About this episode

Libby Langley discusses her journey of walking away from a version of success that looked impressive but was ultimately unfulfilling.

In business, we’re taught that success should look like constant growth. Bigger offers, bigger programmes, more clients, more moving parts, more visible proof that things are working. And sometimes that does work. Until it doesn’t. In this episode, I’m talking about a version of success I built, lived, and eventually walked away from. Because from the outside it looked impressive. The money was coming in, the opportunities were there, people were congratulating me. But underneath all of that, it had become something I didn’t actually want to run. I talk about the earlier version of my business where I had a team, an office, lots of clients, lots of activity, and plenty of external signs that things were going well. And I talk about the quieter, less visible truth underneath it. The exhaustion, the pressure, the cost of holding something together that no longer fit me. I also share how that pattern repeated itself in more modern online-business ways. Programmes, containers, structures, models that looked sensible on paper but didn’t suit how I actually work, think, or want to support people. This episode is really about recognising that there isn’t one “correct” business model…

People in this episode

Host: Libby Langley

Topics covered

• success
• business models
• entrepreneurship
• personal growth
• work-life balance

Keywords

• success
• business
• entrepreneurship
• growth
• work-life balance
• pressure
• exhaustion

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