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Business Blasphemy
Business Blasphemy with Sarah Khan
The leadership podcast for ambitious women done playing by the rules.
Hosted by Sarah Khan — Business Strategist, Leadership Consultant, TEDx Speaker, and corporate escapee — Business Blasphemy challenges the hustle culture and toxic norms dominating entrepreneurship, executive leadership, and online business.
Each episode delivers bold truths, strategic insight, and no-fluff advice on what it really takes to grow a business or career without burning out, selling out, or losing yourself in the process.
If you're an entrepreneur, executive, or expert ready to build sustainable success rooted in identity, integrity, and real power — not performance — this podcast is your permission slip to lead differently. Expect sharp perspective shifts, practical strategy, and the occasional curse word.
Business Blasphemy
EP29: Busting Out of a Rut: Kick Default-Mode to the Curb
Do you ever find yourself in "default mode"?
Let me backtrack...It's no secret that corporate programming runs deep.
I admit, with zero shame, that sometimes when things get tough I default to working harder because it's something I can control -- and I know I'm not alone.
This week, I share a technique that I have used to help me shift my perspective when I feel myself diving deeper and deeper into work as a way to distract myself from other things -- only to find when I no longer need to distract myself, I'm entrenched in the bad habit of equating productivity with worthiness.
Here is my 5-step audit, a process I go through regularly but especially when I need to recalibrate, when things feel overwhelming, or when I feel stuck.
Step 1: Make a gratitude and celebration list
Step 2: Give yourself some loving truth bombs
Step 3: Check your goals
Step 4: Re-evaluate your habits
Step 5: Make a ditch list
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