Sponsors For Your Life, Patience, and Leaning Into Your Curiosities ft. Catherine Cantey - #116

Published: June 15, 2021, 7 a.m.

Intro:

Catherine worked in corporate for a long time and pivoted to starting her own business with business coaching, B2B growth, and more! In this episode we talked about her life's journey and things she has learned from the mindsets and observations she has developed.

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In This Episode:

  • Working with others who are different than you
  • What the difference between a sponsor and a mentor is
  • Advice for leaning into your curiosities


Resources:

CatherineCantey.com
CatherineCantey.com/Resources - To see her other podcast appearances\xa0

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Time Stamps:

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2:00 \u2013 Growing Up Years

3:35 \u2013 Learning to Embrace Others\u2019 Differences\xa0

6:20 \u2013 Thoughts on Mentors and Sponsors

8:00 \u2013 Leaning on your Sponsors in Life

10:56 \u2013 Learning from Your Own Mistakes

14:00 \u2013 Appreciating where you are at on your Life\u2019s Journey

15:45 \u2013 From Every Experience You Are Getting More Information

18:35 \u2013 Leaning into your curiosities\xa0

30:00 \u2013 Last words of wisdom for college students

Quotes:

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\u201cThe mentor is somebody you are going to go to and brainstorm with but the sponsor is the one that is going to have your back when the doors close.\u201d

\u201cYou won\u2019t find out that it is you that needs to change until you sit still and you listen to what is going on around you.\u201d

\u201cSome days it is just harder to stop to meditate, and harder to stop and listen to the birds and write down a few dreams - it\u2019s harder to do that than to just answer emails and return phone calls.\u201d

\u201cFirst step is realizing what you don\u2019t want to do so that gets you closer to what you do.\u201d

\u201cAsk yourself, what\u2019s going to bring you energy today?\u201d

\u201cSometimes we are going to get more confused before it becomes clear.\u201d

\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have any stories if we had instant success.\u201d

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