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In this podcast, you'll hear from joypreneurs that build businesses that work for them. Businesses that allow them to express themselves, to learn about themselves and others in the process, that give them the freedom to work, where they want, when they want and with whom they want, and of course, to do what they enjoy most. Do you want to build a business that works for you? Then this podcast is for you.

Melanie Kovacs


    • May 3, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Durch Flow Performance statt High Performance zur erfolgreichen Unternehmerin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 55:30


    GAST: Dr. Janna Scharfenberg ist mehrfache Unternehmerin, Bestseller-Autorin, Ärztin, passionierte Investorin im Health-Bereich und auf der grossen Mission, unsere Welt nicht nur einfach gesund zu gestalten, sondern vor allem High Performance und Leadership ganz neu zu definieren und zu leben. In dieser Folge sprechen wir über Janna's unternehmerischen Weg, ihre Zeit auf Necker Island mit Richard Branson, Vereinbarkeit , darüber, wie sie Entscheidungen trifft und Balance für sich findet. Ich hatte kurz das Vergnügen mit Janna ein Büro zu teilen und war immer so beeindruckt, wie sie es schafft ein 7-stelliges Business aufzubauen, Mama von zwei kleinen Mädchen zu sein, ein Team zu führen und so relaxt zu sein. Das hat etwas mit ihrem Mindset, Flow Performance und ihrem Ayurveda Lifestyle zu tun.   --- KAPITEL: (03:45) Unternehmerisch denken, Fokus setzen und wie Entscheidungen treffen  (09:26) Pragmatismus und passives Einkommen  (10:38) Janna's finanzieller Erfolg und wieso viele ihr Herzensbusiness wieder fallen lassen (15:45) Authentizität und wieviel zeige ich von mir auf Social Media (17:27) Stressige Phasen, Planung und Nein sagen (20:30) Vereinbarkeit: eigenes Unternehmen und Familie (26:31) Entscheidung für die Selbständigkeit in der Schwangerschaft (30:44) Wie mit Selbstzweifel umgehen (31:50) Bester Rat und Inspiration (34:05) Zeit auf Necker Island mit Richard Branson (38:12) Leadership neu denken: Von High Performance zu Flow Performance (40:08) Was wir vom Ayurveda lernen können über uns als Unternehmerin (47:07) Was Janna hilft sich zu erden. Ihr Lebensmotto (50:25) Janna's grosse Vision (51:35) KI-Projekt (54:05) Wieso es mehr Joypreneurs braucht --- LINKS UND RESSOURCEN: The Joypreneur Podcast mit Janna auf Englisch: Building a holistic online business Janna's Learnings von ihrere Zeit auf Necker Island - Podcast Janna's geheimes Jahr 2022 - Sabbatical - Podcast Buch: Refuse to Choose, A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything That You Love von Barbara A Sher --- MEHR ZU JANNA: Podcast einfach gesund leben Janna's Website: https://drjannascharfenberg.com/ Janna auf Instagram MEHR ZU MELANIE: Business und Joy Coaching mit Melanie

    Mit Energie zum Erfolg: Warum Zeitmanagement zweitrangig ist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 55:45


    Wir brauchen Energie um einen Unterschied zu machen. Aber was ist denn eigentlich Energie Management genau? Und wie können wir unsere Energie erhöhen, um präsenter, effizienter und freudiger zu sein? Über das und vieles mehr spreche ich mit Dr. Cornelia Kawann, Elektro-Ingenieurin, Personal Energy Strategin und Bestseller Autorin von “Change your Energy, Change your Life”. KAPITEL (03:30) Sich als Frau in einer männerdominierten Branche durchsetzen (04:35) Und dann gieng es nicht mehr (08:46) Zeitmanagement vs. was macht mir Freude  (09:45) Unsere Energie ist wie ein Bankkonto (11:30) Was ist Energie Management (15:18) PEEMS Modell - Verschiedene Ebenen der Energie  (18:05) Die essentiellste Ebene, die am meisten Energie gibt (19:33) Wie wir unsere Energie managen können (22:25) Energie Management vs. Persönlichkeits-Entwicklung (25:34) Es geht nicht darum jemand anderer zu werden (28:17) Wie Zeit gefunden das Buch zu schreiben?  (31:50) Wieso manchmal alle Zeit der Welt nichts nützt (33:19) Namhafte Befürworterinnen (36:58) Was Energetic Leadership ist (45:30) Kurze Übung um runterzufahren oder zu konzentrieren - Hirn-Herz-Kohärenz  (50:00) Empowerment durch Energie Management (53:55) Was ist ein Joypreneur LINKS Dr. Cornelia's Youtube Kanal mit 100 Energy Hacks  Dr. Cornelia's Linkedin Dr. Cornelia's Instagram Dr. Cornelia's Website Change your Energy, Change yor Life Buch auf Amazon Coaching mit Melanie um dein WHY zu finden und dein Business mit mehr Freude und Energie aufzubauen

