A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design  Business Podcast

1164: WWLD: When Responsibility Became Stewardship


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Today With LuAnn Nigara:

In Part Three of the A Well-Designed Business 10-Year Birthday Series, LuAnn moves the story forward into the phase almost no one prepares you for.

The moment when hustle stops being the solution.

Not because the work disappears.

But because the work changes.

By this point, the podcast no longer depended on LuAnn doing everything herself.

It depended on something else entirely.

Stewardship.

In this episode, LuAnn shares what happens when stepping out of the weeds doesn’t mean stepping away, but stepping into a different level of responsibility. A level she had lived through before while growing Window Works, and one she recognized just in time this time around.

You’ll hear how the work shifted from execution to bigger thinking, and why growth at this stage demands more discernment, not more effort.

LuAnn walks through:

  • What replaces doing when you stop doing everything
  • Why long-term alignment matters more than enthusiasm
  • How LuAnn University evolved from great courses into a true business school for creatives
  • Why speaking engagements, partnerships, and opportunities must earn their yes
  • How responsibility expands when you’re accountable to communities, not just yourself
  • The difference between visibility and values
  • Why some of the hardest no’s look great on paper
  • And how leadership without ego creates stronger outcomes for everyone involved
  • This is also the season where decisions began running through a future lens.

    Five years. Ten years. Twenty years.

    Will this still matter?

    Will I still be proud of it?
    And what happens when I’m no longer here to run it?

    This episode is about the quiet shift from building something exciting to protecting something meaningful.

    From growth to guardianship.

    From proving to preserving.

    If you’ve ever felt the weight of success get heavier instead of lighter, this episode will help you understand why.

    And why that weight is not a problem to solve, but a responsibility to lead.

    In the next episode, LuAnn will share what came next.

    The structures.
    The systems.
    And the decisions that allowed the business to grow without losing its soul.


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