A restructure at work can feel like failure — until you use it to reset on your terms. Anna Lundberg talks with Michelle Schafer about turning restructures into opportunity by getting clear on non-negotiables, value, and what you want next.

• A restructure at work can become a reset point when you define your non-negotiables first (family, health, flexibility).

• Underpricing is often a confidence issue, not a competence issue — especially when you already bring decades of experience.

• Visibility is more sustainable (and more human) when it's rooted in contribution, relationships and conversation.

• Picking a lane can make it easier for the right people to find you — and trust what you're known for.

• A resilient business model is built around boundaries, rhythms, and proper time off — not constant availability.

If this resonated, share it with someone navigating change right now.

When life is busy and your energy is low, you don't need more hustle — you need a minimum viable week. In this episode, Anna shares the three protected blocks that keep your business stable and moving forward, even in heavy delivery seasons.

• The minimum viable week is about doing the right minimum on purpose — so your business still moves in real life weeks.

• Protect three blocks: demand (future work), delivery (boundaried commitments), and design (decisions that simplify).

• If you can only do one thing for demand, prioritise momentum: follow-up and invitation that leads to conversations and sales.

• Design time prevents you rebuilding the same messy week repeatedly — even one decision keeps things improving.

If you are building a business that's already up and running, but you can feel it needs a bit of tightening, so it's easier to sell, easier to deliver and actually fits your life, then that's the work I do. You can book a call at onestepoutside.com/call if you want to have a chat and talk through your particular goals and challenges.

And if you did miss the four-hour workday workshop, then you can get the replay now. So you can go to onestepoutside.com/4hourday.

If your pipeline swings between feast and famine, it's rarely because you're "bad at marketing" — it's because you don't have a demand rhythm. In this episode, Anna breaks down a simple weekly block that creates consistent demand without living on the content hamster wheel.

• A demand rhythm is a protected weekly block that keeps your pipeline warm — even when you have limited hours.

• Momentum moves (follow-ups, invites, proposals) are often the missing link between visibility and paid work.

• Authority amplifiers help you build trust faster than "more posting", especially in a noisy market.

• Visibility matters, but it's not the goal — the goal is conversations with the right decision makers.

Join Anna's Four-Hour Workday workshop on Thursday 12th February to map your priorities and repeatable demand moves: Sign up at onestepoutside.com/4hourday >>

If your workdays are constrained by school hours, health, or simply how you want to live, a four-hour workday isn't indulgent — it's a smart business strategy. In this episode, Anna shares how to protect your best thinking time, simplify what doesn't matter, and design a business model that works inside real life.

• A four-hour workday forces clarity: you protect deep work and stop low-value tasks getting to hide in "busy".

• If your business only works when you overwork, it's a business model issue — not a discipline issue.

• Time caps reveal what's unviable fast: pricing, scope, and over-custom delivery need to change.

• The goal isn't rigidity — it's designing around your peak hours so the rest of the day is lower-stakes by choice.

If this hit home, join the Four-hour Workday workshop on 12 February at onestepoutside.com/4hourday.

If the start of the year is already showing you what feels easy — and what feels heavy or out of step — this episode will help you make sense of what you're seeing. Anna explores why the landscape feels noisier, why capacity matters more than ever, and how a simpler, more coherent business structure can create clarity, stronger boundaries, and easier demand.

• A noisy market and more discerning buyers make coherence more valuable than ever.

• Capacity is a key constraint — piling on productivity (or AI content) often adds complexity.

• The friction you feel is usually architectural, not personal.

• Simplicity and depth can be a stronger strategy than "bigger goals" and constant scaling.

• When design, demand and delivery align, work feels lighter and decisions get clearer.

Explore next steps at intentionalexpert.com.

If you've been optimising for months but the day-to-day still feels heavy, this episode will help you spot when you need business redesign — not more effort. Anna unpacks optimisation vs redesign and shares how to step back and rethink the architecture of your business, with an invitation to her Solopreneur OS workshop on Tuesday 13 January 2026.

• Optimisation is useful — but only when the underlying business architecture still fits.

• Repeating the same problems (positioning, offers, capacity) is often a redesign signal, not a discipline problem.

• Redesign starts with deeper questions about identity, boundaries, capacity and the life you want now.

• You don't need to burn everything down — you need a thoughtful recalibration of the structure you're working within.

Register for the Solopreneur OS workshop at intentionalexpert.com.

If your business looks successful on paper but feels heavier than it should, this episode is for you. Anna shares a high-level way to think about business model alignment so you can identify what's out of sync and rebuild for the next season.

• Friction in a "working" business is often structural misalignment, not a motivation problem.

• As you evolve, your offers, messaging and delivery can stay stuck in an earlier version of you.

• Values and capacity aren't nice-to-haves — they're practical design constraints that protect quality and wellbeing.

• A coherent structure reduces the need to overcompensate with effort and makes growth feel lighter.

Join the live workshop on Tuesday 13 January and explore how to redesign your business structure at intentionalexpert.com.

If your business is working objectively but feels tighter or heavier on the inside, you may be operating inside a model that's past its natural life cycle. Anna unpacks why "optimising the old" won't solve deeper friction, and shares a practical 4Rs framework to recognise the signals, review the scripts keeping you stuck, redesign the blueprint, and rebuild in a way that fits who you are now.

Key takeaways:

• Outgrowing your business model is a normal stage: business structures have life cycles, and misalignment is often a signal of growth.

• If the business only works when you overextend, the issue is structural resilience — not your motivation, discipline, or capability.

• Small tweaks can become a "Frankenstein model": complexity that patches today's problem while compounding tomorrow's.

• The shift is from optimising the old to redesigning the blueprint: who you are now, what you want to deliver, and what container fits.

• Rebuilding isn't starting over: it's evolving boundaries, offers, delivery, pricing, systems and visibility so the business supports your life.

Join the waitlist at intentionalexpert.com if you're ready to explore a more intentional structure for your next chapter.

If the holiday season highlights what feels heavy or unsustainable in your work, this episode will help you use seasonal business rhythm to design rest into your business — not as a reward, but as a foundation.

Key takeaways

• Seasonal business rhythm helps you stop fighting your energy and start designing around it — so your business can support you year-round.

• Rest becomes a powerful diagnostic: when you slow down, you can finally see what's demanding, resistant, or no longer sustainable.

• "Being busy" isn't the same as moving forward — and filling every gap with doing keeps you disconnected from clarity.

• Hustling to "earn" rest often backfires, making it harder to switch off and recover (and sometimes crashing your body when you finally stop).

• A compassionate January plan beats an intense January plan — consistent, incremental action wins in the long haul.

Join the waitlist at intentionalexpert.com to explore a more intentional, human-first way of building your business.

If you want 2026 to feel more intentional, spacious, and aligned with how you actually want to work, this episode is for you. Anna shares ten powerful solopreneur resolutions designed to help you build a calmer, more strategic business that fits the season you're in—without the pressure, hustle, or hype.

Key Takeaways

• Intentional over automatic: These resolutions help you choose what truly matters rather than defaulting to old habits or outdated strategies.

• Simplicity wins: From offers to content to pricing, simplifying creates clarity, traction, and ease.

• Prioritise resonance: Your business grows more from relationships and meaningful messages than from chasing reach.

• Build supportive rhythms: A sustainable business needs structure, processes, and weekly rhythms that protect your time and energy.

• Self-leadership is the foundation: Boundaries, self-compassion, and treating your energy like an asset are essential for long-term success.

Join the waitlist for the Solopreneur Operating System at intentionalexpert.com to get support redesigning how your business actually works.