    Mission Possible: Mach Dis Ding, mit Hannes Burkhalter

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 43:03


    Wie können wir unser Ding machen? Unsere Mission finden und leben? Und was, wenns mal harzig wird und nicht mehr flowt? [00:01:17] Sein Ding finden. Was mache ich und vor allem für wen? [00:07:25] "Becoming Who you needed when you were younger" [00:11:00] Wie das Why, Big Urgent Market Problem, Mission & Vision zusammenspielen [00:12:00] Was die Erfolgschancen am Markt erhöht [00:13:26] Problem-Founder-Fit. [00:17:30] Sinneskrise, Komfortzone und "So What?" [00:17:48] Was lernen mit Purpose zu tun hat [00:22:37] Melanie's Ding und Mut [00:26:40] Frustration den Purpose nicht auf den Punkt zu bringen [00:29:37] Gänsehaut-Momente [00:31:51] Was wenns harzig wird und nicht mehr flowt? [00:35:36] Verändert sich der Purpose mit der Zeit? [00:34:35] Defintion von Erfolg [00:37:57] Wie den Purpose immer wieder vor Augen halten? Erwähnte Bücher: "Die Kunst deine Kunden zu lieben" von Stefan Merath "Steal like an Artist" von Austin Kleon "Start with Why" von Simon Sinek Mehr über Hannes' Herzenprojekt: https://cheekylevel.ch/ Mehr über Melanie und Coaching-Angebote: https://www.melaniekovacs.com/

    Finding your story worth sharing, with Katarina Hagstedt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 46:14


    A good story can bring people together, build a connection and inspire them to act. A good story can help to spread our mission, be it as a TEDxtalk, a podcast, blogpost, or around a campfire. But how do you find that story? And how do you find the courage to tell it? That's what we cover in this episode with Katarina Hagstedt, an award-winning podcast producer, founder of the Podcast Club & Tower. She's passionate about supporting other makers to create podcasts that stand out from the noise. More info about Katarina More info about me, Melanie

    Season 3 Teaser

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 0:24


    Welcome to Season 3 of The Joypreneur Podcast. Now with Video!

    Managing priorities, time and energy with Tanja Lau

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 30:16


    We talk about how Tanja's way of working as a founder changed after her burnout and becoming a mom. She shares with us what her decision currency is and how she balances her ambition, work and family. We talk about her principles: family first, no employees and joy. Find out why this means limiting the growth of her company and more in this episode.

    Making the money you dream of, while enjoying freedom with Leslie Kuster

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 33:43


    Today I talk to Leslie Kuster, a successful American e-commerce brand owner, about loving money and freedom. Six years ago, in her mid 50's, she realized that her two businesses were doing okay, but not exceptionally great, so she decided to change that by focusing on one. After that, she managed to double her revenue in many years and went from 50'000 a year in sales to over 2 mio. If you've ever said: “I'm not doing it for the money” or “Money is not that important for me. I just want to help people.”, this is the episode for you to change that belief.

    Building a holistic online business with Dr. Janna Scharfenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 37:28


    We talk about Janna's journey, how she found her mission and why she decided to move her business online. She shares with us the myth of passive income and what it takes for people in the online space to feel seen and heard and how she does that in her programs. We talk about the mindset needed to approach new (ad)ventures. Last but not least, she shares what we can learn from Ayurveda when it comes to building our businesses.

    The path of the creative entrepreneur with Carlos Saba from the Happy Startup School

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 41:54


    We talk about the spectrum of artist versus business person and the question: what moves one to create? Is it from the inside out or is it rather seeing a market need and solving a problem? Carlos shares that this question is a struggle between his heart and his mind. At the end, we come up with a model with four quadrants together, to determine how creative and how entrepreneurial one is. He shares the three-step iterative process that it takes to build a company that makes money does good and makes you happy. This journey of these three steps or rather principles is not easy, but simple and fulfilling.

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 41:36


    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.

