{"podcast":{"title":"The Reluctant Entrepreneur Podcast","slug":"the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","podcast_index_feed_id":7049244,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6346062/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.mikekonrad.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0c0e18f8fee88bf987c05cd6e1532a66.jpg","author":"Mike Konrad","episode_count":127,"summary":"I’m your host, Mike Konrad, the author of The Reluctant Entrepreneur - Anatomy of a Business Start-Up - From Uncertainty to Unstoppable, available on Amazon as a paperback, e-book, and an audible book, and I’m excited to share real stories that reveal the many paths people take to build their own businesses. Whether you stumbled into entrepreneurship or you’ve always known it was your calling, this podcast is for you. Let’s start with what it means to be a reluctant entrepreneur. Many entrepreneurs don’t set out with a grand plan to build a business. Maybe you worked for a company that didn’t value your vision, and one day you thought, “I could do this myself”, that was my story. Or maybe life pushed you in an unexpected direction—losing a job, facing a personal crisis, or discovering a passion that grew into a business. Reluctant entrepreneurs often find themselves starting a business not because they always dreamed of it, but because it was the best—or only—option available. And then there are intentional entrepreneurs. These are the people who’ve known from the start that they were meant to create something of their own. They may have planned meticulously, crafted their vision,…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:18:29.568615+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244"},"episode":{"title":"When the Day Goes Off the Rails - Mridu Parikh on Focus, Systems, and Getting the Right Things Done","slug":"when-the-day-goes-off-the-rails-mridu-parikh-on-focus-systems-and-getting-the-right-things-done","published_at":"2026-06-15T07:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/when-the-day-goes-off-the-rails-mridu-parikh-on-focus-systems-and-getting-the-right-things-done","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-day-goes-off-the-rails-mridu-parikh-on-focus-systems-and-getting-the-right-things-done--72337194","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72337194/re_mp_final_01.mp3","summary":"We all start the day with good intentions. Then the emails arrive. The phone rings. A customer needs something. A team member has a question. A small problem becomes urgent, and before you know it, the work you planned to do never gets done. For entrepreneurs, that’s more than frustrating. It can be dangerous. Because the most important work in a business is often the easiest work to postpone. Today, I am joined by Mridu Parikh, founder of Life Is Organized. Mridu is a productivity coach, speaker, host of the Productivity on Purpose podcast, and author of Accomplish It: 7 Simple Actions to Get the Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals. She’s also a Ted X speaker (I can feel the envy running through my veins!) She is also known as The Stress Squasher, helping busy professionals and entrepreneurs take control of their demands, distractions, and priorities so they can focus on the work that matters most. In this conversation, we’ll talk about her entrepreneurial journey, how she built her business, and then we will get very practical. We’ll discuss how to reset when the day goes off the rails, how to create a to-do list that actually works, how to manage distractions, and how entrepreneurs can make time for revenue-generating work without sacrificing their own well-being. https://lifeisorganized.com https://www.dearfoundher.com Mridu's Book: Accomplish It: 7 Simple Actions to Get the Right Things Done and Achieve Your Goals https://tinyurl.com/mv44ndh3","meta_description":"We all start the day with good intentions. Then the emails arrive. The phone rings. A customer needs something. A team member has a question. 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