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Mar 24, 2026 8 min

Why Whimsy Is a Business Strategy

from Founder, Unfiltered Hosted by Natasha Maxwell

Three weeks into Madrid and I’ve stumbled onto something the locals seem to know by default; joy isn’t the reward at the end of the to-do list. It’s the fuel you run on while you’re doing it. In this episode I’m talking about the whimsy trend, why I think it’s actually a nervous system necessity for founders, and what’s shifted in my work (and my content) since I started building real play into my days, not as an escape, but as a reset. We get into: * Why founders’ nervous systems specifically need this * What an hour of “pure whimsy” actually looks like in practice * How stepping away from your work makes you better at it * Why the energy behind your content is something your audience can feel * What Madrid taught me about joy that Naples never did If you’ve been telling yourself “I’ll relax when I hit the number” — this one’s for you. 🔗 Ready to look at your brand from a fresh perspective? That’s exactly what the Brand Strategy Intensive is designed to do. [Brand Strategy Sessions] Get full access to Something of Your Own by Natasha Maxwell at themaxwellmethod.substack.com/subscribe

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