    How to use business as a force for good with Tessa Wernink

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 46:50


    Today, I talk with Tessa Wernink. She shares how she thought business was rather meaningless until she discovered business can be a force for good, if not even the most effective vehicle for bringing about change in this world. Tesla's journey into social entrepreneurship started when she co-founded Fairphone. We talk about values, purpose, crowding out voices and joypreneurs.

    Intro to the Joypreneur podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 7:45


    After season 1 of the Joyful Learning Podcast, I noticed that talking about how to build a joyful business, that's what makes my eyes spark. That's why I renamed the podcast and shifted it's focus. Listen, to hear from my guests what a joypreneur is and what you can expect from the upcoming season.

    Wrapping up Season 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 21:27


    In this final episode of season 1, I summarise and reflect about what I've learnt from the 9 guest speakers about the future of learning, how we can make it joyful, their entrepreneurial journeys and how they brought their courses and workshops online due to COVID-19.

    Learning in a community with Janine Fuchs from WE SHAPE TECH

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 29:57


    We talk about the role communities play in learning and how WE SHAPE TECH fosters learning with their various events, like lunch and learns. She shares how they brought their life events online, due to COVID-19. Last but not least, we envision how the educational system might look like in 50 years time and why we definitely don't want to have a chip implanted instead of learning.

    On Tutoring, Mentoring and Scaling an edTech Startup with Christian von Olnhausen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 28:27


    We talk about how they match tutors and pupils and how they brought their tutoring business online within a week due to Corona. Christian also shares how he prevents mistakes and why he says NO to a lot of cool things.

    On the Future of Learning, Universities and unSchooling with the founders of STRIDE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 44:07


    We talk about why universities are a bit like dinosaurs and whether young people should still go to university. They explain why asking: “How to reproduce offline in online?” is the wrong question to start off with and share how they mix online and offline to create hybrid realities and spaces. And of course we talk about the Future of Learning.

    Annina Menzi on being an Expert and working in the Startup World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 41:04


    We talk about why Annina believes working at a startup can be a fantastic opportunity for young talents. She shares how she dealt with the situation when her co-founder left. And we talk about why she wasted time looking for an expert and invented a digital speed-dating format.

    Nicole Stadler on Reinventing Herself and Instagram for Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 35:17


    We talk about how Nicole went from being skeptic of Instagram to founding the first Instagram agency in Switzerland. She shares what impact Instagram had on her business and the challenges and opportunities that arose with putting her courses online. In addition, she shares what she did when she noticed she was not fulfilled at work anymore and how she reinvented herself.

    Bilge Apak, from a Corporate Job to Co-founding an EdTech Startup with her Best Friend

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 45:56


    I talked with Bilge about her journey from corporate job to co-founding Wewent.com, a booking platform for learning and team experiences with her best friend. She shares how they pitched while pregnant, why they kept WeWent a side hustle for two years and why she believes women are unstoppable now. We talk about her her many ideas and how she evaluates their value. During the lockdown, they went from two virtual learning experiences to 50 in a few days. In the end, she shares the story of her name and why you should incorporate that exercise into your courses and events.

    Seraina Soldner on Purpose, from International Justice to Social Entrepreneurship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 43:39


    Seraina is co-founder and co-director of Singa Switzerland. Singa provides opportunities for people with migrant and refugee background to collaborate and work on entrepreneurial projects. In this podcast, we talk about her purpose, the right setting and support system. Seraina shares how they brought the whole Singa Factory Program online within two days and the challenges and opportunities that arose with that. She shares how they evaluate the success of their program and what kind of people support it. In the end, she shares three different icebreakers that you can do in online learning programs.

    Isabelle Siegrist on The Right Business Idea, Startup Growth and Creativity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 34:39


    Today, I talk with Isabelle Siegrist about her journey into entrepreneurship and teaching. She built up the Startups.ch Academy and has been teaching entrepreneurship for Innosuisse, the Swiss Government for over a year. Due to COVID-19 she brought her courses and workshops online and shares how they did it.

    About me, Why I started this Podcast and What Joyful Learning is

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 11:39


    In this first episode, I talk about who I am, my journey into entrepreneurship and education, the four P's needed to create joyful learning experiences and why I started this podcast.

    Joyful Learning Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 1:59


    Melanie Kovacs, the host of Joyful Learning, introduces the podcast, shares what it's about and what you can get out of it. You'll hear snippets from upcoming conversations with entrepreneurs in education which will be released in the next weeks.

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