connection to build that trust so that they’re ready to hit...” (17:03) (Fiona)

ABOUT MINDFUL MONEY
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Do you struggle with money? You’re not alone.
Money is a means, not an end. It’s a necessity of life for sure, but more money does not always guarantee a “good life”. Money enables many aspects of modern life, but as a dominant consideration it becomes destructive.
The paradox is that more time and energy spent on personal finance does NOT create better outcomes. Unlike many other parts of life, we can’t create better outcomes by being smarter, spending more time, or putting in more effort.
Join Mindful Money author and experienced 40-year investor Jonathan DeYoe as he shares stories from artists, authors, entrepreneurs, and other advisors about how they mindfully minimize their need to think about money and get more out of life.
If you aren’t happy with your finances, feel like money takes more time that it should, or want to place your financial decisions into the broader context of your life, this show is for you.
Each episode will draw the line between the “enough” activities that the academics tell us are additive to family outcomes, and those “little bit more” efforts that take time and sap energy, but do NOT improve outcomes.

GUEST RESOURCES
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Fiona’s Website: https://www.fionavalentine.com/business-school-for-artists.html
Fiona’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fionavalentineartist/
Fiona’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-valentine-8a396070/
Fiona’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theconfidentartist
Fiona’s Email: mail@fionavalentine.com
Link to Fiona’s Book: https://www.fionavalentine.com/tinywingslaunchteam.html

MINDFUL MONEY RESOURCES
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Monthly Coaching Membership: https://courses.mindful.money/mindful-money-membership
Jonathan’s Book – https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Money-Practices-Financial-Increasing/dp/1608684369
Website - https://mindful.money/
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