92 episodes

The Interior Design Business CEO podcast helps designers stop feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed and empowers them with the tools and strategies they need to start feeling calm, confident, and in control of their business. Join Master Certified Life and Business Coach, and award-winning Interior Designer, Desi Creswell, as she pairs mindset with effective tips, tools, and processes to help you stop feeling pulled in a million different directions, and start building a profitable, fulfilling business that enriches and supports your life as a whole.

This show is for you if you find yourself asking questions like:

How do I build a profitable interior design business?
How do I work fewer hours and make more money in my interior design business?
How to improve work-life balance as an interior designer?

For more support with creating a life and business you love, visit www.desicreswell.com to learn more about my intimate group coaching program, Out of Overwhelm.

The Interior Design Business CEO Desi Creswell

    • Business
    • 4.9 • 87 Ratings

The Interior Design Business CEO podcast helps designers stop feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed and empowers them with the tools and strategies they need to start feeling calm, confident, and in control of their business. Join Master Certified Life and Business Coach, and award-winning Interior Designer, Desi Creswell, as she pairs mindset with effective tips, tools, and processes to help you stop feeling pulled in a million different directions, and start building a profitable, fulfilling business that enriches and supports your life as a whole.

This show is for you if you find yourself asking questions like:

How do I build a profitable interior design business?
How do I work fewer hours and make more money in my interior design business?
How to improve work-life balance as an interior designer?

For more support with creating a life and business you love, visit www.desicreswell.com to learn more about my intimate group coaching program, Out of Overwhelm.

    86. Hitting the Reset Button in Life and Business

    86. Hitting the Reset Button in Life and Business

    Whether it’s a client falling through, a key employee leaving, or receiving a health diagnosis, those big life-shaking moments are opportunities to reset. It’s moments like these, where you learn that anything can change in an instant, that remind us of the importance of creating space to proactively reset instead of having one forced upon us. That’s what I’m helping you do in CEO Summer School.
     
    Learn what a forced reset is and how these moments are opportunities for reflection, making new decisions, and reprioritization. Hear about the forced resets I’ve encountered in my life and business, and how CEO Summer School will help you proactively hit the reset button so you’re not forced into one down the line.
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.desicreswell.com/86

    • 20 min
    85. CEO Summer School Is in Session

    85. CEO Summer School Is in Session

    Summer tends to be an exceptionally busy time for all of us. Your schedule is probably all over the place, you might be taking time off from work, and you probably want to get out and enjoy the sun. However, while you might want to devote less time to your business over the summer, you can’t ignore it. You want to be ready for the rest of 2024, and CEO Summer School is the perfect way to set yourself up for success.
     
    Learn what you can expect from CEO Summer School, how I’ll help you reassess and plan your interior design business goals every single week, and why I’ll be going to summer school right alongside you!
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.desicreswell.com/85
     

    • 15 min
    84. Quality Questions for a Better Business

    84. Quality Questions for a Better Business

    If you’ve ever wondered why the mindset aspect of my work is so critical in my sessions with clients, this topic exemplifies exactly why. Your brain is with you 24/7 and has the power to completely transform your life and business. When you start asking high-quality questions, you essentially train your brain to become solution-oriented, and I’m showing you how to start in this episode.
     
    Whether you want to make more money, up-level your clientele, overcome procrastination, or are unsure of what goal to pursue next, tune in this week to hear why asking high-quality questions is the solution to it all. Learn how all solutions originate from high-quality questions, what happens when you’re in the practice of asking open-ended, curious questions, and how to start training your brain to think in this way.
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.desicreswell.com/84

    • 28 min
    83. Calendar Stressing You Out? It’s Time to Uncommit

    83. Calendar Stressing You Out? It’s Time to Uncommit

    The lessons we’re taught around productivity often center around being more committed or disciplined to our goals and business vision. However, I’m taking a different approach this week and showing you how being less committed or uncommitting could be the solution to your productivity issues.
     
    Learn the power of uncommitting and when the practice of uncommitting might be called for in your business. I’m showing you how uncommitting can be helpful, the value of doing an audit of your current commitments, and how you’ll free up your time and mental bandwidth when you uncommit.
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.desicreswell.com/83

    • 21 min
    82. Pep Talk: Control Enthusiasts

    82. Pep Talk: Control Enthusiasts

    A love of control is a tendency that is especially prevalent in the interior design industry. But the truth is, we can't control everything. So it's time for a pep talk about what you can and can't control in your interior design business, and every other area of your life.
     
    I share why it's important to have a clear idea of what you can actually control in your interior design business. Learn exactly what you can and can't control, so you can influence the things you can control, and start letting go of the things you can't.
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.desicreswell.com/82

    • 12 min
    81. Quantity Creates Quality

    81. Quantity Creates Quality

    If you’re prone to overthinking, over-planning, over-perfecting, or over-tweaking aspects of your interior design business, this is a must-listen episode. You might be under the illusion that you’re ensuring the highest quality outcome by delaying taking action, but this is far from the truth. That’s why, this week, I’m flipping this common saying on its head and showing you how your business would benefit from putting in the reps, rather than waiting on perfection.
     
    Learn how quantity creates quality and examples of where the concept can be applied in your interior design business. I’m showing you why overthinking creates an illusion of productive action, how increasing the number of actions you take is what will increase your skill, and what to expect once you begin practicing the belief that quantity creates quality. 
     
    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.desicreswell.com/81

    • 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
87 Ratings

87 Ratings

AnaMargaritaFdez ,

A Gem in the World of Interior Design: Desi’s Podcast

Desi’s podcast is a gem for any interior design enthusiast. As a professional in the field, Desi prepares each episode with interesting and useful content, suitable for both beginners and experts. Her pedagogical approach makes learning about interior design processes easy and enjoyable. I love every episode and have recommended it to several friends and colleagues. I will definitely continue to listen and recommend it.
Thank you, Desi, for your dedication and for sharing your knowledge on how to properly organize and plan the functions of an Interior Design CEO. 🙏

Archie_ ,

Conversation I need to hear.

I listen to several podcasts whom I enjoy and get much out of but, lately I keep returning to Desi’s blog. She’s approaching topics and points with the progressive perspectives this entrepreneur needs. Thanks, Desi!

Shawn Elise ,

It’s all about state of mind

I love Desi’s approach to business coaching. Any of us can do what we set our mind to, but most often it is our minds that are in the way — thoughts about who we are or how we are supposed to be in the world. Desi helps uncover unhelpful patterns kindly and honestly, without losing track of the objective of running a successful business. She also shows how patterns are common, helping to depersonalize and de-stigmatize thoughts or feelings. The lessons are particularly helpful to the structure and practice of interior design, but easily translate to other businesses. Thanks, Desi!

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