Calm & Colorful: Not Your Average MBA Diaries
Claim This Podcastby Jessica Brittani
Podcast Overview
<p>This podcast is not polished. It’s not planned out. It’s just me — recording voice notes in real time as I move through the One Day MBA program and rebuild my business from the inside out.</p><p><br></p><p>I’ve been running my business for seven years. But this? This is Calm & Colorful 2.0. A new version. A deeper mission. A bigger ripple. And I’m documenting the journey as it unfolds — one day, one alignment, one breakthrough at a time.</p><p><br></p><p>The One Day MBA is an 18-month, hands-on business accelerator where you grow your business in real time — with strategy, coaching, community, and way more truth-telling than I expected. I said yes because I was ready to bring my business back to life. To lead with more clarity, more confidence, and more me.</p><p><br></p><p>Because this season is all about being fully alive in it — not just getting through it.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is for the ones doing business with babies on their hips and big dreams in their hearts.</p><p>For the ones who crave both strategy and softness.</p><p>For the mamas bringing their full selves to the work.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mama. Business. Alive.</strong></p><p>Unfiltered. Unedited. Just one day at a time.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p> <strong>Disclaimer:</strong> What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path.</p>
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June 14, 2026
Pivot Accelerator Five Interviews In, and a Big Shift in How I Think
<p>This week has been intense in the best possible way.</p><p>For the Pivot Accelerator, I had class on Monday, class on Thursday, office hours on Saturday, and eight interviews scheduled across the weekend. By the time I walk into tomorrow's class, I'll have completed all five interviews required for the assignment—and then some.</p><p>One of the biggest wins this week wasn't just the interviews. It was finally feeling confident enough to put my slides in front of real people. After meeting with mentor Brian and getting feedback during office hours, I felt ready to test my ideas instead of endlessly tweaking them.</p><p>The interviews have been fascinating. Not just because of what people are saying, but because of what I'm learning about the research process itself.</p><p>A few days ago, I printed more than 150 pages of interview transcripts from research I conducted last year and went through them by hand. Highlighter. Pen. Notes in the margins. Looking for themes, quotes, emotions, and patterns.</p><p>What surprised me most was how much I noticed that AI didn't.</p><p>For a long time, I would upload transcripts and let AI summarize the findings. It was fast. Efficient. Easy.</p><p>But my mentor challenged me on something important: I was delegating my thinking.</p><p>That hit hard.</p><p>This week has been a reminder that AI can support thinking, but it shouldn't replace it. The real insights came from sitting with the data myself, noticing the nuances, and making sense of it through my own lens first.</p><p>Tomorrow's class is focused on reviewing interview findings, identifying moments of "heat" or strong emotion, and deciding whether to pivot or persevere. As it turns out, I misunderstood the assignment and completed five interviews when they only expected one or two before this session.</p><p>I'm not mad about it.</p><p>Now I have a deeper pool of data, stronger confidence in what I'm hearing, and plenty to bring into the discussion.</p><p>One unexpected lesson came from interviewing a friend who had purchased a toddler tantrum kit from someone else. I'll be honest—that one brought up some feelings.</p><p>Why didn't they come to me?</p><p>The answer could be a hundred different things. Maybe I didn't have the exact offer they needed. Maybe they didn't know I offered something similar. Maybe they simply found another solution first.</p><p>I don't actually know.</p><p>But moments like that reveal where our assumptions live, and that's valuable information too.</p><p>That's what this whole process is teaching me: customer discovery isn't just about learning about your customers. It's also about learning about yourself, your business, your blind spots, and your opportunities.</p><p>Tomorrow is Class 3. Another interview. A board meeting. More learning.</p><p>And honestly?</p><p>I'm loving every minute of it.</p><p>The support, the mentors, the community, the repetition of the lessons until they finally click—it's exactly what I needed.</p><p>For now, I'm off to review interview recordings and look for the moments that made people lean in, light up, or get emotional.</p><p>That's where the real clues are.</p><p>Have a calm, colorful day.</p>
June 8, 2026
I Was Asking the Wrong Questions (and I Didn't Even Know It)
<p>A real-time reflection from inside a 2-week pivot accelerator: realizing the real problem wasn’t the customer interviews—it was the lack of hyper-specific problem focus. Breaking down how broad targeting diluted feedback, why “3-cycle testing” changes everything, and what it looks like to rebuild clarity through sharper customer discovery, MVP thinking, and ruthless niche selection.</p>
May 26, 2026
BONK, BONK , BONK Business feels like Moana's chicken right now
<p>In this episode, I’m sharing a very real behind-the-scenes update on business, burnout, hormones, motherhood, messaging, and feeling completely stuck.</p><p>I talk about:</p><ul><li>realizing there’s a certain time each month where my confidence drops and everything in my business suddenly feels confusing,</li><li>the HUGE aha moment I had with my mentor about how my messaging accidentally drifted into “I can fix you” energy, even though that’s completely opposite of what I believe,</li><li>why customer discovery calls lit me up more than anything else,</li><li>the difference between a product problem and a go-to-market problem,</li><li>applying for One Day MBA’s Pivot Accelerator program,</li><li>and honestly… what it feels like trying to build a business while also being a mama, running community playgroups, navigating hospital stays, exhaustion, and real life.</li></ul><p>Also:</p><p> I compare myself to Hei Hei from Moana for approximately five minutes, which honestly feels deeply accurate right now.</p><p>If you’ve ever felt like:</p><p> “I know I’m meant for this… so why does everything feel so messy?”</p><p> this episode is for you.</p>
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- What is Calm & Colorful: Not Your Average MBA Diaries?
<p>This podcast is not polished. It’s not planned out. It’s just me — recording voice notes in real time as I move through the One Day MBA program and rebuild my business from the inside out.</p><p><br></p><p>I’ve been running my business for seven years. But this? This is Calm & Colorful 2.0. A new version. A deeper mission. A bigger ripple. And I’m documenting the journey as it unfolds — one day, one alignment, one breakthrough at a time.</p><p><br></p><p>The One Day MBA is an 18-month, hands-on business accelerator where you grow your business in real time — with strategy, coaching, community, and way more truth-telling than I expected. I said yes because I was ready to bring my business back to life. To lead with more clarity, more confidence, and more me.</p><p><br></p><p>Because this season is all about being fully alive in it — not just getting through it.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is for the ones doing business with babies on their hips and big dreams in their hearts.</p><p>For the ones who crave both strategy and softness.</p><p>For the mamas bringing their full selves to the work.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mama. Business. Alive.</strong></p><p>Unfiltered. Unedited. Just one day at a time.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p> <strong>Disclaimer:</strong> What I share here is simply my personal journey, reflections, and takeaways. The lessons I talk about from One Day MBA classes or community events are not a substitute for actually being in the program. Think of this podcast as my unfiltered notebook — shared in hopes that it sparks ideas, encouragement, and support for your own business path.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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