The Joypreneur

Designing a business and life with data and discipline with Sophie Thorne

Episode Summary

Sophie shares with us how she builds the company around the life she wants and not the other way around. We talk about why she sold her first business, how she set herself the goal to only work 30h-weeks and why she works out every single day. She shares with us the mistakes she made and sees others doing about wanting to make passive income and following shiny object syndrome. Last but not least, we talk about why lifestyle businesses have a bad reputation.

Episode Notes

We talk about:

6:14: Why she exited her first company
9:17: How she designed her lifestyle and how her daily routine look like
13:58: How her weekly schedule looks like
16:44: How she manages to only work 6h-days
19:55: Why she works within her zone of genius
20:32: Why she believes having mentors, coaches, therapists or a support network are important
22:55: Why it’s important to ask the right questions
24:32: The biggest mistakes she sees entrepreneurs make, and made herself
25:17: How to not fall victim to the shiny object syndrome or trying to do it all
26:30: Her experience with launching a passive income stream so far
30:10: How big do you need or want your business to be?
31:27: What would a million pound business mean?
33:12: Why lifestyle businesses have a bad reputation
37:17: How to start getting clarity on what you want
40:20: What Sophie associates with “Joypreneur”

Resources mentioned

Company of One by Paul Jarvis
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

About Sophie

Sophie Thorne is serial entrepreneur and business strategist who helps women make the shift from solopreneur to CEO so they can scale their business with ease. She works with female entrepreneurs looking to streamline their strategy, create scalable systems and develop a CEO mindset.

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