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Messy Business - with Libby Langley

Messy Business - with Libby Langley

De: Libby Langley - Business Coach
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This podcast will help you change how you work, not who you are.

I’m Libby Langley - business coach, author, self-employed since 2011 – and someone whose thoughts have never taken the standard route.

In each episode I talk honestly about what it’s actually like to run a business when real life is happening, energy comes and goes, and your brain doesn’t always behave the way people tell you it should.

If you’re capable, thoughtful, and good at what you do, but the business side sometimes feels difficult, overwhelming, or more complicated than you’d like, you’re in the right place.

Messy Business isn’t about hustling harder, hacks, or pretending everything’s fine.

It’s where I think out loud about:

- decision fatigue
- overthinking
- burnout and boredom
- calm thinking vs impulsivity
- building a business that actually feels good to run

Some weeks you’ll get clarity. Some weeks you’ll get perspective.

Sometimes it’ll be me talking about why everything gets easier when you stop trying to fix yourself and start shaping your business around how you work best.

This is business, but it’s also life. The messy bits. The honest bits. The bits no one posts on Instagram.

If listening makes your brain feel a little calmer, that’s my goal achieved.

For more support:

🧡 Join Messy Business ThinkSpace - libbylangley.com/thinkspace
📙 Read Life in Business – available now on Amazon

Find me on Instagram (@libbylangley), LinkedIn, or at libbylangley.com

2022 Libby Langley
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Episodios
  • 183: Debunking the Internet's Favourite "Business Success" Myths | #183
    Apr 2 2026

    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 things can be useful. Some can even be enjoyable. But none of them are automatic proof that you’re doing business well. And none of them are essential just because the internet keeps shouting about them.

    This episode is really about stripping things back and remembering what actually matters. A business does not need to be loud, complicated, public, or hyper-optimised to work. It needs to make sense for you. It needs to fit your life, your energy, your strengths, and the way you actually want to work.

    If your business feels heavier than it should, there’s a good chance it’s not because you need to do more. It might be because you’ve picked up too many rules that were never right for you in the first place.

    🧡 In this episode, I talk about:

    • why productivity theatre is not the same as useful work
    • the pressure to attend, buy, post, launch, and optimise everything
    • why a quiet, simple business can still be a very successful one
    • what actually matters more than following somebody else’s formula
    • how to spot when your business has become cluttered with things you don’t need

    This is a grounding episode for anyone who’s been overthinking their business, chasing the wrong things, or quietly wondering whether all this advice is making life harder instead of easier.

    You do not need to cosplay someone else’s version of entrepreneurship.

    You need a business that works.

    And sometimes that starts by questioning the nonsense you’ve absorbed and getting honest about what actually fits.

    💥 If this episode resonated, you can find me on Instagram, LinkedIn, or at https://libbylangley.com

    📧 I also send emails for when your brain won’t shut up and you need a bit of perspective: https://libbylangley.com/email

    📙 My book Life in Business is an easy-to-read, neurodivergent-friendly guide to building the business you actually want: https://libbylangley.com/book

    🔧 If your business needs a proper reset, the Business Sort-Out is me stepping into your business with you to make it more profitable and easier to run: https://libbylangley.com/sortout

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    27 m
  • 182: Why I Walked Away from "Success" | #182
    Mar 26 2026

    In business, we’re taught that success should look like constant growth. Bigger offers, bigger programmes, more clients, more moving parts, more visible proof that things are working.

    And sometimes that does work. Until it doesn’t.

    In this episode, I’m talking about a version of success I built, lived, and eventually walked away from. Because from the outside it looked impressive. The money was coming in, the opportunities were there, people were congratulating me. But underneath all of that, it had become something I didn’t actually want to run.

    I talk about the earlier version of my business where I had a team, an office, lots of clients, lots of activity, and plenty of external signs that things were going well. And I talk about the quieter, less visible truth underneath it. The exhaustion, the pressure, the cost of holding something together that no longer fit me.

    I also share how that pattern repeated itself in more modern online-business ways. Programmes, containers, structures, models that looked sensible on paper but didn’t suit how I actually work, think, or want to support people.

    This episode is really about recognising that there isn’t one “correct” business model. There isn’t one gold standard that everyone sensible should be aiming for. The right structure is the one that works for you living inside it.

    In this episode, I explore:

    🧡 The version of success I built and why I chose to walk away from it
    🧡 How a business can look brilliant on paper and still feel wrong to run
    🧡 Why I’ve stopped pretending certain business models suit me when they don’t
    🧡 The difference between what works and what works for you
    🧡 How structure drift makes businesses harder than they need to be
    🧡 Why the packaging is often the problem, not the core of the work itself

    This is an honest episode about self-awareness, business models, and giving yourself permission to stop chasing forms of success that don’t actually fit.

    Because sometimes the bravest thing you can do is admit that the version of success everyone else admires is not the one you want.

    💥 You can find me on Instagram, LinkedIn, or at https://libbylangley.com

    📧 I also send emails for when your brain won’t shut up and you need a bit of perspective: https://libbylangley.com/email

    📙 My book Life in Business is an easy-to-read, neurodivergent-friendly guide to building the business you actually want: https://libbylangley.com/book

    🔧 If your business needs a proper reset, the Business Sort-Out is me stepping into your business with you to make it more profitable and easier to run: https://libbylangley.com/sortout

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    27 m
  • 181: Do Less but Better | #181
    Mar 19 2026

    There’s a lot of noise in business telling you to do more. More content, more platforms, more effort, more everything. And at some point, it just becomes exhausting.

    In this episode, I’m bringing it back to something much simpler. Doing less, but doing it better. Not as a shortcut, and not as an excuse, but as a deliberate way of running a business that actually works for you.

    We’re talking about what really matters when you strip everything back. Enjoying what you do, making proper profit, and building something that doesn’t drain you in the process. Because if you’re working flat out and it still doesn’t feel good, something’s off.

    I also revisit the “house” way of thinking about your business. Foundations first, then the structure, then the marketing. Not the other way round. It’s a much calmer way to build, and it makes everything else easier to understand and maintain.

    This isn’t about being lazy. It’s about being clear. Choosing what stays, what goes, and what actually deserves your time and attention.

    If you’ve been feeling pulled in too many directions, or like your business has become a bit louder than you’d like, this will help you steady things again.

    💥 If this episode resonated, you can find me on Instagram, LinkedIn, or at https://libbylangley.com

    📧 I also send emails for when your brain won’t shut up and you need a bit of perspective: https://libbylangley.com/email

    📙 My book Life in Business is an easy-to-read, neurodivergent-friendly guide to building the business you actually want: https://libbylangley.com/book

    🔧 If your business needs a proper reset, the Business Sort-Out is me stepping into your business with you to make it more profitable and easier to run: https://libbylangley.com/sortout

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    27 m
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