Expansion with Desi Batista

Expansion with Desi Batista

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  • She Built a Million Dollar Business and Cried in Her Car | Sailynn Doyle

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    What if you hit the revenue goal and instead of freedom, you got more trapped? Sailynn Doyle built a million dollar business and was working 80 hours a week, crying in her car at 9am on a Tuesday. Not because something went wrong. Because nothing felt the way she thought it would.

    In this episode, Desi sits down with Sailynn to explore why revenue going up while freedom goes down is an identity problem disguised as a business problem, what the shift from operator to leader actually looks like on the inside, and why the women who scale without burning out all make the same internal shift first.

    If you've been stuck doing everything yourself and wondering why the business still feels heavy, this conversation will change how you see the problem.

    Books related to this episode: 

    Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz - https://amzn.to/4m5b4dH

    Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://amzn.to/4m5b4dH

    Connect with Sailynn Doyle: 

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sailynndoyle 

    Website: passionpurposeposture.com

    Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sailynndoyle

    TikTok:   https://www.tiktok.com/@sailynndoyle

    YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@SailynnDoyle

     Take the quiz at desibatista.com/quiz and find out exactly what's keeping you at your current level. 

    Connect with Desi Batista: 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista 

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista

    37 min
  • Why Hitting the Goal Doesn't Fix the Feeling

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    What if you hit the goal and it still doesn't feel like enough? Not because something went wrong. But because nothing feels the way you thought it would.

    In this episode, Desi digs into why high-achieving women hit their revenue targets, build the business, do everything right, and still feel like they're winging it. She breaks down the difference between imposter syndrome and what she calls identity lag, why research shows it can take up to 10 years for confidence to catch up to your income, and what the women who actually break through do differently.

    If you've been stuck at the same level no matter what strategy you try, this is the episode that explains why. And Thursday, Desi drops a conversation with a woman who lived this exact pattern and broke through it. You're going to want to hear how she did it.


     Take the quiz at desibatista.com/quiz and find out exactly what's keeping you at your current level. 

    Connect with Desi Batista: 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista 

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista

    7 min
  • The Operating System Running Your Income Was Built When You Were 7 | Judy Tsuei

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    Have you ever done everything right and still felt like something was off? Like no matter how much you achieve, it's never quite enough?

    In this episode, Desi sits down with Judy Tsuei, an executive performance coach and NLP practitioner who spent over 20 years trying every healing modality under the sun before finding the one thing that actually worked. Judy shares how growing up with tiger parents built an operating system she carried for decades, why the strategies that make you successful eventually become the ceiling that keeps you stuck, and what it actually looks like to update your identity so the results you want can finally show up.

    If you've been doing all the things and wondering why it still doesn't feel like enough, this conversation is for you.

    Books mentioned in this episode:
    How to Disappoint Your Parents in 10 Shameless Steps by Judy Tsuei - coming soon
    Luminous Life by Jacob Lieberman - https://amzn.to/4stUpTz
    Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson - https://amzn.to/3PFZolB

    Connect with Judy Tsuei
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/judytsuei
    Website: judytsuei.com
    Instagram: instagram.com/judytsuei/
    Inner Blueprint Assessment: innerblueprint.judytsuei.com
    Podcast: Talk Saving Face

     Take the quiz at desibatista.com/quiz and find out exactly what's keeping you at your current level. 

    Connect with Desi Batista: 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista 

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista

    39 min
  • The Strategy Isn't the Problem. It Never Was.

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    If you've been doing everything right and it's still not working, this episode is for you. Desi breaks down the pattern she keeps seeing in her interviews with high-achieving women. The strategy is rarely the problem. The real ceiling is internal, and it was built long before you started your business.

     Take the quiz at desibatista.com/quiz and find out exactly what's keeping you at your current level. 

    Connect with Desi Batista: 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista 

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista

    8 min
  • Why High Achievers Stay Stuck (It's Not Strategy)

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    Most people who feel stuck aren't missing a better plan. They're missing a version of themselves that matches what they're reaching for.

    In this first solo episode I break down the self-image ceiling, why changing your circumstances never fixes it, and what actually does.

    If you've ever switched jobs, tried a new strategy, and still ended up in the same place, this will show you why.

     Take the quiz at desibatista.com/quiz and find out exactly what's keeping you at your current level. 

    Connect with Desi Batista: 

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desibatista/ 

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DesiBatista 

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdesibatista 

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdesibatista

    7 min

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How can you build the business and life you actually want? 

My name is Desi Batista, and I've spent years obsessed with one question. Why do people who do everything right still get…