Here's What I Learned: Ditching Biz-as-Usual for Values, Freedom, and Doing It Your Way
Welcome to Here’s What I Learned — the podcast for progressive entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses without sacrificing their values, creativity, or capacity. I’m Jacki Hayes: systems strategist, unapologetic smutty romantasy fan, and D&D geek. Around here, we get real about what it actually takes to build a business that fits your life.
Every episode offers something to take with you — sometimes through conversations with values-driven founders, sometimes through solo episodes where I dig into the lessons I’m learning inside my own business. We explore the choices we’re testing, the questions that create clarity, the experiments that move us forward, and the systems that stay simple on purpose.
If you value integrity, curiosity, and time freedom—and you’re looking for inspiration that’s as practical as it is empowering—you’ve found your people. Hit play, and let’s rewrite the rules together.
Here's What I Learned: Ditching Biz-as-Usual for Values, Freedom, and Doing It Your Way
Launch Lessons I Learned While Rock Climbing
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If you follow me on Instagram, you've probably seen my Launch Lessons from the Rock Wall series in my stories. I decided to share those lessons with you. I began indoor bouldering in March of this year and I quickly found that the lessons I was learning as a novice climber could transfer to running an online business and planning a launch. In today's episode, I'm sharing eight launch lessons from the rock wall
Topics:
- Be prepared to fail (03:48)
- Just try it (05:26)
- Create a plan (06:47)
- Their way isn't your way (08:53)
- Practice technique (10:25)
- Warm up (11:20)
- Stop before the pump (12:12)
- It might take 300 tries (14:20)
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