Dawn McGruer is a hugely successful entrepreneur and host of the ‘Dawn of a New Era’ business podcast focusing on marketing, motivation and mindset.

In this fascinating episode, she talks with Nataliya about creating a home with focused spaces and the importance of your house as your home and sanctuary.

She also shares some of the life experiences that have shaped her ethos and explains why connecting with others and having multiple influences surrounding you is a vital part of developing the right mindset as an entrepreneur

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The podcast enables me to bring my voice and connect in a different way
• In my home, I like to have things that keep me centred and you need different things in different spaces.
• Now we are living in our house as a whole and have experiences within it, it’s not just a house it’s a home and a sanctuary
• Recently the way entrepreneurs work has been revolutionised
• As an entrepreneur, you are taking your passion and sharing it with the world
• You can be resilient by recognising where you are and stepping out of it
• You can’t always solve something immediately but you can work out a solution moving forward.
• If you have the right mindset you will understand that if you do nothing everything will stay the same but if you do something then there will be an outcome
• It can be lonely being an entrepreneur but it’s vital that you speak things out to move forward and find solutions to challenges.
• It’s important to be self-aware and check-in with yourself
• Everyone has an opinion so it’s important to have multiple influences surrounding you so that you can achieve balance
• Delegating is about letting go and letting others do the things you hate better and showing up performing to the best of your ability
• As an entrepreneur, you need to develop a success strategy
• Being an entrepreneur is about achieving the freedom you want but also being able to experience adventure

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Being an entrepreneur is about doing what you want to do not what you have to do’

‘Digital is great when you are in control of it’

A work, life balance is about achieving the freedom you want as an individual

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Beehive Household podcast

Dawn of a New Era podcast  

Dawn McGruer

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Nataliya Lloyd is a finance expert and after 15 years of studying and working in the industry, she changed tack and went with her dream of becoming an entrepreneur and followed her

creative call.  She is now the owner of Nataliya Lloyd Interiors, with an Interior Design certification from the Chelsea College of Arts. Nataliya is also the Finance Director and a supporter of the charity Professors Without Borders, which specialises in providing university-level short education courses in developing countries. She is a member of a pre-eminent members’ club for women in business - The Sorority. But most importantly, she is a wife, daughter and a mother. You can connect with Nataliya on:

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliya-lloyd-32a24547/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nataliyalloydinteriors/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NataliyaLloydInteriors/

And her website: www.nataliyalloydinteriors.com