Life Design Diaries | Business & Lifestyle Podcast
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A real-life, no BS approach to the art of structuring your life in the way you want. Forget Instagram, forget your best life, this is an honest account into navigating this modern world as 30 somethings. Everything is possible and at our fingertips, yet this is often a curse as much as a gift. Sometimes it’s great & sometimes it’s not, we talk about it all. From entrepreneurship, mindfulness, travel, relationships and everything in between, we think differently and believe in actively designing our lives. Who are we? Lucy and Ross Menghini, we’re married, working for ourselves and on a pursuit to learn and share our experience. If you’re interested in Life Design, join us.
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United Kingdom
Description:
A real-life, no BS approach to the art of structuring your life in the way you want. Forget Instagram, forget your best life, this is an honest account into navigating this modern world as 30 somethings. Everything is possible and at our fingertips, yet this is often a curse as much as a gift. Sometimes it’s great & sometimes it’s not, we talk about it all. From entrepreneurship, mindfulness, travel, relationships and everything in between, we think differently and believe in actively designing our lives. Who are we? Lucy and Ross Menghini, we’re married, working for ourselves and on a pursuit to learn and share our experience. If you’re interested in Life Design, join us.
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@lifedesigndiaries
Language:
English
Episodes
So You Want To Work & Travel As A Digital Nomad Eh?
3/10/2019
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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...
Duration:00:34:29
Asking Better Questions
3/3/2019
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Duration:00:22:55
Going Self Employed | An HONEST Account With Matthew Knight
2/3/2019
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...
Duration:01:07:55
Monzo | Raising £18m in Under 3 Hours With Tristan Thomas, Head of Marketing and Community
1/6/2019
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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...
Duration:00:56:15
#49 The Man Behind The Brands | Jamal Benmiloud, Founder of EARN Studios | Ex VP Marketing Monster & Redbull
12/16/2018
“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...
Duration:00:43:37
#48 Psychotherapist Rachel Tillman | Wholesome & Meaningful Living
12/4/2018
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...
Duration:01:02:23
#47 Calm The F**k Down With Sarah Knight, New York Times Bestselling Author
12/2/2018
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...
Duration:00:44:08
#46 The One Milestone To Hit When Starting Your Business
11/27/2018
"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.
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Duration:00:10:05
#45 The Will Smith Effect | Breaking Free From Comparison
11/25/2018
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.
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Duration:00:08:39
#44 BLACK FRIDAY SALE | You Don't Want To Miss This
11/22/2018
#44 BLACK FRIDAY SALE | You Don't Want To Miss This
Duration:00:22:32
#43 The Primal Pantry | Growing Too Fast With Suzie Walker
11/18/2018
“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...
Duration:00:51:25
#42 Distilled | The Gypsy Shrine
11/13/2018
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
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Duration:00:16:55
#41 The Gypsy Shrine | Going Viral By Breaking The Rules With Jenna Meek
11/11/2018
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...
Duration:00:47:38
#40 Living The Dream With Johnny FD
11/5/2018
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...
Duration:01:02:25
#39 ASK | Would You Recommend Working In An Agency?
10/23/2018
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...
Duration:00:14:19
#38 ASK | Taking Risks
10/21/2018
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.
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Duration:00:18:35
#37 One App You Need In Your Life
10/10/2018
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
Duration:00:04:49
#36 Outreach Like A Pro
10/9/2018
*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...
Duration:00:19:25
#35 Are We Defined By Our Jobs
10/8/2018
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.
All discussed on this episode, we hope you enjoy!
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Duration:00:15:53
#34 Huel Founder Julian Hearn | £14m Turnover & One Of The UK’s Fastest Growing Companies
9/16/2018
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...
Duration:00:48:53