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If you enjoyed today’s episode, please share it with friends, SUBSCRIBE and leave us a review on iTunes. This week we’re reflecting on our experience as digital nomads for you to learn from our mistakes! Where’s the best places to go? How much money do you need? How long to go for? What’s the WiFi like? Is the 4 hour work week even possible? We discuss all of this on this episode, so if you’re interested in travelling the world whilst working as a digital nomad, this episode is for you! CATCH US ON: Website Ross LinkedIn Lucy LinkedIn Twitter Instagram We'll read out your review in a later episode!  Lucy & Ross Menghini

If you enjoyed today’s episode, please share it with friends, SUBSCRIBE and leave us a review on iTunes. CATCH US ON: Website Ross LinkedIn Lucy LinkedIn Twitter Instagram   We'll read out your review in a later episode!  Lucy & Ross Menghini

Do you want to become self employed this year? Are you keen to find out what life is really like on the other side of having a job? If you want to make the leap away from employment and earn your own living, this episode is for you. Matthew Knight is a Strategy and Innovation Partner working for himself. Having left his job years ago to pursue this new path, Matthew has firsthand experience of the ups and downs that come with self employment.  In this episode, we discuss many of the areas that aren’t often told. Struggles with mental health, imposter syndrome, clients, companionship and more. These are all such important topics, especially when you step into the uncertain path of self employment. I say this because going it alone brings a whole host of questions, choices and challenges. The so called ‘freedom’ that comes with working independently can very often lead to overwhelm, uncertainty and difficulty and we discuss our experiences of all these during this conversation. Matthew was completely honest and

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. Welcome again to Life Design Diaries, the business and lifestyle podcast where we bring you interesting conversations with interesting  people. On todays episode, I’m speaking with Tristan Thomas who is the Head of Marketing and Community at Monzo.  Monzo is the bank of the future. Since they started they’ve been busy building the best current account in the world an they now have more than one million customers using their debit cards. Unlike traditional banks, they have no high street premises, instead their service is provided by their app making it convenient and relevant to its customers. To give you a slight insight into how popular this bank is becoming, recently they raised an additional £20m from a crowdfunding campaign… £18m of it came in just 2 hours and 45 minutes.  People who use Monzo, often turn into raving fans. Think about it, when was the last time you heard someone raving about a bank? Tristan has pretty much been there from the start to drive this succes

“How can brands be built with customers” - Jamal Benmiloud This week we’re thrilled to welcome a fantastic marketer and business owner, Jamal Benmiloud. Jamal has had a glowing career. Having risen to become Head of Marketing at Redbull and VP Marketing at Monster Energy, he decided to stretch himself even further and start his own consultancy, EARN Studios. Now Jamal works at Non Executive Director at Huel, a company we know well from episode #34 with Huel founder Julian Hearn. This episode is one of our favourites by far! There is so much to learn from Jamal’s approach to business and life in general. In particular, we discuss: His and his wife’s goal setting process - a really interesting process Starting and maintaining a lean operation Challenging the conventions of marketing agencies His experience writing his new book, Brand Love How Jamal approaches business ideas Some of the more challenging times when running your own business REFERENCES Brand Love - How To Build A Brand Worth Talking About - Ja

I feel strange.  I'm not quite as busy as I could be, and it's giving me more time for chats and side projects, but I'm feeling like I am not really doing anything productive.  Why are we so tuned to feel like doing paid work is productive, but doing exploration, investment in yourself and future-facing work is less important? If it was anyone else, i'd be telling them to embrace the quiet times, and make best use of it... but following your own advice is far harder than dishing it out. That was the LinkedIn post I stumbled across which lead me to todays guest.  I didn’t write this post, and neither did she, but it was her answer to this post, addressing this situation of feeling unproductive when focussing on yourself that got me fascinated into how she thinks. Rachel Tillman is a psychotherapist, she helps people and organisations, successfully navigate change as they work toward wholeness and more meaningful engagement. She uses creative, refreshing, and honest ways to do this and believes work should be l

