First, the coolest shit Gareth has ever done is NOT build a website but it was fun to see where those early lessons took him. How about building a great supportive business, giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities, supporting a number of causes and so much more.

If you've ever wondered how to make money as a creative this is the episode for you. Gareth Davies has built a truly unique business, MakerHouse, that has supported hundreds of makers and creatives. We talk about the very smart journey Gareth took to building a brick and mortar business. Starting with a pop up shop allowed him and his team to grow into the flourishing business that MakerHouse is now.

I think many of you listening who are making and creating will be so interested to hear Gareth talk about how to get into stores and how to make money with your products. We go over production time, pricing, packaging and everything in between. Gareth has such great insights into how to get started.

We also spent a lot of time talking about traditional paths, small learning steps, failures, how to prepare for failures, how to deal with risk taking, successes, confidence all of which should help motivate you to take your next steps.

So much truly great advice from Gareth. I hope you really enjoy this episode and getting everything out of it that you need.

Visit MakerHouse and see the hundreds of products from the hundreds of other creatives and makers that Gareth gets to work with: https://makerhouse.com/

Of course I would love to hear more about what you are doing so drop me a line over at https://www.domorecoolshit.com/

And if you enjoyed this episode please do give it a like, rate the podcast, share it with a friend. I appreciate all of you folks out there doing cool shit.

Music by: Doug Wallace

If you want to achieve things in life, even the small things you have to have a plan, a goal, some kind of road map to help you determine how to get there. And holy,, are we ever bad at drawing these road maps. We give ourselves all kinds of detours and make excuses about why our horse and buggy won't get us to where we want to go. "I want to be healthier" "I want to be a full time creative" "I want to read more" these are all examples of great dreams but really shitty goals. Goals need specifics. So the next time you sit down to think about what YOU really want out of life you better include some of the micro-goals. These micro-goals are what make up much of the path forward, the pursuit, which is what will really bring you the most pleasure when making, working on, and achieving your goals.


Now is your time to think about what YOU really want, to make it specific, and to go after your big lofty goals. Why now? Because, why not now? You deserve it.

I hope you feel inspired. I hope you feel energized. I hope you make all your tiny micro-goals that will get you to your big goal and that you keep upping the game every time.


Music by: Doug Wallace

Remember when your mind was free to wander and to dream and had almost no grown up limitations or influences. What a magical time that was. What a TRUE time that was. We lose some of that innocence along the way and we forget about some of our earlier, crazier dreams...that's a shame. Well I know one young woman who kept true to her childhood dreams. Sure she meandered, but who hasn't. Leah Gibson found her way back to one of her earliest childhood loves, flowers. In this episode I sit down with Leah for an amazing conversation where we talk about her journey, about taking time, lots of time to truly understand what in life it is she wants and how she is living that life much much sooner than she thought she would.

Leah took a leap without any prior knowledge (a trend that seems to be coming again, more and more in the future) as to what it was she was doing or how she would be doing it. It wasn't a big leap but it was in fact a leap nonetheless. Now today Leah is serving clients from all over the world in many different ways. Leah is helping making people's days better with flowers, fashion, and so much more.

We spent a fair bit of time talking about diversifying income, about taking small steps that won't bankrupt you, about how the uncertainty and the asynchronous habits of nature are such a wonderful metaphor for life. Leah encourages us to surrender to the creative process went it strikes and to enjoy a good accidental path every now and again.


Leah Gibson
Website: https://www.homebodyfloral.ca/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homebody_/

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DMCS
Website: https://www.domorecoolshit.com/