Olympian & entrepreneur Jo Brigden-Jones finally has the website she’s always wanted

We all know Jo Brigden-Jones as an Australian Olympic kayaker, nevertheless are you aware she’s moreover a paramedic, an accomplished baker and co-founder of Elite Mindset Co? We sat down with Jo after the Olympics to discuss what’s subsequent for her and her enterprise affiliate, Olympic Gold medalist Murray Stewart.

This interview has been gently edited for measurement and readability.

GoDaddy: Do you have any reflections on the 2020 Olympic Games?

Jo Brigden-Jones: It ended up being an superior experience.

I was a little bit of bit anxious, on account of in case you purchased COVID you would be known as out of the Olympics.

We spent the ultimate 5 years making able to race in the Olympic Games, so that’s not what that you must do.

Once we purchased there and into that setting, it was a bubble and they also constructed an entire lot of protocols to take care of us protected, which eased your ideas so we might merely think about the racing. When we purchased into the [Olympic] Village it nonetheless had that mainly specific feeling that we’re at the Olympics.

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GD: How would you worth your effectivity in these Games?

JBJ: The Olympics are about giving your biggest effectivity on race day, so the focus was executing our race the biggest we might. I actually really feel like we achieved that as we made the remaining in the K4 500 metres, which is an excellent achievement for us.

I was pretty blissful and happy with our final result.

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GD: How had been these Olympics completely completely different from earlier Games?

JBJ: Even all through this world pandemic, the full world was ready to unite in a single place. I really feel that was really cool when you could mirror on that and say how far all people has come.

It was good to fulfill up with all my worldwide paddling mates as soon as extra I hadn’t seen for two years.

Getting on that start line for the racing — it was superior. We hadn’t raced internationally for two years, nevertheless we’ve been practising our race course of and had achieved an entire lot of time trials, so we felt pretty prepared for the race. Even though there weren’t any crowds you always knew there have been people once more home cheering for you.

On the closing ceremony day, it did seem very, very quiet in the village which is uncommon, nevertheless there have been nonetheless number of athletes who went to the closing ceremony.

I was fortunate that we purchased to go. It was a really good technique to wrap it off to be at the closing ceremony.

GD: How did Elite Mindset Co. come about?

JBJ: I started Elite Mindset Co. once more in 2016 with a fellow Olympian, Murray Stewart. He gained a Gold medal in London.

We had this idea and talked about how loads we purchased from sport and the manner loads it taught us on the subject of life talents. We thought that it’s kind of selfish for us to hold on to all that data and by no means cross it on to the subsequent know-how of athletes. Or even anyone who wishes to take the subsequent step in life or develop to be larger at one factor.

Throughout our careers, the psychological aspect of the sport has been massive and carried out an unlimited operate in our performances and the outcomes we purchased. So, I assume we wanted to channel further into the mindset of an athlete, and the manner that could be taught to completely different athletes. But even be taught in any setting: firm diploma, faculty kids or mom and father or anyone who wanted to primarily take themselves to the subsequent diploma.

So we created the enterprise Elite Mindset Co.

We did talks to neighborhood groups and we purchased really good options. We had 100 completely completely different ideas on strategies to take the enterprise.

But every of us put it aside on account of we purchased so busy with all the points. I grew to change into a paramedic. Murray’s an architect with two kids and we every had our paddling journeys nonetheless to Tokyo. So we put it on the once more burner.

But with our time in quarantine, it was various to revisit that. I really feel it’s a major time now to primarily put what we’ve realized into comply with and share our data with all people.

GD: You created a website all through lodge quarantine. Was this your first website for Elite Mindset Co?

JBJ: We had a website constructed once more then [2016], nevertheless we on no account accomplished it so it on no account purchased completely revealed. It’s a particular home now. We’re doing an entire lot of on-line learning and coaching and trying to create data [through websites].

GD: How did you assemble your new website?

JBJ: During lodge quarantine, I started latest with a model new website on GoDaddy.

We principally had the content material materials in a position to go so I used the photographs and the textual content material that we’d already created. I really feel it obtained right here collectively really correctly on the new website platform.

GD: What attracted you to utilize GoDaddy to assemble your site?

JBJ: I haven’t completely checked out the differ of merchandise, nevertheless the ease of use of the Website Builder. I’ll probably be together with a retailer function to our website. We want to offer applications and workshops and add that to the website down the observe.

There’s an ever-expanding document of decisions and directions that we might take with the website and the enterprise.

GD: How prolonged did it take you to assemble your site all through quarantine?

JBJ: Because I had the content material materials in a position to go, it probably actually took me two hours to do 80% on the website.

It’s notably easy to insert photographs and add textual content material containers. [/callout]

I was participating in spherical with a lot of completely completely different templates and completely completely different layouts of how we might have points.

GD: What suggestion do you have for others who must create a website?

JBJ: I really feel merely giving it a go to start out out with. I started a cake enterprise and now have my personal website and had a buddy who had further details about setting up web pages trying to supply me a hand with starting a website, nevertheless since then I’ve been ready to deal with my very personal web pages by myself.

Don’t be afraid to easily fiddle with the layouts, the themes, the photographs. And while you start and get the cling of constructing your private website, I really feel you’ll be shocked at how user-friendly the site  builder was to create your private website. You don’t need to have all the computer data or technical data or learn the way to put in writing code. It’s all there for you and easy to plug in all your textual content material.

You can sign up to GoDaddy and start making a website with out outlay any money. You can really merely have a go and there’s no worth however until you finalise your product or provide what you want. You can uncover the completely completely different decisions that you could possibly have along with your company, or in case you wanted to develop points or just attempt points out. There are undoubtedly alternative routes you’ll be able to try this.

GD: What are the subsequent steps for Elite Mindset Co?

JBJ: Part of the enterprise is motivational speaking for corporates and college groups. We’ll even be working on-line workshops. That’s the subsequent issue to be launched.

It’s undoubtedly thrilling to have the time and vitality for this enterprise post-Olympics.

It seems like Australia purchased heaps out of watching our Australian Olympians. For us to have the potential to share our data in how we purchased there and the manner we accomplished what we now have, I really feel that’s really essential.

Image by: Jo Brigden-Jones