About this episode

Sam Vander Wielen shares 11 unconventional habits that contributed to her seven-figure business success.

Every entrepreneurship influencer on the internet has an opinion about what you should be doing. Six AM wake-ups. A content calendar mapped out six months in advance. Tracking every metric. Showing up on every platform all at once. But here's the thing — what successful founders say they do and what they actually do behind the scenes? Often very, very different. I know because I'm one of those founders. And when people meet me in real life, the thing they always say is, "Wait, your business is so chill and simple. You don't do any of the stuff people say you're supposed to do." So today I'm pulling back the curtain and giving you the real list: my 11 "bad habits" that I genuinely believe built my seven-figure business. The stuff I do, don't do, and intentionally skip — and why I think it's actually the reason this whole thing has worked at all. In this episode, you'll hear… Why ghosting your Instagram Stories for days (or weeks) at a time might actually be good for your business How skipping the perfectly planned content calendar has made Sam a better, more creative writer The surprising reason oversharing the good, the bad, and the ugly has been one of her biggest trust-builders…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Vander Wielen

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• business habits
• content creation
• trust-building
• marketing strategies

Keywords

• bad habits
• seven-figure business
• entrepreneurship
• content calendar
• Instagram Stories

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