Sarah Knight is a New York Times Bestselling author. She’s written the fantastic books: The Life Changing Magic Of Not Giving A F**k, Get Your Sh*t Together, You Do You, Calm The Fuck Down. These four magical books helped me personally make a mental pivot in my mind to break free of mental guilt, worrying and letting my own mind hold me back, paving the way for a happier, simpler life! I’m very excited to share my conversation with Sarah herself, we have a chat about her lifestyle now in a sleepy coastal town in the Dominican Republic, her pilgrimage through each book, reactions to her no-fucks given approach and her new book, Calm The F**k Down.  Please enjoy my conversation with Sarah Knight. BOOKS The Life Changing Magic Of Not Giving A F**k Get Your Sh*t Together You Do You Calm The Fuck Down REFERENCES No Fucks Given Guides Sarah Knight Instagram Sarah Knight Twitter No Fucks Given Guides Instagram CATCH US ON: Website Ross LinkedIn Lucy LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Please leave us a review on iTun

"Are you working on the hardest part?" On this episode we discuss the the main milestone you should look to achieve immediately when taking the leap into entrepreneurship. We’ve learned this through personal experience and discussing it with everyone we’ve interviewed on this podcast. CATCH US ON: Website Ross LinkedIn Lucy LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Please leave us a review on iTunes if you enjoyed this episode. We'll read out your review in a later episode!  Lucy & Ross Menghini

If we feel bad when comparing ourselves to others, then we should simply stop comparing... Sound advice yes, but often a lot harder to do than the ‘simply’ suggests. The Will Smith Effect is a concept I’ve created after mulling over this scenario for the past few months. It’s a different approach and I’d love to hear if you agree/disagree. Get in touch on Instagram to join in the conversation and let us know what you think. CATCH US ON: Website Ross LinkedIn Lucy LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Lucy & Ross Menghini    

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“Think like a big business and act like a small one” What's the worst that can happen? Well, when The Primal Pantry, a Paleo brand on a mission to start a real-food revolution, slipped from the heights of growing a £1.7m turnover business in only 3 years, to running out of cash and having to take a significant loan from an employee, this mantra of ‘what's the worst that can happen’ would surely have taken on a whole new meaning. Welcome back to Life Design Diaries, I’m Lucy Menghini and on this episode I’m speaking with Suzie Walker, founder of the Primal Pantry. It was amazing to get to know Suzie and hear her fascinating story including  how she started, her path to growth and how she navigated this particularly tricky time all whilst balancing the rest of her life including being a great mum to her daughter. If you’re looking to start or progress within the food industry, this episode provides some great advice for you. And if you’re not in the food game, you can take so much from Suzie’s thought process,

In this very first episode of #Distilled, we discuss our recent meeting with The Gypsy Shrine founder Jenna Meek. This is a summary of the key points we picked out when speaking with Jenna, making the lessons easy for you to digest and translate for yourself. If you haven’t listened to the full episode with Jenna, catch it at #41 The Gypsy Shrine | Going Viral By Breaking The Rules With Jenna Meek CATCH US ON: Website Ross LinkedIn Lucy LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Please leave us a review on iTunes if you enjoyed this episode. We'll read out your review in a later episode!  Lucy & Ross Menghini

Hands up if you would like to be the owner of a brand that has grown so fast that in less than 3 years, that its gone from zero to turning over millions of pounds? What about if you could take that brand into huge partnerships with some of the most sought after retailers in the UK? And what about if you could, say, have fans for your brand including Kylie Jenner, the whole love island cast and 342k of them on instagram. Have you got your hand raised? The Gypsy Shrine is the brand that has managed to do all of the above, like I said, in just three short years. The Gypsy Shrine is a creative cosmetic brand. They make face glitter, body jewels, glitter bums, glitter boobs, basically everything glitter and are adding to their products all the time as we discuss later. I spoke with Jenna Meek, founder of the Gypsy Shrine and discussed the fascinating story how she and her, now growing team have managed to get into places the quite frankly, most startups would only dream about. You’re of course listening to Life De

