Let me tell you something. I knew this was going to be a good one from the very first story.
Meggi Rombach sat down with me and within two minutes had already dropped a client success story that made me want to hire her on the spot. A driven, ambitious leader kept getting to the final interview stage and getting rejected. Turns out? He was over-preparing. Memorising answers to every possible question until he had lost the one thing that made him compelling. His authenticity. Meggi's challenge? Stop preparing. Go to low-stakes interviews. Play with it. He nailed his dream job.
I mean. Should we all just hire her now? Can we just do that already?
The Sherlock Holmes Approach to Getting Unstuck
Meggi calls herself a mix of coach, speaker, and trainer, but one of her clients gave her the label that stuck: she has Sherlock Holmes skills. She listens, she digs, she looks at the big picture and then she tells you the one thing you need to change. Not ten things. One.
"I look at the big picture, I dig deeper, I listen, and then I go. You have to change this."
That approach is what I love about this conversation. So many of us feel paralysed because we think we need to overhaul everything overnight. Meggi is not having it. She is all about small experiments. Try one variable, see what happens, adjust. She even challenged me on LinkedIn. When was the last time you changed your banner? Your headline? Played with the presentation instead of treating it like a static website?
I am not even going to lie to you. Guilty. But she is right. You evolve, your profile should too. If you are going after new opportunities, your digital presence needs to show it.
"Your headline. Play with it. Come up with something and just see if it changes the feedback or the reaction you are getting."
For founders and career-changers alike, this is gold. Stop overthinking the big rebrand. Change one thing. Measure the reaction. Then change the next thing.
Feel the Fear and Rebel Anyway
Here is the part that really got me. Meggi describes her philosophy as a "mindful rebellion" and the story behind it is so relatable. She is a recovering people pleaser. Not someone who woke up one day and decided to burn everything down. She is someone who had to learn, slowly, how to figure out her own rules, set her boundaries, and actually defend them.
Her podcast, Played By Your Rules, is built on this idea. And before you think "rebellion" means chaos, Meggi brought the receipts. Research shows that teams with rebels actually innovate more. People speak up. Companies benefit. But it has to be mindful. Not rebellion to provoke your boss, but rebellion to honour what matters to you.
"To play by your rules, you first have to figure out what your rules are. There is a lot of introspection that has to happen first."
As entrepreneurs, we talk a lot about strategy and hustle but rarely about the inner work that comes before any of it. Meggi's point is sharp: you cannot play by your rules if you do not know what they are. And most of us have not stopped long enough to figure that out.
Small Steps, Deep Work, and the Power of One Hour
We got into the practical side too. How do you actually build momentum when you are in the middle of a transition? Meggi's answer combines mindfulness with time management, and it is refreshingly simple. Breathe. Block your time. Do not multitask. Work in focused bursts, the Pomodoro technique, and do your deep work during the hours your brain actually works best.
She shared a same-day example: she had one hour before our recording, zoomed in completely on one task, did not touch anything else, and got more done in that hour than most people get done in a full scattered morning.
I shared my own version. I use an hourglass timer (yes, the old-school kind) and set my intentions for the day. What gets done gets done. What does not, I give myself grace. We both agreed: the obsession with perfection robs you of appreciating what you actually accomplished.
The thread through all of it? Start small. One breath. One focused hour. One LinkedIn headline change. One low-stakes experiment. That is where the momentum lives.
Quick Takeaways
- Try one small experiment at a time. Do not overhaul everything. Change one variable, measure the result, and adjust.
- Your LinkedIn profile is not a monument. Change your banner, play with your headline, adapt your digital presence as your goals shift. A free visibility audit is a good place to see where you stand.
- Mindful rebellion beats blind obedience. Knowing your own rules and defending your boundaries is not selfish. It drives better results for everyone.
- Do deep work when your brain is at its best. Figure out your peak hours and protect them for focused, single-task work.
- Start before you are ready. The people who make transitions are not the ones without fear. They are the ones who feel it and go anyway.
What You Do Not Change, You Choose
When I asked Meggi what she is choosing, her answer gave me chills. She is going all in. Wrapping up her part-time role with nothing lined up, betting everything on her coaching, speaking, and podcast. No safety net. Just belief.
"I really want to see how far I can push my podcast, my coaching, my speaking. We got to feel the fear and do it anyway. So that is what I am choosing."
I had to give her own advice back to her: you are enough. There is enough in you to make this work. Do not chase shiny objects. Stay focused. Bet on yourself and actually mean it.
If you are sitting on the edge of your own transition right now, wondering if it is the right time, Meggi just showed you what it looks like to jump. If you want a steady hand on the strategy side as you make your move, you can always book a strategy call.
"To play by your rules, you first have to figure out what your rules are. There is a lot of introspection that has to happen first."
