TEM176: Managing burnout, not waiting to live your best life and streamlining tasks - A conversation with Elisa Janson Jones
Elisa Janson Jones is an entrepreneur, author, educator and the founder of the International Music Educator Summit.
On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:
The crazy number of projects she has going in addition to her full-time teaching job How she successfully pitched SmartMusic about doing a podcast for them The thought process behind getting an MBA and the work that has led to The key to improving anything The inspiration for her two books (which were both written for very specific business reasons) Why writing a grant is just like writing a business plan (and why you have to help the organization you're pitching to fulfill their mission) Why Elisa doesn't believe in work/life balance The inspiration for the International Music Education Summit and how she decided to price it The importance of streamlining processes to save time down the road How she used research and testing to build the summit The changes that the summit has undergone in just two years The ownership everyone feels when they are a part of a community Elisa's incredible life story that has included becoming a mother during college and surviving a very difficult marriage and how those experiences helped to change her mindset about business and life Living the life you want to live because none of us are promised a tomorrowLinks:
https://www.elisajanson.com/ International Music Education Summit Sovereign Strategic The Music Ed Mentor Podcast Best Practices for Music Educators The Music Educators Guide to Thrive The Music Booster's Manual TEM175: No one has seven ideasWant to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!
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Produced by Drake Domingue
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