#117 Kat Cole: The Power of Possible

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Shane Parrish

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Kat Cole discusses how "the power of possible" guided her from a part-time job as a hostess at a Hooters restaurant to one of the most respected business leaders in America. In this wide-ranging episode Cole discusses the dark side of gratitude and how it can keep you in place, defaulting to believing in people, leading with a heavy heart while navigating through tough times, adopting new roles at work, questions to ask to uncover the truth in business and personal life, and so much more.

Cole spent roughly a decade in leadership roles with Focus Brands, the global multi-channel franchisor and operator of Cinnabon, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba Juice and others. She was named President and COO of Focus Brands in 2017 after she spent five years as the President of Cinnabon. She left the company in December 2020.

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0:00.0	The upside of believing in people is so high and not but and some will let us down.
0:08.2	And the frequency that I'm let down is so low compared to the frequency that I'm proven
0:14.4	right in people's potential.
0:16.4	And so it just feels like this tax.
0:18.5	It's like a single digit percentage tax that is a small price to pay for getting all the
0:24.3	upside that comes from looking at people as the great things that they are and the possibilities
0:30.8	that they have in front of them.
0:47.2	Welcome to the Knowledge Project.
0:48.8	I'm your host Shane Parrish.
0:50.8	This podcast sharpens your mind by helping you master the best.
0:53.6	One of the people I've already figured out.
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1:09.3	Check out the show notes for link.
1:12.2	Today I'm seeing with Cat Cole, former COO and president of Focus Brands, former president
1:17.4	of Cinebonne, where she led to turnaround during the financial crisis.
1:21.9	As you'll discover in this conversation, Cat is a remarkable person and leader.
1:26.2	We talk about the dark side of gratitude and how it keeps you in place, defaulting to
1:30.0	believing in people, leading with a heavy heart while navigating through tough times,
1:35.1	and we also go deep into turnarounds, adopting new roles at work, questions to ask to uncover
1:40.5	the truth both at work and at home, and so much more.
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