Today with Sandra Funk:
Every business owner is one bad month away from finding out what their business is actually built on. This year, Sandra Funk found out.
Her mom got sick. Two surgeries down, more to go. Her daughters started needing her in a different way. And in the middle of all of it, Sandra learned her own thyroid had been failing her for years, dismissed as just getting older. It was, in her words, everything happening at once, with no gap in between to catch her breath.
This isn't a business episode. It's Sandra and me talking the way...
Today with Sandra Funk:
Every business owner is one bad month away from finding out what their business is actually built on. This year, Sandra Funk found out.
Her mom got sick. Two surgeries down, more to go. Her daughters started needing her in a different way. And in the middle of all of it, Sandra learned her own thyroid had been failing her for years, dismissed as just getting older. It was, in her words, everything happening at once, with no gap in between to catch her breath.
This isn't a business episode. It's Sandra and me talking the way we'd talk if you pulled up a chair at our table at Market, about what it actually looks like to run a company through a season you didn't choose and can't control.
Here's what I want you to listen for. Sandra pulled back. She stepped away from High Point, from Design Zips, from being the one out front all the time. But she never stepped away from the Interior Design Standard. It kept running, because none of it lived only in her head. The design agreement, the project timeline, the fee calculator, all of it was already written down, built years earlier out of her own hard season, the one she calls her dark night of the soul in an Atlanta airport. [LINK: episode 520]
That's the throughline of this conversation. The season will come, for all of us. The question this episode asks is whether your business is something you have to hold up personally, or something that can hold itself up while you take care of what actually matters.
If you want the two other stories I bring into this conversation, go back to [LINK: episode 1043] with Kristin Bartone, and [LINK: episode 1010], the Overheard episode with Robin Burrill and Antonio Deloatch, both circling the same idea from a different angle.
Sandra, I love you. And to the rest of you, come listen to this one. It might be the permission you didn't know you needed.
More About Sandra Funk:
Sandra Funk is the founder and CEO of the boutique interior design firm, House of Funk. After 20 years as a luxury designer, Sandra is now a business strategist deeply rooted in empowering and educating design entrepreneurs. With her turnkey approach, she welcomes designers into her inner circle, sharing her proven process for a balanced, joy-filled and wildly profitable design firm.
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Other Shows Mentioned:
Episode 02: The Importance of Systems for a Profitable Interior Design Business With Sandra Funk Levy
Episode 145: Sandra Funk of House of Funk: Why and How She Re-Branded her 10 Year old Firm
Episode 520: Power Talk Friday: Sandra Funk: The Interior Design Standard is Here!
Episode 585: Sandra Funk: Helping Designers Improve Their Business Systems
Episode 660: Sandra Funk: Level Up Your Business Through Mentorship, Coaching, and Classes. Sponsored Show: “Interior Design Standard”
Episode 753: Sandra Funk: How to Grow a Thriving Luxury Interior Design Business
Episode 801: Power Talk Friday: Sandra Funk: How Mistakes and Obstacles Led to Growth & Transformation
Episode 845: Power Talk Friday: Sandra Funk: Stop Apologizing and Start Communicating
Episode 895: Power Talk Friday: Sandra Funk: The Millionaire Mindset for Interior Designers
Episode 986: Power Talk Friday: Sandra Funk: Boundaries and Expectations are a Few of My Favorite Things
Episode 1010: Overheard: Developing Resilience in Interior Design Business Leadership with Antonio Deloatch Jr, Sandra Funk and Robin Burrill
Episode 1068: Power Talk Friday: Sandra Funk: How “Sleeping in Your Guest Room” Can Make You RICH
Episode 1043: Kristin Bartone: Pivoting Your Interior Design Business When Life Throws You Curveballs
Episode 1010: Overheard: Developing Resilience in Interior Design Business Leadership with Antonio Deloatch Jr, Sandra Funk and Robin Burrill
Episode 1118: Sponsored Show: Jamie Gasparovic: Why I Invested in the Interior Design Standard
