To Your Success! Podcast

In this episode, Christer and Elin explore the often overlooked lessons that successful people teach their children about life, success, and balance. They discuss how high achievement can come at the expense of family, health, and true happiness, and offer insights on redefining success to align with personal values. Key  topics The impact of high achievement on family life How corporate culture i...

Discover how redefining success and creating a life aligned with your values can lead to true fulfillment. Christer Johnson and Elin Solheim share their personal journey from corporate stress to living and working anywhere in the world, emphasizing the importance of clarity, structured freedom, and honest self-reflection. They discuss transitioning from corporate leadership to a location-independe...

This episode explores the fundamental differences between managers and leaders, emphasizing the importance of leadership in driving long-term success, culture, and innovation within organizations. Christer Johnsen shares practical insights, personal experiences, and strategies to develop leadership skills and foster a proactive, purpose-driven business environment. Key topics Difference between ma...

Discover how embracing your true self and consistent practice can lead to effortless success, even amidst challenges like navigating a storm or sailing life. Christer and Elin share personal stories and practical insights on mindset, decision-making, and living intentionally.  This episode is a reminder that success is a continuous journey of authenticity, persistence, and mental mastery. Live eac...

Jason and Nancy Nave share their inspiring journey of leaving traditional careers, embracing full-time travel, and redefining success and freedom. Discover how they transitioned from stable jobs to a life of adventure, overcoming fears and societal expectations.   Key  topics Leaving traditional careers for full-time travel Overcoming fears and societal expectations The importance of trust and dec...

In this episode, Christer Johnsen explores the often overlooked fear of outgrowing your current life. He discusses how personal growth involves identity shifts, overcoming external pressures, and embracing change to live a more fulfilled life.  Key  Topics   Fear of identity shift  The purpose of life is growth  External success creates invisible pressure  The importance of environment and communi...

Christer and Elin explore the importance of honesty, alignment, and purpose in achieving true success and happiness. They discuss how high achievers often avoid honest self-assessment, the power of clarity, and practical steps to live a life aligned with one's true desires.  Key Topics     The importance of honesty in personal growth  How clarity and purpose influence motivation  The role of perso...

Most people think that success comes from pushing harder, but the people who perform at the highest level know something very different: calm is not a luxury; calm is a competitive advantage. In this conversation, your hosts unpack why the traditional narrative around stress and success is often wrong, and why cultivating calm can actually unlock better performance, clearer thinking, and greater o...

High achievers often feel uneasy despite success because they’ve outgrown their current lives. This feeling isn’t a problem but a signal from their higher selves to evolve and align with their true selves. In today’s episode of To Your Success!, Christer and Elin unpack why that uneasy feeling is not a failure, but a signal that you’ve outgrown the version of life you built for an earlier version...

Real success isn’t about setting new goals; it begins with who you become. Your next chapter starts with an internal identity shift, where results follow being, not the other way around. When you reshape your self-image and act in the spirit of who you’re becoming—inspired, curious, and willing to let go of your old self—external change finally sticks. By reprogramming your mind through new habits...

True success comes from living a life that aligns with one’s values and desires, not just achieving external markers of success. In this episode, Christer Johnsen and Elin Solheim discuss the feeling of dissatisfaction despite external signs of success. This episode marks a shift for the show as it moves beyond inspiration into a more direct, practical approach, with clearer guidance and tools to...

Freedom is not something you arrive at one day. It is something you choose, again and again. In this episode of To Your Success!, Christer Johnsen and Elin Solheim challenge the idea that freedom comes after money, success, or retirement. Speaking from life aboard their sailboat along the Italian coast, they reflect on how fear, habits, and external expectations can quietly limit choice, even when...

What if the purpose of setting goals isn’t necessarily about achieving them, but rather the journey you go on and who you become on it? Welcome to a new year and a new episode of To Your Success! Today, we are talking about how you can make 2026 your best year! Tuning in, you’ll hear about the power of identity and internal culture, what effortless freedom is, the Mythos strategy, goal setting, an...

Today’s conversation centers on the true shortcut to freedom, one that isn’t about escape, but about alignment. Christer and Elin explore their definition of success, the ways the ego holds us back, and the distinction between the long road to freedom and the shortcut available to all of us. Christer highlights why delaying the truth only makes success feel heavier, explains the path to becoming e...

What does it really look like to design a life of freedom and then actually live it every single day? In this episode, Christer Johnsen and Elin Solheim share what 2025 meant to them and the experience of combining full-time business mentoring with life aboard their sailing boat. Freshly back in Norway after two and a half months sailing the Mediterranean and Adriatic, they talk about the beauty,...

Challenging the myth that readiness comes before action, this episode explores how true growth begins when you start before you feel ready, learn through experience, and turn fear into fuel for development. Welcome back to another episode of To Your Success with hosts Christer Johnsen and Elin Solheim. Today’s conversation centers on why you should stop waiting for clarity and instead create it fo...

Freedom and stability are not opposites. You can live a life that honors both. Welcome to another episode of To Your Success! In today’s episode, Christer and Elin explore the common feeling of being forced to choose between personal freedom and life stability. They share their own experiences leaving stable jobs and facing the fear and uncertainty that come with pursuing a freer, more fulfilling...

Have you ever built a life that looked perfect on paper yet still felt something was missing? In this episode of To Your Success!, Christer Johnsen and Elin Solheim talk about what happens when outward success does not match inner fulfilment, and why even the dream job can feel wrong. They share their own experiences of redefining success, moving through fear, and learning to listen when life no l...

Are you looking to enjoy effortless freedom with a dream career you’ve created? Then tune in to this episode of To Your Success! Christer and Elin are back with another episode, and today, they discuss the shortcut to creating a dream career. Christer shares the pivotal steps that shaped his journey to success—from setting bold, ambitious goals to trusting his instincts, embracing risk, and learni...

Can you really build freedom and success in just 5 hours a day? In this episode of To Your Success, Christer and Elin explain how focused, productive hours can completely transform your life and business. They share the routines, structures, and mindset shifts that helped them sail around the world while running their company, and break down why goals matter only if you commit to the daily actions...

What you believe about yourself sets the limits for what you can achieve. In this episode of To Your Success!, Christer Johnsen and Elin Solheim explore the power of self-image and how it shapes your results in life. They share stories from Christer’s transition from CEO to mentor, showing how stepping into a new identity can feel like letting an old version of yourself “die.” Together, they unpac...

Our thoughts shape our reality, and our brain is the instrument that makes it possible. In this episode of To Your Success!, hosts Christer Johnsen and Elin Solheim explore how to harness the power of your mind to create the life you truly want. They share insights from neuroscience and personal experience, explaining why sustaining the feeling of already having your goal is key to achieving it. F...

Summer is a beautiful time to focus on relaxing and reconnecting. Whether with yourself, nature or family and friends. But even amidst the rejuvenation, it can also be a place for summer-inspired purposes. In this special episode of To Your Success!, Christer and Elin summarise their summer, sharing what they've worked on and how they've truly taken time off. They discuss their summer-inspired goa...

As much as we rely on it to live in complete freedom in today’s society, money is not just hard work, doom, and gloom, but a fun opportunity for mindset shifts and becoming everything you want to be. In today’s episode, Christer and Elin encourage listeners to explore the fun side of earning a living by first explaining why many of us know less about money than we may realise. The bulk of today’s...

Life isn’t lived in the past or the future, it’s lived right now . In this episode of To Your Success!, Christer and Elin explore the power of living in the present and why it’s essential to creating the life you truly want. They share personal stories about shifting from constant striving to conscious gratitude and how embracing the now has transformed their daily choices, from shopping habits to...