83 - The Shift: Designing Your Business To Fit Your Life Today

About this episode

Kari Lotzien discusses the shift in business focus from growth to personal alignment and intentional design.

There comes a point in business where the question quietly shifts. It’s no longer just about growth, efficiency, or what the next opportunity is, it becomes something deeper: is this still right for me? In this episode, Kari reflects on a pattern she’s seeing across experienced business owners, and in herself. Beneath conversations about time, systems, and leadership, there’s a quieter layer emerging. A shift from building and pushing forward…to listening, adapting, and intentionally designing what comes next. This is not about starting over. It’s about recognizing that the version of success you built your business on may not fully fit the person you’ve become.

People in this episode

Host: Kari Lotzien

Topics covered

• business design
• personal growth
• entrepreneurship
• work-life balance
• success redefinition

Keywords

• business strategy
• entrepreneurial mindset
• leadership
• adaptation
• success
• personal development

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