This episode I’m joined by Johnny FD - A full time digital nomad with many fingers in many pies and as you will hear during this episode, is LOVING every minute of his experience. Welcome back to Life design diaries the business and lifestyle podcast and if there’s any man in the world blurring the lines between business and lifestyle it is Johnny FD. For the last 10 years Johnny has been on the move, working on his businesses whilst travelling the globe and for Lucy and I, he was actually had a huge influence on our travels by introducing us to Chiang Mai.  Johnny has many ventures, he’s big in Ecommerce, building and selling three stores, has written books, is a frequent travel blogger and he’s earned over a million dollars whilst travelling. How do I know this? well, he releases his income report every month.  Why? you may be thinking. Listen to the podcast to find out.. CATCH LIFE US ON: Website Ross LinkedIn Lucy LinkedIn Twitter Please leave us a review on iTunes if you enjoyed this episode. We'll rea

Today we’re answering a great question sent in from Dan about agency life and the opportunities & challenges that come with it. Now we may be biased, but wanted to share our opinion and experiences since we both have worked in different agencies over the years. We cover the best bits and the worst bits, so if you’re interested in getting some more exposure in a new working environment, have a listen to this one. If you want to ask us a question, head over to our Website, Instagram or Twitter and get in touch! Also, please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy our podcast. We’ll notify you as soon as a new episode is released! Lucy + Ross

This episode is all about TAKING RISKS. We’re answering one of your questions about risk in our lives: “How do you have the courage to take risks in life? Leaving a stable, successful career to travel and start your own ventures nearing your 30s must be a difficult, no doubt scary decision to make!” Get involved and ask us one of your questions for us to answer on an upcoming episode. Ask us a question on: Website Instagram Twitter Please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy our podcast. We’ll notify you as soon as a new episode is released! Lucy + Ross

In episode we bring you our review on the Oak App.  Available on iOS here https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oak-meditation-breathing/id1210209691 Not sponsored, just love it. Ross + Lucy Menghini

*FREEBIE GIVEAWAY*  We’ve produced The Outreach Guide PDF providing all the information discussed here plus some great example outreach emails that work.  Download the Freebie here at  lifedesigndiaries.com In this episode we break down the key elements we’ve learned on how to get in front of people. If you’re looking to contact someone for any reason, this episode can help you whether you’re looking for a new job, event sponsorship, looking to make a sale or simply want to expand your network, the elements here can be applied to all situations. Download the Freebie here at  lifedesigndiaries.com Please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy our podcast. We’ll notify you as soon as a new episode is released! Lucy + Ross

On this episode we discuss openly the question we’re often asked: “What do you do?” Does the answer to this question define us? Because it can often feel like it does, and that your current career is your worth. How do you answer this question?  Why do we ask this question? Should we feel bad, or good, by our answer to this? How to answer it? All discussed on this episode, we hope you enjoy! CATCH LIFE DESIGN DIARIES ON Website Instagram Please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy our podcast. We’ll notify you as soon as a new episode is released! Lucy + Ross

This is my favourite conversation yet. On this episode of LIFE DESIGN DIARIES we welcome Julian Hearn, founder of Huel.  Huel (human-fuel) is a nutritionally complete powdered food that contains everything you need for a healthy, balanced diet. With the company only three years old and a turnover of £14m last year, Huel has raced to become one of the UK’s fastest growing companies. Julian however was so close to giving up on his idea many many times. His story is inspiring and in this wide ranging conversation, we discuss: Julian’s fascinating experience leading him to the development of Huel How Julian transitioned from an unfulfilling job to become a successful business owner Creating a strong brand that people love The importance of social media whilst starting up The ups and down of the food industry Much much more REFERENCES Huel Julian Hearn on Twitter CATCH LIFE DESIGN DIARIES ON Website Instagram Please SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy our podcast. We’ll notify you as soon as a new episode is released! Lu