Small Business Survival Conversations
Small Business Survival Conversations is the weekly podcast designed to empower entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and small business owners who are fighting every day to build, grow, and sustain their businesses in a noisy and unpredictable world.
Hosted by Anna Steinfest, business strategist, entrepreneur, and founder with decades of experience helping small businesses thrive, this show delivers practical wisdom, mindset fuel, and real-world strategies that small business owners can actually use.
What to Expect Every Week
Monday Morning Motivation
Kickstart your week with a powerful story—drawn from timeless fables, real business lessons, or classic wisdom—paired with three actionable steps you can apply immediately. Each episode is crafted to help you regain focus, protect your momentum, and make better decisions as a small business owner.
These episodes are short, energizing, and packed with practical insight. Think of it as your weekly dose of clarity, courage, and direction.
Occasional Expert Interviews
Throughout the season, Anna welcomes entrepreneurs, industry experts, and community leaders who share their experiences, failures, wins, and lessons learned. Whether you’re looking to scale, pivot, or simply survive another day of running a business, these conversations offer the guidance and encouragement you need.
Who This Podcast Is For
This show is built for:
• Small business owners
• Solopreneurs
• Startup founders
• Women-owned businesses
• Community-based and service-based entrepreneurs
• Anyone navigating growth with limited time, resources, and support
If you’re building a business from the ground up—and learning as you go—you’re in the right place.
Why Listeners Love This Podcast
• Practical, real-world strategies (no fluff)
• Story-driven insights that stick
• Weekly motivation designed specifically for small business owners
• Action steps in every episode
• Honest conversations about what it really takes to survive and grow
• Encouragement without sugarcoating
Running a small business is not easy — but you don’t have to do it alone.
Subscribe now and start your week with inspiration, direction, and the tools to keep moving forward.
Small Business Survival Conversations
Your journey. Your grit. Your growth.
Small Business Survival Conversations
What King Midas Knew About Success That Most Entrepreneurs Never Figure Out
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He wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. And for a moment, it felt like the greatest blessing any king could ask for — until he sat down for a meal and realized his gift had become a prison.
This week on Small Business Survival Conversations, Anna Steinfest revisits the 2,500-year-old story of King Midas — but not the version you've heard before. This isn't a story about greed. It's a story about what happens after you get everything you wished for, and why so many entrepreneurs build the very thing that traps them.
If you've ever doubled your revenue and lost your health doing it... built a successful business and watched something else in your life quietly fall apart... or hit every financial goal you set and still felt empty inside — this episode is for you.
Inside this episode:
✅ Why "more" quietly becomes the enemy of purpose in business
✅ The difference between what's measurable and what's actually valuable
✅ Why your most loyal customers rarely stay for the price
✅ A simple two-column exercise to reset your perspective this week
✅ The one question every business owner needs to ask before chasing the next goal
Business Warriors, gold was never the treasure. This week, find out what is.
🎧 New episodes every Monday morning — your weekly reset before the week begins.
👉 Subscribe so you never miss a Monday morning conversation.
💬 Drop a comment: What's something in your business that money can't buy, but you'd protect over everything else?
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction: A Story We've Told Before
00:50 – The Wish That Changed Everything
02:30 – The Dinner Table: When the Gift Became a Curse
04:15 – Value vs. Price: What Midas Got Wrong
06:00 – The Tragedy He Never Saw Coming
07:45 – The Curse Lifted: What He Finally Understood
09:00 – Your Action Step This Week
10:15 – A Thought to Leave You With
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