Often Ambitious: A Photography & Business Podcast
Often Ambitious is for photographers, creatives, and entrepreneurs who want to work less, make more, and build a business that actually supports their life, not one that runs it.
Hosted by business strategist Alora Rachelle, this show is grounded in lived experience. Alora built a six-figure wedding photography business while raising kids, then went on to help wedding photographers generate over $3 million in collective revenue through Wedding Atelier. She’s done the work, questioned the rules, and helped others stop overworking for underwhelming results.
Each episode cuts through the noise with conversations about profitable pricing, boundaries without apology, authority without hustle, and growth that leaves room for creativity, rest, and a life you don’t need a vacation from.
If you’re ambitious but done with burnout, performative busywork, and chasing success that costs you everything else, Often Ambitious is for you.
Often Ambitious: A Photography & Business Podcast
24. How to Achieve "IMPOSSIBLE" Goals in 2021
Have a question? I'll answer on the next episode!
How to plan your year for impossible efficiency. Did you know writing down your goals increases your chance of achieving them by 80%? This episode will help a ton with tracking what works and what doesn't as well as helping you achieve your goals over time. I am a huge advocate for breaking things down into simple tasks to then produce mad results. Press play to listen and learn my friend!
"People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working." - Elon Musk
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S.M.A.R.T GOALS
- Smart
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Realistic
- Time-bound
PLANNING TO ACHIEVE IN 2021:
- Create 7-10 Annual S.M.A.R.T Goals
- Divide 2-3 Goals into the Four Quarters of the year
- Set Daily Big Three major tasks a day
- Create custom work hours, rest times, and time blocking to help with efficiency
- Weekly Preview - track your wins, what did and didn't work, and rollover extra tasks into the next week (give yourself grace!)
- **BONUS: Use Asana/Trello to track your content planning and creation digitally
TRY THIS :
- Morning Pages/Stream of Consciousness
- Creating a Morning Routine (can be anything before you work)
- Mine is just drinking coffee alone for "quiet time" with a calm playlist
- Read Atomic Habits
- Hannah's Episode on the Profitable Schedule
- Pick one day to batch 1-2 Quarters of content to avoid the planning hamster wheel
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