What if the thing you’re best at is the thing keeping you stuck?

In this episode, The Creator’s Curse: When Your Talent Becomes a Trap, we break down the silent phase no one talks about, when your skill turns into comfort, comfort turns into a cage, and success slowly kills your hunger.

This is about creators who aren’t lazy… just bored with their own brilliance. The ones who feel stuck, not because they failed, but because they mastered something too well and outgrew it.

If you’ve been hitting targets but feeling hollow, delivering results without feeling alive, this episode exposes the trap — and the uncomfortable truth that growth starts when you willingly become a beginner again.

Because being good got you here, being brave takes you further.

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Welcome to the age of manufactured authenticity.

We used to fake perfect lives. Now we fake honesty.

In this episode, we dive into the rise of “performed vulnerability”—where being real has become a strategy, pain has become content, and authenticity has turned into an aesthetic. From crying reels to perfectly framed breakdowns, we explore how the internet learnt to monetise honesty and how creators learnt to package their truth.

This isn’t about calling people fake. It’s about questioning a culture that rewards performative transparency and punishes real privacy.

Are we actually connecting more or just perfecting the illusion of connection?

A raw, reflective storytime on what it really means to be real in a world that turns everything into content.

This isn’t a podcast about chasing money, it’s about chasing growth.

From Draft to Dollars is where ideas become motion and motion becomes meaning.

It’s about mindset, clarity, and the messy middle between “I want to” and “I did.”

Because the real dollars aren’t cash, they’re confidence, peace, and purpose.

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Are 30-day creative challenges a shortcut to growth, or just a shiny trap for desperate creatives?

In this episode of From Draft to Dollars, Blessing Azugama dives into the debate:

The case for challenges — structure, accountability, momentum.

The case against — inflated fees, false promises, and exploitation.

Where the line really is between empowerment and manipulation.

Action steps for both participants and challenge creators.

If you’ve ever joined (or thought about running) a challenge, this one will give you the clarity you need.

Listen now and decide for yourself: is it empowerment… or exploitation?

They told me to pick one thing.

I picked five. And somehow? It works.

Jack of all trades is a master of none… but better than a master of one.

That’s me in one line.

In this episode of From Draft to Dollars, I break down the real beauty (and chaos) of being multi-hyphenate, writer, scriptwriter, correspondent, strategist, podcast host, while society keeps telling you to ‘pick a lane.’ Spoiler: being layered is your superpower.

Here’s how to use it to build, not burn out.

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Have you ever opened your laptop, stared at the screen for 20 minutes, and ended up on TikTok watching somebody’s uncle argue with a goat? Yeah… welcome to the creative slump.

In this episode, I gist about my own slump season — the comparison, the procrastination, the ghosting — and the 3 big lessons it forced me to learn: why motion beats motivation, why consistency isn’t about perfection, and why rest is actually strategy.

If you’ve been quiet online or dragging your feet on your craft, this one’s for you. Slumps will come, but how you crawl out? That’s your story.

In this episode of From Draft to Dollars,

I sit down with filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter Tanyeno for a raw Creative Self-Check. We dig into the stories and themes that resonate, the traps most artists fall into, unlearning “success,” and why some moments in the creative process are more sacred than we admit.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, scattered, or unsure of your creative voice, this conversation is your reminder to pause, reset, and build from what truly matters.

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Ever frozen up when someone asks, “So, what’s your rate?” You’re not alone , most creatives panic, undersell themselves, or start negotiating against themselves before the client even says a word.

In this episode of From Draft to Dollars, we’re breaking down The 4-Part Self-Pitch, a simple framework to price your work without second-guessing. You’ll learn the difference between what you feel you should get, what you deserve, what you can negotiate, and what you can settle for.

Because pricing isn’t just about money. it’s about protecting your time, your energy, and your confidence. If you’re tired of leaving cash on the table (or working for “exposure”), this is the mindset shift you need before your next pitch.

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