1149. When Burnout Signals It's Time for a Business Model Revolution
Release Date: 07/10/2025
1104. Why Tying Your Happiness to Business Success Is Holding You Back
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
Most entrepreneurs believe that if they just work harder, push longer, and sacrifice more, success will finally bring peace, happiness, and fulfillment. But what if tying your happiness to your business success is the very thing preventing your business from growing? In today’s episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly breaks down the 3 B's that quietly derail entrepreneurs who emotionally attach their worth and happiness to business performance, and why learning to separate the two is essential for long term growth, health, and leadership. Drawing from over a decade of building multiple...
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1103. Substack as a Long-Term Asset: Monetization, Ownership, and Strategic Use for 2026
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
Substack has quickly become one of the most talked-about platforms in our community, and for good reason. In this episode, I’m breaking down exactly why I’m going all in on Substack in 2026, how we’re monetizing it inside our business, and how it fits into a long-term strategy for freedom, thought leadership, and scalable income, all without ads, sales calls, or constant live content. You’ll learn: How we’re using archived thought leadership to build a paid ecosystem Why Substack is one of the most powerful tools for authors, deep thinkers, and established leaders The exact...
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1102. The Leadership Evolution Every CEO Must Make For 2026 with John Wang
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In this powerful conversation, Kelly sits down with leadership teacher and author John Wang, author of Big Asian Energy, to unpack why so many successful leaders feel exhausted, disconnected, and stuck despite “doing everything right.” John shares his deeply personal journey from achievement-driven success to near-collapse, and the inner leadership shift that changed how he builds businesses, leads people, and teaches others to do the same. This episode is for CEOs, founders, and business owners who know they’ve outgrown an old identity but feel uncertain about what's next. Together,...
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1101. The 6 Offer Layers That Built (and Rebuilt) My Business, Ranked for 2026
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In today’s episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly breaks down the six core offer layers and go-to-market strategies she's used across her business portfolio, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly of each. From selling my time one-to-one, to physical products, to network models, digital products, coaching and consulting, community, and memberships, she walks through what worked, what didn’t, and how her perspective has evolved heading into 2026. You’ll hear: Why some “popular” business models are massively overrated Which models quietly outperform everything else long-term ...
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1100. Turning Your Biggest Challenges Into Your Most Powerful IP
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
As 2025 comes to a close, many entrepreneurs are eager to “turn the page” and move on. But here’s the truth: nothing actually changes unless you do. In today’s episode of The Kelly Roach Show, Kelly introduces a powerful concept every leader needs to reflect on before stepping into 2026: your resilience resume. Kelly walks through how the biggest challenges she faced in 2025, including a massive business model reinvention, became the foundation for deeper authority, stronger IP, and greater impact. If you’re wrapping up 2025 feeling stretched, tested, or exhausted, this episode will...
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1099. What Consumers Will Actually Pay For in 2026: The 5 Key Market Trends Driving Growth
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
The way consumers buy has fundamentally changed (and, the businesses that win in 2026 will be the ones that understand why). In this episode, Kelly breaks down the five most important consumer trends shaping buying behavior in 2026 and beyond, and explains how to build your offers, marketing, and sales systems to match where the market is actually going. This episode will give you insight into long-term shifts in trust, spending habits, personalization, community, and brand values, and how to use them to create predictable, sustainable growth. If you want to scale without burnout, stop...
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1098. Why I’m Betting on Substack for the Future of Thought Leadership and Books
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
After a decade of watching platforms rise and fall, trends come and go, and algorithms work against creators, Kelly is breaking down Substack, the platform she didn't expect to love. In this episode, Kelly shares why Substack has quickly become one of the most exciting platforms she’s seen for thought leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs who want to monetize depth, not trends. You’ll hear the numbers that caught her attention, why smaller audiences are outperforming massive followings, and how Substack creates a rare combination of trust, reach, and ownership that most platforms no longer...
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1097. How to Strategically Design Your Best Year In Business
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In this BONUS live training, Kelly Roach walks you through a 5-pillar mind mapping framework for creating your most aligned, impactful, and profitable year yet. You’ll learn why time, not talent, money, or hustle, is the ultimate differentiator between where you are now and where you want to go. This training challenges the two extremes entrepreneurs often fall into: over-planning without execution or over-executing without strategy, and shows you how to bring both into alignment. Kelly explains why congruence with your calling, intentional life architecture, and clarity of vision must...
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1096. How I'm Reinventing a Flagship Offer After 10 Years (Without Losing What Works)
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
After running the Legacy Leaders Mastermind for over a decade, Kelly is making one of her boldest strategic evolutions yet. In today’s episode, Kelly pulls back the curtain on what’s changing inside Legacy Leaders for 2026 and why these shifts reveal powerful lessons every entrepreneur can apply to their own offers, teams, and growth strategy. You’ll hear how feedback loops from elite clients sparked the creation of a team-level mastermind for COOs, CMOs, and senior leaders — a move designed to accelerate growth, increase profitability, and eliminate founder dependency at scale....
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1095. Faith, Focus, and Holistic Success: Lessons on Scaling Without Burnout with Maria Fontana
The Kelly Roach Show: Entrepreneurial Strategy for Faster Business Growth, Effective Leadership, & High Performance Mindset
In this episode, Kelly sits down with Maria Fontana, an integrative healing, mindset + lifestyle strategist and author who isdedicated to helping individuals elevate their lives, habits, and wellness. Maria has spent nearly four decades building businesses, reinventing herself, and helping others cultivate success while prioritizing faith, family, and personal fulfillment. In this episode, Kelly and Maria discuss: How to stay grounded and aligned while scaling a business to 7-figures and beyond Lessons learned in 2025 to set yourself up for a successful 2026 The pitfalls of chasing...
info_outlineIn this candid episode, Kelly shares a behind-the-scenes story about how a string of mismanaged logistics, broken agreements, and skyrocketing costs at a luxury hotel led to a major shift in her business model - and a powerful lesson about burnout, boundaries, and making executive decisions to prevent burnout.
What began as a stressful event planning experience turned into a breakthrough moment that resulted in a full overhaul of Kelly’s live event strategy. Now, she's running more impactful, accessible, and profitable events - all without sacrificing joy, client experience, or her mental well-being.
If you feel like you've been forcing a part of your business to work (even when it's clearly broken), this episode will give you permission to stop spinning your wheels, and start reinventing.
TIMESTAMPS:
01:20 – Why burnout is the most dangerous threat to your business
04:00 – Learning to prevent burnout, not just respond to it
06:40 – The hotel event disaster: broken promises, rising costs, and poor service
17:45 – The radical pivot: shifting to alternative venues and brand sponsorships for lower overhead costs, more flexibility and control
24:30 – Making high-level retreats more accessible and affordable for clients
27:05 – The deeper lesson: when iteration isn’t enough, it’s time for reinvention
29:00 – Why joy should never be the cost of your next growth phase
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
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Burnout doesn’t just happen from overwork. It happens when misaligned systems wear you down
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Iteration isn’t always the answer; sometimes you need a total reinvention
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Being decisive in making executive decisions protect your energy and your impact
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Creating accessible, profitable events can be done without selling from stage
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When your business model starts to feel heavy, it’s time to question the structure - not your mission
RESOURCES:
- Grab your ticket to CALLED TO LEAD, hosted by Kelly Roach and Sandi Glandt, on September 25th in South Florida: https://www.sandiglandt.com/called-to-lead
- Download Kelly's FREE Reinvention Playbook: https://thekellyroach.com/reinvention
- Follow Kelly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyroachofficial/
- Follow Kelly on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelly.roach.520/