Most people wait for the perfect moment to take the leap.Kristin Gutierrez got fired at 10:10 a.m. on April 17, 2023. By 2 p.m. she had her first client.
This conversation is not about fluffy “follow your dreams” posters.
It is about losing the job that funded your life, staring down six figures of debt, walking through divorce, getting honest about your mental health, and still choosing to move forward with messy, imperfect action.
Kristin is the founder of Say Yes and Figure It Out, a sales and courage coach, and the author of Be a Better Sales Leader and Say Yes and Figure It Out, with her next book Simpler, Faster, Richer on the way. She helps entrepreneurs stop waiting to feel ready and start moving with the identity they actually want to embody.
In this conversation we talk about
* The exact day her corporate career ended and her entrepreneurial identity began
* What it really looks like to be the “breadwinner” and still be drowning in a financial crisis
* The emotional crash behind the highlight reel and why mental health support changed everything
* Giving yourself permission to serve at a higher level, even when your brain screams “Who am I to do this?”
* Why your story needs to be told by you, not the people who only know your worst chapter
* The cost of courage. and why waiting to feel ready is the most expensive decision you can make
* How community, coaching, and honest feedback help you keep saying yes when fear wants you to shrink
✦ If you are standing at the edge of a decisionKristin and I dig into that intersection where fear and possibility meet. The place where your nervous system wants safety and your soul wants expansion. We go there.
Reflection Prompts
Use these as journal questions or conversation starters with someone you trust
* Where in my life am I waiting to feel “ready” before I move?
* Whose opinions am I secretly giving more power than my own inner knowing?
* If I treated my past as training instead of a prison, what decision would I say yes to next?
The Boost (Identity Action Step)
This week, pick one decision you have been circling.Not the whole life overhaul. Just one.
* Name it clearly. “The decision I have been avoiding is…”
* Run a simple test. If I knew I could recover from any mistake, what would I choose?
* Take one imperfect action in the next 24 hours that aligns with the identity you want to grow into, not the one that is trying to keep you small.
Connect with Kristin
* Get her book “Say Yes and Figure It Out” on Amazon
* Instagram: @officialkristingutierrez
* Facebook: @Kristin Gutierrez
* Homepage: https://www.sayyesandfigureitout.com/
Connect with Me
If this conversation stirred something in you. if you know there is a bigger identity you are meant to grow into but you keep hitting the same internal ceiling.
Book a No-Cost Identity Clarity CallWe will walk through where you are, where you want to go, and what identity shift needs to happen so your actions finally match your potential.
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With strength & heart,
❤️🔥 Shawn Michael
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