47. Building Aligned and Fulfilling Careers as Creatives with Shaté Hayes

Impostrix Podcast

In this episode of the Impostrix Podcast, we meet up with Shat Hayes, a dancer and choreographer turned career strategist whose work centers other creatives craving fulfilling and enriching careers doing what they love.

We kick things off by discussing the crucial importance of career fulfillment and how lacking it can affect our health. Shat shares about how loving your work not only boost your bag ($$) but also aligns will align with your personal values to keep your creative juices flowing and make your career path sustainable.

We tackle the real challenges of entrepreneurship, like inconsistency and rejection, and Shat provides valuable advice on how to reframe rejection as data and use it as a stepping stone in your journey.

We start talking about systems...how do we learn from our setbacks or disappointments, align with our work, earn money and avoid literal poverty, while making it all sustainable? Shat introduces her three-step processMatch, Make, and Marketthat helps creatives connect with their strengths, adjust their narrative, and strategically reach their audience.

Shat's journey from a professional dancer to career strategist is filled with lessons on overcoming burnout and finding stability without compromising passion. Her insights are packed with actionable advice that can help anyone looking to transform their career and life.

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