The all-new Lisa Bean podcast - weekly motivation to help you change your life!
Lisa Bean is the founder of the multiple six figure business DARETOGROW, and author of the Amazon topping book First Sh!t Version.
Through her online programmes she teaches purpose-driven entrepreneurs how to launch a business to make a living doing what they love and how to scale that business to six figures online.
Having sold over £1m of services in her businesses (across marketing, recruitment and online training), Lisa specialises in helping people craft their stand out message, launch their offer and scale using funnel and content marketing.
She is a self confessed video geek and regularly releases vlogs of her travels and business journey. From the UK originally, Lisa recently put her belongings into storage to travel around Europe with her partner and whippet.
A few weeks ago I did something I've never done before. I put on my first ever theatre-style business show: Laugh or You'll Cry.
A full script. Lighting cues. Sound cues. Slide timing. Jokes I had to actually write and rehearse.
For someone whose speaking style is usually "a few bullet points and make the rest up as you go along", this pushed me right to the edge of my ability.
But what surprised me the most wasn't the logistics of putting on a show… it was what it did to my nervous system.
In this episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of the experience and sharing a huge lesson about business, dreams, and how the commercial side of your business actually funds the life you want to create.
Because here's the truth most entrepreneurs need to hear:
Your business funds your dreams… until your dreams can fund your life.
At the start of business, you don't have a reputation.
You don't have proof.
You don't have a community behind you yet.
So you can't trade on reputation.
You have to trade on value.
You have to do the thing first, gather the evidence, and then use that evidence to grow the opportunity.
That's why you can't cheat the process.
And why chasing a big dream will always take you to the edge of what you think you're capable of.
Most people turn away from that edge.
But if you can sit in that discomfort and see it through… you don't walk away the same person who started.
What's Covered in This Episode (Timestamps)
00:00 – Why I decided to put on a theatre-style business show
00:30 – The idea behind Laugh or You'll Cry and what I wanted the audience to feel
01:15 – The reality of producing a scripted show (lighting, sound, slides and timing)
02:18 – Why this pushed me far outside my normal speaking style
02:36 – The unexpected impact it had on my nervous system and business focus
03:14 – Writing jokes for the first time and the pressure of not knowing if they'll land
04:05 – Why pushing your dreams will take you beyond anything you've experienced before
05:00 – The moment you become a different person after doing something hard
06:06 – Why failure becomes less scary when you change the story you tell yourself
06:55 – The biggest business lesson from putting on this show
07:02 – The difference between your commercial model and your dream
07:29 – Why you can't trade on reputation when you're just starting out
08:05 – Why you must gather evidence before opportunities grow
08:29 – How small audiences are actually the path to bigger stages
08:57 – Why following your dream will always take you to the edge of your ability
If you're building a business and trying to balance what makes money with what really matters to you, this episode will help you understand why the two don't always align at the beginning — and why that's completely normal.
Subscribe for more honest conversations about building a business, making money, and doing work that actually means something.
4 Mar 2026
Our Secret to Staying Consistent on YouTube (We Film 5 Videos in ONE Day)
Being in business is hard. It's full on. It's busy. This is especially true when you're winning clients and working hard to deliver behind the scenes.
For all those reasons, the balance of creating content and delivering what you've promised to clients is a hard one to maintain. Personally, I've found producing content daily impossible. It's a different energy, and it takes a while to get things set up. That's why we don't do it! We create a lot of our content in key filming days, where we get everything set up, plan our content, and film 4/5 videos in one day! It's effective. It's productive. And if you do it well, it means you can get back to work!
In this video, come behind the scenes as we film a whopping five videos and five additional Reels in one day!
We talk about:
How to systemise your content creation to stay in front of your audience
How to approach 'batch filming' so your content is effective
Tools and set ups to consider, along with what kit to consider
⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vJPu4lBACY) – Welcome & behind the scenes: prepping 5 videos in one day
0:52 – What a filming day really is
1:17 – Block it in your diary or it won't happen
1:49 – Setting up the next video & letting go of control
2:16 – Systemising to scale your business
3:03 – The honest truth about starting without fancy gear
3:49 – Hooks & first seven seconds: relax into the plan
4:58 – Planning content sets & next row of videos
5:13 – Tools, dependency & diversification
7:10 – Advice for anyone starting videos: cameras & mics
8:06 – Bulk filming = weeks of content, creating sets
📌 Key Takeaway: Consistency isn't about discipline. It's about designing your system. Batch filming, repeatable setups, and removing daily decision fatigue make posting content a natural part of scaling your business.
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