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September 18, 2014
I like the way you WERK it! My top 5 tips to the Perfect Hustle + NEWS

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Illustration of Style Blogger @SomethingNavy

The update: 
NY Fashion week has come to a close and it’s all about the hustle. Now take a trip with me (virtually of course) to, London
Milan, then Paris for more fashion shows galore.  September should basically be called fashion month, and omg can’t wait for the day when I can go to all of them!!!!

I’m working on some illustrations of my favorite looks that I’ll share with you soon!!  In the mean time – here above is an illustration of style blogger SomethingNavy. Check her out on instagram and her NYFW look.  I am loving it.

What’s coming: 
I really don’t know what it is about September that forever is engraved in us “back to school” and “back to work”. I feel like September should be the real start of the calendar year – it is the start of the New Year, in the Jewish religion anyway.  But it’s more than that, it’s the beginning again of everyone’s hustle, the last few months of nice weather before everyone hibernates for the winter months, or is bombarded with holiday soirees – whichever comes first!

I don’t know about you all but I’m feeling super productive.
I am super excited about all the projects I have coming up including a 2015 Illustrated Calendar, Holiday Card sets, Custom Holiday cards, and first of course – Halloween cards! Stay tuned for so much more to come here and on my Etsy account!!! Many more colllabos and projects in the works and…. Some really exciting news::::::

NEWS::::
Behold… an Illustration and jewelry collaboration!
Emily Brickel x Chloe and Isabel

Check out the brand new illustration I did for hot Jewelry company Chloe + Isabel!!!!!  It is so exciting to get to work with a brand like this because as it turns out, I am obsessed with their jewelry. I got a few pieces in the mail and they are sick! I can’t stop wearing them ( show photos) and I had the chance to actually create a customized shop with them where I can share my favorite jewels with you – and YOU CAN PURCHASE THEM through me! Click here to check it out. 
You can now access this link through this illustrated ad on my blog which will be on the top right hand column! Along with… ahem, ahem,…. Three new illustrated buttons to help you easily navigate around my site. Check it out!!!

These pieces look even better in person believe it or not and everywhere I go I am getting stopped on the streets with compliments and people literally grabbing my jewelry and asking where I got it! Woah.

Here are some of my favorites:

More illustrations in the works that I can’t wait to show you!!!

Anyway – back to the blog:

It’s all about the hustle. 
Here are my 5 top tips to getting your hustle on and making waves!

  1. Don’t forget YOU are the temple. Your body is the wheels that run the whole ship so you have NO hustle without your health – make sure to take care of it everyday.  Work out, meditate, and take “me” time. You know this is my best advice. Your cup will runneth over to all the places you need it to go!

 

  1. Stay organized. The less time you have to spend looking for that piece of paper, that business card or your keys – the more time you have for everything else. If you have big dreams – organization is KEY. It is a time saver and a lifesaver.  Invest in the small amount of time it takes to set up your organization because in the long run it adds up to many valuable free hours. No system is perfect and I am always looking for the latest and greatest ways to stay organized, but do what works for you and update it as you go.

 

  1. Put your game face on. You gotta show up with GUSTO. When you meet anyone new, when you try something you’ve never done before or when you are just ready to show um what you’ve got – put your best foot forward. Dress the part, educate yourself, be prepared and get excited (but not tooooo overly excited – I need to check myself here sometimes lol!).  This is your moment to convince others of what you already know – that you are MADE for this ShizNit and you are ready to make some moves. Your game face can consist of a smile, the outfit that works perfectly for the situation at hand, and a notebook or your notes section of your smart phone. Remember names, make eye contact and be your authentic you! Others will take notice.

 

  1. Ask for help. If you are overwhelmed – ask for help. Rome was not built in one day and it was CERTAINLY not built by one man.  Reach out for advice, help or tips. You will be surprised what you will find.

 

  1. Support others.  Give that help right back to anyone that needs it. When you create a giving situation, more will come right back to you.  The world is such a small place and you needed help at some point along the way! Don’t forget that! There is way more than enough to go around so never feel like giving to someone means less for you.  It is quite the contrary.  What is wrong with supporting and empowering other women (or men) in your field? Wouldn’t it be a much nicer place to live and hustle if we all supported each other’s success? Don’t get jealous, don’t put anyone down and know there is more than enough for all of us. Building others up really builds you up too in the long run.

That’s it for my blog this week! I hope that didn’t overwhelm you – I know that was a lot of information but I can’t help but be so excited!!!
Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to click around my site, and email me if you are interested in early custom orders for holiday, or even some jewelry (can you believe that!?)

Hope that inspires you to up your hustle!
Tell me all about it at Emily@EmilyBrickel.com
Xoxo
Emily

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November 7, 2013
Courage

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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.” Or another interpretation of this quote is “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the judgment that something is more important than fear.” – Ambrose. Redmoon. Whichever is what she really said, I like it either way!

When you compare yourself to someone else who is doing exactly what you want to be doing, what is the only thing that they have that you don’t? Courage. Not skill, not talent, not beauty, not brains – but the ability to act even though you are afraid, even though you doubt yourself and even though it will be hard.

Stop living in fear. Don’t let your excuses stop you on your path to your dreams.

As Mastin Kipp says in his blog “The Daily Love” “You are an Infinite Soul connected to the Infinity of The Divine and for a short while, you are in this body that you inhabit. When you identify with The Divine, with your Source and with your Soul (and not your circumstances), you take the first step in transcending your limitations.”

To me, this is profound because he is saying that we are only in this body for a limited time and we are souls, IN a body YET bigger than our body, larger than our circumstance and far larger than our excuses.

If you had perspective on your life and how fleeting it is, what would you do differently? If you had the viewpoint that your circumstance is temporary and you can control your reactions to surpass your current circumstance, what would you do instead of what you are doing now?

Courage is the willingness and ability to confront fear, pain, danger and uncertainty HEAD ON. It is in forging forward that the real successes and dreams unfold.

We all have the capacity to choose courage instead of hesitation, instead of fear, instead of cowardice.

Feel the fear and DO IT ANY WAY. The fear is not going anywhere, the hesitation and excuses are a natural defense mechanism in human beings. Yet we need to forge forward. We need to propel. It is a strong ACTION word that is the only descriptive of what to do to harness your inner strength. Not just to continue, but to accelerate, to conquer the storm and the feelings of uncertainty.

How much do you want it? I think that is a question you really have to ask yourself.

It is in the mastery of fear that we can unleash our full potential. That is when we can actually quell the voice inside of us all whispering to us what risk to take. That is when we can feel truly satisfied with ourselves and our lives, knowing that we tried, wholeheartedly.

What can you do today to harness your courage? What would you do if you overcame your fears?

Fear is such a deeply ingrained thing, buried for years and years and engorged and built up upon by small setbacks. Yet COURAGE takes one fast, swift motion forward. You can break the cycle of fear in an instant. It just takes the mental strength to say, as my mentor says “Eff it, LETS GO!” and pounce. All it takes is one swift change of mind. It is that easy, but it takes courage. Do you have it right now? If not, CAN you get there? (The answer is YES by the way!)

Hope that inspires you!
xoxo
Emily

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