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Here's What I Learned: Ditching Biz-as-Usual for Values, Freedom, and Doing It Your Way

Here's What I Learned: Ditching Biz-as-Usual for Values, Freedom, and Doing It Your Way

Di: Jacki Hayes
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Welcome to Here’s What I Learned — the podcast for progressive entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses without sacrificing their values, creativity, or capacity. I’m Jacki Hayes: systems strategist, unapologetic smutty romantasy fan, and D&D geek. Around here, we get real about what it actually takes to build a business that fits your life.


Every episode offers something to take with you — sometimes through conversations with values-driven founders, sometimes through solo episodes where I dig into the lessons I’m learning inside my own business. We explore the choices we’re testing, the questions that create clarity, the experiments that move us forward, and the systems that stay simple on purpose.


If you value integrity, curiosity, and time freedom—and you’re looking for inspiration that’s as practical as it is empowering—you’ve found your people. Hit play, and let’s rewrite the rules together.

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  • And That's a Wrap

    And That's a Wrap
    Feb 19 2026

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    Five years. 109 episodes. More conversations than I ever imagined when I hit record for the first time back in 2021.

    This is the final episode of Here's What I Learned... and honestly, it feels exactly right.

    This season was built around experiments -- intentional engagement, time tracking, group onboarding, image title SEO, and defining what "enough" actually looks like. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, I started feeling the closing of a chapter. This episode is me honoring that feeling out loud.

    I'm not disappearing. The work continues. But the podcast as you know it is done, and I wanted to say thank you -- properly -- before I go.

    What next?

    • For updates on how this season's experiments wrapped up, follow my LinkedIn newsletter: Structure-ish
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    4 min
  • The Enough Experiment: Deconditioning from Capitalism's "More" Mindset

    The Enough Experiment: Deconditioning from Capitalism's "More" Mindset
    Feb 17 2026

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    What if the answer to burnout isn't doing more... but defining enough?

    In this episode, I sit down with Becky Mollenkamp—feminist business coach, author, and liberation advocate—for a conversation that challenges everything we've been conditioned to believe about success, productivity, and money. Becky assigns me a 30-day experiment designed to decondition my brain from capitalism's relentless "more, more, more" and help me discover what enough actually looks like.

    This isn't about deprivation or settling. It's about freedom. Freedom from the straight jacket of hustle culture, from chasing arbitrary revenue goals, and from sacrificing sleep, joy, and creativity in pursuit of someone else's definition of success.

    If you're a manifesting generator like me (or just someone who constantly feels like you should be doing more), this episode will make you rethink everything. We explore how to define your own enough across money, time, productivity, and values... and why that simple act is one of the most radical things you can do as a business owner.

    Topics:

    • Why capitalism conditions us to believe "enough" means failure or settling
    • The four-week framework for defining and implementing your enough
    • How to audit your time and money against your actual values
    • Why defining enough is harder (and more liberating) than you think
    • The difference between needs, wants, and what capitalism tells us we want
    • How Becky's quarterly hotel retreats became part of her enough

    You can find Becky Mollenkamp at:

    Website: beckymollenkamp.com

    Mentioned in the episode:

    • Liberate Your Business by Becky Mollenkamp (releasing late April)
    • The Enough Experiment details at jackihayes.co/podcasts

    What next?

    • Follow Here's What I Learned on your favorite podcast player
    • Leave a review so the podcast is seen by more people like you
    • Share this episode with a friend who needs permission to do less
    • Follow me on Instagram at @jackihayes_obm

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    20 min
  • Intentional Engagement Experiment: The Halfway Mark

    Intentional Engagement Experiment: The Halfway Mark
    Feb 10 2026

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    Six weeks into the 90 day Intentional Engagement Experiment, I have a surprising update: Instagram is the hardest platform for me to consistently have real conversations on right now. Between ads, suggested content, and the “either I only see my favorites or I see Unstable Unicorns ads” problem, it is tougher to stay focused on the people I actually want to build relationships with.

    In this halfway mark check-in, I share what is working better (hi, LinkedIn and Threads), how I am defining a meaningful conversation for this experiment, and the simple tracking system I built in Airtable to keep the whole thing grounded in reality.


    Topics:

    • What “intentional engagement” means in this experiment (and what doesn't count)
    • Why Instagram has been the most difficult place to engage consistently
    • Why LinkedIn and Threads have been easier for actual conversation
    • How seasonality and real life impacted the experiment (and why that still counts)
    • The Airtable Conversation Tracker system I am using to log interactions and follow ups
    • The next piece I am building: a weekly rhythm for engagement that does not rely on scrolling

    Mentioned in the episode:

    • Jessica Lackey, Deeper Foundations membership: DeeperfoundationsMembership | Deeper Foundations — Deeper Foundations

    • The Intentional Engagement Experiment: Tracking Conversations That Grow Your Business

    What next?

    • Follow Here's What I Learned on your favorite podcast player
    • Leave a review so the podcast is seen by more people like you
    • Share this episode with a friend
    • Find the complete show notes and transcripts at jackihayes.co

    Say hi!

    • Follow me on Instagram at @jackihayes_obm

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    10 min
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