RS347 - Redefining success as an entrepreneur with Stephanie Melodia
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
Release Date: 06/23/2025
RS379 – The four-hour workday strategy to grow in less time
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If your workdays are constrained by school hours, health, or simply how you want to live, a four-hour workday isn’t indulgent — it’s a smart business strategy. In this episode, Anna shares how to protect your best thinking time, simplify what doesn’t matter, and design a business model that works inside real life. A four-hour workday forces clarity: you protect deep work and stop low-value tasks getting to hide in “busy”. If your business only works when you overwork, it’s a business model issue — not a discipline issue. Time caps reveal what’s unviable fast: pricing,...
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RS377 - A simpler business: clarity, coherence and capacity
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If the start of the year is already showing you what feels easy — and what feels heavy or out of step — this episode will help you make sense of what you’re seeing. Anna explores why the landscape feels noisier, why capacity matters more than ever, and how a simpler, more coherent business structure can create clarity, stronger boundaries, and easier demand. A noisy market and more discerning buyers make coherence more valuable than ever. Capacity is a key constraint — piling on productivity (or AI content) often adds complexity. The friction you feel is usually architectural,...
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RS376 - Business redesign: when optimisation isn't enough
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If you’ve been optimising for months but the day-to-day still feels heavy, this episode will help you spot when you need business redesign — not more effort. Anna unpacks optimisation vs redesign and shares how to step back and rethink the architecture of your business, with an invitation to her Solopreneur OS workshop on Tuesday 13 January 2026. Optimisation is useful — but only when the underlying business architecture still fits. Repeating the same problems (positioning, offers, capacity) is often a redesign signal, not a discipline problem. Redesign starts with deeper questions...
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RS375 - Business model alignment: why success feels heavy
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If your business looks successful on paper but feels heavier than it should, this episode is for you. Anna shares a high-level way to think about business model alignment so you can identify what’s out of sync and rebuild for the next season. Friction in a “working” business is often structural misalignment, not a motivation problem. As you evolve, your offers, messaging and delivery can stay stuck in an earlier version of you. Values and capacity aren’t nice-to-haves — they’re practical design constraints that protect quality and wellbeing. A coherent structure reduces the...
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RS374 - Outgrowing your business model: the 4Rs framework
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If your business is working objectively but feels tighter or heavier on the inside, you may be operating inside a model that’s past its natural life cycle. Anna unpacks why “optimising the old” won’t solve deeper friction, and shares a practical 4Rs framework to recognise the signals, review the scripts keeping you stuck, redesign the blueprint, and rebuild in a way that fits who you are now. Key takeaways: Outgrowing your business model is a normal stage: business structures have life cycles, and misalignment is often a signal of growth. If the business only works when you...
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RS373 - Design rest into your business with seasonal business rhythm
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If the holiday season highlights what feels heavy or unsustainable in your work, this episode will help you use seasonal business rhythm to design rest into your business — not as a reward, but as a foundation. Key takeaways Seasonal business rhythm helps you stop fighting your energy and start designing around it — so your business can support you year-round. Rest becomes a powerful diagnostic: when you slow down, you can finally see what’s demanding, resistant, or no longer sustainable. “Being busy” isn’t the same as moving forward — and filling every gap with doing keeps...
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RS371 - 10 Intentional solopreneur resolutions for 2026
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If you want 2026 to feel more intentional, spacious, and aligned with how you actually want to work, this episode is for you. Anna shares ten powerful solopreneur resolutions designed to help you build a calmer, more strategic business that fits the season you're in—without the pressure, hustle, or hype. Key Takeaways Intentional over automatic: These resolutions help you choose what truly matters rather than defaulting to old habits or outdated strategies. Simplicity wins: From offers to content to pricing, simplifying creates clarity, traction, and ease. Prioritise resonance: Your...
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RS372 - How to design your business operating system for 2026
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If you’re craving a more intentional, streamlined and sustainable way to run your business next year, this episode is for you. Anna introduces a new way of thinking about how your business works behind the scenes - and what it takes to design your business operating system for 2026. Key Takeaways Your early business setup wasn’t designed to support where you are now—your operating system must evolve. Someone else’s blueprint can’t account for your life, energy, responsibilities or goals. A solid business operating system has three parts: an intentional business model, authentic...
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RS370 - Solopreneur trends that shaped 2025 (and how to respond)
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
If your content has stopped landing, leads feel slower, or business just feels heavier than it used to, you’re not alone. In this episode, Anna unpacks the major solopreneur trends of 2025 - and what they mean for how you work, sell, and show up as you prepare for 2026. Key Takeaways Visibility is changing: Even strong, thoughtful content underperformed on LinkedIn this year—and it’s not about your quality, but the context. AI raised the bar: With content creation easier than ever, your differentiation now comes from clarity of message and point of view. Sales cycles slowed:...
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RS369 - Compassionate leadership for a more human workplace with Nigel Kilpatrick
Reimagining Success® with Anna Lundberg
What if the biggest barrier to thriving at work isn’t performance - but the way we lead? In this episode, Anna speaks with Nigel Kilpatrick, co-founder of The Compassion Exchange, about his dramatic journey from toxic leadership habits to human-centred, compassionate leadership. It’s an honest, hard-hitting look at why old models of authority are failing - and what truly creates change. Key Takeaways: The cost of old leadership models: Nigel shares how fear-driven, authoritarian cultures harm both companies and people - and why compassion is now essential for performance. From toxic...
info_outlineAnna Lundberg sits down with entrepreneur, strategist, and podcast host Stephanie Melodia. Stephanie shares her unconventional career journey from art school to building a successful business, discusses how she’s rethinking success at a pivotal life stage, and unpacks the power and pitfalls of metrics, personal branding, and living a “multi-hyphenate” career. Tune in for candid insights on balancing ambition with gratitude, redefining what success truly means, and practical strategies to create a work-life blend on your own terms.
Key Takeaways
1. Redefining Success Is an Ongoing Journey
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Success isn’t a fixed goalpost—you’ll keep evolving your definition as your life and ambitions change.
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Gratitude and self-reflection are key to enjoying the journey and avoiding endless “what’s next?” thinking.
2. Embracing Nuance and Balance
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True fulfilment lies in balancing achievement with appreciation for what you already have.
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Stephanie’s mantra: “How do I stay hungry yet full at the same time?”
3. The Power of Personal Brand & Experimentation
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Building your personal brand—even accidentally—can be crucial for business growth and client attraction.
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Experimenting and “accidentally” discovering what works is often the best route forward; action trumps perfection.
4. Rethinking Metrics and Social Media Influence
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Metrics can be motivating, but beware of linking self-worth to numbers—focus on meaningful impact over vanity stats.
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Connection beats collection: quality of relationships trumps number of followers.
5. Creating Your Ideal Day—and Life
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Stephanie offers a practical glimpse into designing a work-life blend that reflects your values, ambitions, and joy.
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It’s possible to curate your day-to-day around the things you love, with structure enabling freedom.
Ready to redefine success on your own terms?
If you’ve outgrown the business model you started with - or you’ve hit your goals but it still doesn’t feel quite right - it’s time to recalibrate.
Inside the Business Accelerator, you’ll redesign your expert business for more revenue and more freedom - with a smarter strategy, sustainable offers, and a business model that’s aligned with what success looks like now.
Apply now at onestepoutside.com/accelerate