Remove the Blocks to Action in Online Business
How can we remove the blocks to take action in an online business? What is your mindset about money? In this episode of Your Superpowered Mind, host Kristin Maxwell and guest Sigrun Gudjonsdottir talk about the importance of building an online business. Kristin and Sigrun also tackle the adversities and conflicts that hinder entrepreneurs from moving forward. Tune in and listen to Kristin and Sigrun to know more about the impact of the money mindset on the growth and expansion of your business.Â
Kristin Maxwell:
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Your SuperPowered Mind. I’m your host, Kristin Maxwell. And in this show, we explore the process of transformation and give you tools and strategies that you can use to transform your own life.
Today, I have the pleasure of speaking to Sigrun. And I cannot say her last name. So Sigrun, could you please say your last name?
Sigrun Gudjonsdottir:
Well, if you want it in Icelandic or English?
Kristin Maxwell:
I want both.
Sigrun Gudjonsdottir:
It’s Gudjonsdottir.
Gudjonsdottir. But I actually don’t use it, exactly for that reason why it’s difficult for many to pronounce. And I even trademarked my name, Sigrun; just like that.
Kristin Maxwell:
Ah. Oh, okay. Great. Well, good. Well, thank you for that.
Let me tell everybody a little bit about you because you have an interesting story. Sigrun is a former CEO, licensed architect, software engineer, and executive, who eventually realized that building businesses were actually her zone of genius.
After starting her own highly successful online business, Sigrun is now a leading business mentor for female online entrepreneurs throughout Europe and elsewhere. She is also a TEDx speaker and the host of The Sigrun Show Podcast.
Welcome to Your SuperPowered Mind.
Sigrun Gudjonsdottir:
Thank you for having me.
Kristin Maxwell:
Yes. My first question is always: what superpower did you discover as the result of mastering your mind?
Sigrun Gudjonsdottir:
My intuition. Trusting my intuition, I would say. Because it has been quite the challenge to build a business. It’s a lot about mindset, a lot more than strategy and tactics. At the end of the day, your business is as successful or as big as you can grow in your mindset. And when you have struggles, then the question is: can you master your mind? like you said.
And just recently I had this experience that I hired someone who was perfect on paper, absolutely perfect on paper. And I was so excited to have this person join my team. But a couple of months into it, I realized she was not perfect in action. There were worlds apart between what I expected and what I was getting.
And, in the meantime, I got also sick for six weeks. So as I came back to my team, I started to doubt if I had done a proper onboarding. I had started to doubt if I had really told her what she needed to do. And so I didn’t tackle the part of getting rid of this team member. It took me a while because I started to not trust my gut feeling, my intuition.
And once I looked at everything … and I even hired a coach, to make sure that I would see this all correctly … I realized I just need to trust my gut. She wasn’t the right member of my team. She will be perfectly placed somewhere else. And I let her go. I reminded myself, and my coach said to me, “Trust your intuition. It is correct.”
Kristin Maxwell:
Ah, yes. Oh, you’ve said so much there which is really interesting. And I can’t wait to dive more deeply into it. Because I really am wanting to talk to you about: what does it take to remove the blocks to action when you’re wanting to start an online business? But it also applies to any number of jobs or careers or goals that we have. And you brought up this idea that your business can grow only as big as you can grow in mindset. And that seems so true.
And before I can ask you more questions about it, I do want to go to break so we can come back and just dive into it deeply. Can you let people know where they can find out about you and your work?
Sigrun Gudjonsdottir:
Absolutely. I have a podcast with over 450 episodes, The Sigrun Show, where I talk about online business and the mindset with it as well, of course. And my website is sigrun.com.
Kristin Maxwell:
Great. Hang on everybody. When we come back, we’re going to talk a little bit more about: how do we remove our blocks to action in online business and life otherwise?
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