This Is Harder than I Want It to Be

Stop Measuring EVERYTHING: Measure What Moves

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0200

Thought more metrics would make things clearer, but you feel even more stuck? In this episode, Linda breaks down why tracking everything leads to overwhelm and inaction, and how to choose the handful of numbers that actually change your results.

What You'll Learn:

The Hook: More dashboards do not mean more clarity when you do not know what to do next.

Reality Check: Tracking everything can paralyze you, but tracking nothing leaves you blind until it is too late.

The Shift: Lead indicators predict results and are the only numbers you can directly influence.

The Move: The Lead vs. Lag Test to simplify what you track:

Know the difference: lag indicators (results) vs lead indicators (actions).
Choose your lead indicators by asking what consistent actions create the outcome you want.
Pick 2 lead indicators for the month, then check them weekly: did you do the thing, yes or no?

The Wrap: You cannot control outcomes directly, but you can control actions and actions create results.

Key Takeaway: Stop measuring everything and start measuring what moves by tracking the actions that drive your results.

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Your Team Can't Read Your Mind: How to Use the Vision Check-In

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0200

You have a clear vision in your head, but your team is building from an older version of it. That gap is where good work quietly goes off the rails. In this episode, you’ll learn why “I already told them” is rarely enough, and how a simple, repeatable check-in keeps everyone executing the same priority, with the same context, at the same time.

What You'll Learn:

The Hook: Your team is working hard, but still missing the mark, because they cannot execute the updates you never explicitly shared.

Reality Check: When your vision evolves in your head but not in your team’s understanding, they will confidently build the wrong thing.

The Shift: Your vision is not a one-time announcement. It is an ongoing conversation that needs regular reinforcement.

The Move: Use the Vision Check-In every quarter to keep alignment tight.

Ask: What do you think our top priority is right now? (Listen first, then calibrate.)
Ask: Why are we doing this? (Confirm they understand the bigger “why,” not just the task.)
Ask: What’s changed since we last talked about this? (Name the pivots, new insights, and updated focus.)
Optional: Create a short Context Document that answers what you are building, who it is for, what matters this quarter, and what changed, then update it quarterly.

The Wrap: If you are not sure everyone would give the same answer to “What’s our top priority?”, run the check-in this week and close the gap.

Key Takeaway: Your team cannot execute a vision they do not understand, and they cannot understand it if you only shared it once.

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Goals Keep Slipping? Why It Happens and How to Fix It.

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0200

It's the end of the quarter. You look at the goals you set 90 days ago and realize you did maybe one of them. The rest are still sitting on the list. In this episode, Linda breaks down why goals keep slipping and shares a simple weekly rhythm that makes your 90-day priorities actually happen.

What You'll Learn:

The Hook: Why ambitious 90-day goals quietly slide when there is no weekly rhythm to keep you connected to them

Reality Check: The real reason goals do not get done is not laziness or lack of discipline. It is overestimating capacity, letting life happen, and never building accountability into the plan

The Shift: Setting goals is like choosing a destination. If you do not check the route as you go, you can end up somewhere completely different

The Move: The 90-Day Rock System that turns goals into progress:

Pick 3 to 5 “Rocks” for the next 90 days instead of trying to do 10 to 15 things at once
Define what “done” looks like for each Rock so you can tell if you have actually completed it
Review weekly in a short check-in to see what is on track, what needs to happen next, and what is blocking progress
Celebrate at the end of the quarter, or course-correct without blame

The Wrap: The difference between goals that slip and goals that get done is a consistent 10 to 15 minute weekly review

Key Takeaway: Planning feels productive, but your progress comes from a simple rhythm of checking in, adjusting, and doing.

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Strategy is Not A Plan: The Bridge Between to Action

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0200

You spent a full day on strategy. You mapped the vision, set the goals, and left energized. Then Monday happened, and that beautiful plan went straight into a drawer. In this episode, Linda shows you why your strategy stays stuck on paper and exactly how to bridge the gap between thinking and doing.

What You'll Learn:

The Hook: Why strategic plans feel productive but disappear the moment you're back at your desk

Reality Check: The pattern Linda kept seeing in strategy sessions—great alignment, zero follow-through, because no one bridged strategic thinking with operational doing

The Shift: Strategy without implementation is like meal planning without grocery shopping—just wishful thinking

The Move: The Strategy-to-Action Bridge that turns plans into progress:

End every strategy session by naming 3 things to do in the next 10 days
Assign owners and deadlines—actual names, actual dates
Block time on the calendar right then, before anyone leaves the room

The Wrap: The difference between a strategy that sits in a drawer and one that actually happens is 10 minutes of implementation planning

Key Takeaway: Planning feels productive, but it's not the same as doing.

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Delegating vs. Dumping: Are You Bad at Delegating?

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0200

Thought you were bad at delegating? You're probably just bad at setting people up to succeed. In this episode, Linda breaks down why your team keeps coming back with questions and exactly how to fix it.

What You'll Learn:

00:00 The Hook: Why delegation feels like it's failing (hint: it's not about trust)

00:58 Reality Check: The story of founder Kate, whose capable team couldn't stop asking questions

02:06 The Shift: Delegation isn't about handing off tasks. It's about setting people up to win.

03:16 The Move: Three questions that change everything before you delegate:

What does success look like?
What can they decide without you?
How do we check in?

05:54 The Wrap: If delegation feels like micromanagement at first, you're doing it right.

Key Takeaway: Five minutes of clarity upfront saves hours of back-and-forth later.

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Impact Founders, Listen Up! It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard!

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 07:45:00 +0200

You're building an impact-driven business that matters. But you're drowning in decisions, stuck in the weeds, and thinking: this is harder than it needs to be.

You're right. It is hard. But it doesn't have to be this hard.

This Is Harder than I Want It to Be is your 5-8 minute weekly reset. One problem reframed. One action to take. One change that creates space.

Hosted by Linda van Egmond, a 20-year veteran of working with impact founders and B-corp startup operator, this show tackles the real challenges of scaling without burning out.

What you'll get:

Delegation frameworks that actually work
How to build teams that don't need you for everything
Systems and processes that work with you, not against you
Space to focus on what matters most

The promise: You can have impact without burnout. You can build something that scales without losing your soul. You can own a business that you don't run.

Linda's going to show you how.

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