Mental Health #4: COO Kat Cole on Knowing What You’re Capable Of

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🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Enjoy a special sneak peek of Morning Brew's new show Imposters, where host Alex Lieberman talks to Kat Cole, President and COO of Athletic Greens, about how having a difficult childhood and an alcoholic father propelled her career success. Rather than being hindered by having to help raise her sisters in a single-parent household, Kat tells Alex why having to grow up so quickly boosted her confidence in the workplace. If you have any thoughts or reactions to this preview of Imposters, go ahead send an email to [email protected] or DM on Twitter @businessbarista. Your feedback means EVERYTHING to us as we refine this show leading up to it's full launch with two special episodes on Tuesday Feb 15, and don't forget to CLICK HERE to follow the show on your favorite podcast platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? Alex Lieberman here, we are bringing you something a little extra
0:04.5	this week in the Founders Journal feed, the pilot of our newest Morning Brew Podcast
0:09.6	in posters. The idea for imposters is that each week, I sit down with one of the most
0:15.5	respected names in business, sports, and entertainment to discuss how they overcame
0:21.2	personal challenges and continue to find professional success. The show is going to be all about
0:27.1	vulnerability, imperfection, and resilience, and I am so excited to be bringing it to you.
0:33.8	So please enjoy this pilot episode. It features Athletic Green's president and COO Cat Cole,
0:40.0	and I think you'll really get value from hearing her story. And since you're a member of
0:44.7	my Founders Journal audience, I really care about what you think. So after you've listened,
0:50.4	send me an email to Alex at Morning Brew.com or DM me on Twitter at BusinessParesta with
0:55.6	your reactions to this pilot and any ideas for guests that we should speak to in the future.
1:01.5	Without further ado, here's Impostors.
1:10.4	My mom and sisters and I left my dad when I was nine years old, and so my mom struggled for
1:15.5	quite some time to make that decision to leave. I had been in car accidents with my dad
1:21.6	by the time I was nine years old, and he was an alcoholic, a great dude, you know, really nice,
1:28.4	but a terrible husband and father, and his alcoholism got the best of him, and he was not able to
1:34.7	prioritize the things that he needed to. So when she came to me when I was nine years old and said
1:40.1	that's it, I'm done relieving, I didn't cry, I didn't get upset, I looked at her and said what
1:45.2	took you so long.
1:51.3	Welcome to Impostors. This is your host, Alex Lieberman, co-founder and executive chairman of Morning
2:00.9	Brew. If you're familiar with me and my work, you may know that I've been open about my own
2:06.8	struggles with anxiety and how the loss of my father impacted my career. Sharing my own story
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