445. What 39 Years Taught Me About Business, Travel & Building a Life You Love (Birthday Episode!)
- E445
- 32:44
- March 30th 2026
It’s my birthday episode! 🎉
Today I’m turning 39, and to celebrate I’m sharing 39 lessons I’ve learned about life, business, travel, and entrepreneurship along the way.
If you’ve been part of my journey for a while, you know it’s been quite the ride. I’ve built businesses, pivoted businesses, hosted retreats, launched memberships, started and renamed podcasts, joined host agencies, and recently launched my own travel agency.
Some lessons I learned the easy way…
Many I learned the very hard way.
But every single one helped shape the business and life I’m building today.
In this episode, I’m sharing 39 honest lessons about entrepreneurship, mindset, marketing, travel, relationships, and creating a life you actually love living.
And fun fact: when this episode goes live, I’ll actually be on a cruise on the Carnival Valor sailing from New Orleans — so if you want to follow along with the adventure, come hang out in my stories!
This episode is part reflection, part pep talk, and part reminder that you don’t have to have everything figured out to start building the life you want.
In This Episode We Talk About:
✨ Why you don’t need permission to start a business
✨ Why done is better than perfect (every time)
✨ The truth about visibility and why most people just need to know you exist
✨ Why email lists are gold and social media is borrowed land
✨ The importance of community, relationships, and networking
✨ Why confidence only comes after action
✨ How to deal with people who don’t support your dreams
✨ Why rest is productive and burnout helps no one
✨ The reality that your dream business will evolve over time
✨ And the biggest reminder of all: build a life you don’t need to escape from
My Favorite Reminder From This Episode
You don’t need everything figured out.
You just need the next step.
Resources & Links
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Thanks for being part of the Passports, Profits & Pixie Dust community.
Now go out there, create your magic, and build a life filled with travel, freedom, and purpose ✨
Passports, Profits and Pixie Dust
Welcome to the Passports, Profits and Pixie Dust Podcast! Host Lindsay Dollinger shares tips, strategies, stories, and interviews that will help you grow the travel business you want without burnout...with some pixie dust (FUN) sprinkled in!
Are you ready to be empowered to start or uplevel your business so you can earn the income you deserve to live the life of your dreams? It's time to create and own your magic!
About Lindsay: Lindsay is a travel agency owner, podcast host, high school Spanish teacher, dog mama to Bella, and Disney lover! She lives in Ohio with her younger sister and their rescue dog (from Puerto Rico), Bella. She's obsessed with all things Disney (the parks, movies, studying the business model, and running RunDisney races).
She started in business in network marketing in 2016. Needing an outlet to feel fulfilled after her mom passed away from a nearly 17 year battle with breast cancer in 2015, she quickly found that she was obsessed with helping other women also grow their businesses, and her coaching business very organically grew from her success in her own business and helping others on her team. She started this podcast in 2020 to share not only her own business advice and tips as she's on the journey herself, but also to interview other motivational women to share with YOU ! Additionally, she has always loved Disney, and one of the things she does is work as a travel agent who specializes in Disney and cruises. So, it was very natural for her to add her Disney-inspired branding into her business coaching, and the rest is history!
www.lindsaydollinger.com**The opinions expressed by Lindsay Dollinger on this podcast, her website, or her social media accounts are those of her own and are not those of any other company she partners with.
Meet the Host
Lindsay is a women’s business coach, podcast host of the Passports, Profits and Pixie Dust podcast, high school Spanish teacher, dog mama to Bella, travel advisor, and Disney lover! She lives in Ohio with her younger sister and their rescue dog (from Puerto Rico), Bella. She's obsessed with all things Disney (the parks, movies, studying the business model, and running RunDisney races).
She started in business in network marketing in 2016. Needing an outlet to feel fulfilled after her mom passed away from a nearly 17 year battle with breast cancer in 2015, she quickly found that she was obsessed with helping other women also grow their businesses, and her coaching business very organically grew from her success in her own business and helping others on her team. She started this podcast in 2020 to share not only her own business advice and tips as she's on the journey herself, but also to interview other motivational women to share with YOU ! Additionally, she has always loved Disney, so it was very natural for her to add her Disney-inspired branding into her business coaching, and that’s how she formed her membership, The Social Sales Society.
