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You voted for it on Instagram: my husband Karim is back for another chat on the podcast. In this last episode of 2020, we share the behind the scenes of our working relationship: How did he and I come to work together? What makes us compatible? How did we go about defining our roles?

We also share tips on how to choose the right business partner, how to work well with a spouse or a friend, and what’s been successful for us.

Karim is also launching his own business soon - you’ll learn more about it in 2021!

*If you want to listen to Karim’s other chats on the podcast:

The most important business skill: http://bit.ly/3aM6XB1

How being location independent has helped us deal with the pandemic: http://spoti.fi/3regOVM

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As someone who loves planning ahead, I’ve learned how to make the best out of my planning efforts. Oddly enough, I’ve noticed that planning through goal setting isn’t 100% reliable. We often set out goals through the sum total of other people’s vision. So how do we know if the goals we set are really OUR goals and not someone else’s? I feel it’s always important to look our past year, gauge what has worked, what hasn’t and why and from that, create a vision on which goals will likely flow out organically. In this episode, I’ll walk through my own process in planning your next year.

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Entrepreneurship often propagates the importance of hustling, of being busy or doing more. But more doesn’t always get you further ahead. If anything there are times where more sets you back. We’ve all been there: there’s so much to do and we always feel like we’re trailing so we do more and more to catch up. Compounded over time, our actions lack perspective and intention and the result: we’re drained. The same kind of drained that made us quit our 9 to 5 to begin with. So what’s the solution? Doing less. It’s as counterintuitive as it gets, but it’s the truth.

This week we talk about embracing a slower sustainable pace in entrepreneurship.

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Taking time to process what is happening. Being in tune with yourself. Allowing yourself to feel. Doing what feels good. Following joy.

These are things we tend to oversimplify as “alignment”. But what goes into aligning our life, our business and our role as an entrepreneur is a continuous journey that constantly evolves. As you know it’s a topic that hits home for me and I couldn’t be happier to talk about it with Melissa Donovan. Melissa is a Holistic life coach, healer, copywriter and if that wasn’t enough a vegan food blogger.

We chat about how to connect with our intuition and how to develop that relationship with it. We discuss what goes into creating that harmony halo. And for those of you who are multi-passionate as we are, we also share what has helped us incorporate all these passions that drive us, in our lives.

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As most of us are still in heavily confined covid restriction, the thought of travelling seems so far removed. My special guest this week is Sierra who’s a personal growth coach and a travel lover. We discuss all things travel: from personal growth experiences to reverse culture shock and everything in between. Sierra describes how she has used travel as a transformational experience to grow all the other aspects of her life and how it helped her follow her intuition.

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This week's special guest is Debbie from The Offbeat life. For those of you who are at the early stages of your entrepreneurship journey, Debbie shares her perspective on how to use some of the common worries to help you power through the first few phases of your business. We talk about how important it can be to design your life and business according to your own purpose  and getting passed your mental blocks. Also for all you creative entrepreneurs, we cover what we’re all guilty of thinking at one point or another: art can’t be monetized. Debbie & I also talk about how that misguided perception can affect your progress.

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People often wonder what are the main struggles when it comes to launching your first business. Ironically enough, it’s how to enjoy having your own business and taking advantage of the freedom we create.

This week on the podcast my guest is Angela Mastrogiacomo, who helps people launch businesses successfully. We chat about some of the things we tend to forget on our first entrepreneurial path. 

Rather than seeing our entrepreneurial journey as a whole, like one big ongoing experiment, we tend to get bogged down in getting it all right on the first try. We over-plan the long term and forget about why we started a business to begin with:... freedom. 

For those of you interested in injecting playfulness in entrepreneurship, this is for you!

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Out of all the learnings over the years of being an entrepreneur, if I had a way to go back in time and give my younger self a tip it would be this: be patient. Entrepreneurship is a series of iterations and the best way to live that reality is to enjoy the beauty in the “draft version of your business”. It’s important to understand and accept that when we start a business, we’re in a constant state of “work-in-progress” which greatly conflicts with our expectations of having a finalized business from day 1.

This week I talk about the risks and the impact it can have on our business to set the wrong intentions and expectations.

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Should I create this content? Is my messaging clear? Is my targeting on point? Should I launch this new offer? What should I include in my email sequence?

Every day we’re faced with questions with no one to ask to...or so we think.

The most misunderstood, misused and underrated tool in business is market research. I’ve come to realize that people simply have the wrong idea of what it’s for and how to use it.

From social media captions to sales pages, product launches or onboarding process market research can help you improve or create a business. It helps you get clear with what’s blurry and get confident. It can help you be more helpful and resonate more with your ideal client and ultimately manage your time and energy with more ease.

How can it do that? This week I answer a few questions to help demystify market research.

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Sell. Just another “four-letter word” for a lot of us. When people describe a bad selling experience we often hear about “pushy”, “impersonal”, “mechanical”. The problem is that bad selling is the norm when it should be the exception. Selling doesn’t have to be bad.

Even for us more heart-led entrepreneurs, we do need to sell to have our business create a positive impact. Good selling comes from a place of authenticity and connection. Good selling aspires to be magnetic and invites people in as opposed to pushing something down their throats. When you’re mindful and specific about your sales approach you will create a good sales experience for the people you’re looking to connect with and serve.

That comes from a place of a healthy balance of feminine and masculine energy. So what does that mean? Let’s talk about it in this episode.

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