About this episode

Libby Langley debunks common business success myths and emphasizes that there is no one right way to run a successful business.

Do you ever feel like you’re doing business wrong because you’re not up at 5am, posting non-stop, buying every course, or building some ridiculous funnel with 47 moving parts? This episode is for anyone who’s tired of being told there’s one right way to run a successful business. In this episode, I’m pulling apart some of the internet’s favourite business success myths and saying what probably needs saying: a lot of this stuff is nonsense. Or at the very least, it’s optional. Because somewhere along the line, business success got tangled up with performance. Morning routines became personality tests. Social media became a full-time identity. Growth became something you were supposed to chase at all costs, whether it suited you or not. And if you weren’t doing all of it, it was easy to assume you were behind. I don’t buy that. I talk through the myths that keep business owners busy, distracted, and second-guessing themselves. Things like extreme productivity habits, attending every event, constantly learning, living your life online, building huge audiences, creating complicated funnels, launching endless new offers, and assuming that scaling is always the goal. Some of these…

People in this episode

Host: Libby Langley

Topics covered

• business success myths
• entrepreneurship
• productivity habits
• social media
• business performance
• scaling
• personal identity

Keywords

• business myths
• entrepreneurship
• productivity
• social media identity
• business performance
• scaling
• morning routines

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