Do you remember who bought you your first suit? I do, in fact I still have it in my closet. I kept it with the intention of giving it back to the daughter of this role model.
Cathy not only gave me my first suit she gave me my first rolodex, day planner, and one of my first jobs. Cathy & I met, oh geese when I was in middle school, heck maybe even elementary school. I baby sat her first born son, Ryan. I worked at her company and would house sit when she was away.More than these things and opportunities she gave me, Cathy, saw things in me I couldn’t see. Cathy saw that I had potential as a business woman, that I was organized and had a commitment to people and customer service. The story of her giving me the rolodex is actually pretty amusing. I think it was my 8th grade graduation gift. She gave me a rolodex in the day we actually used rolodexes and the book Dig Your Well Before You Are Thirsty, by Harvey McKay. You see, my parents amazing as they are don’t exactly have the huge network of professional friends and colleagues I could tap into. In this book you learn how to build your network and nourish the people who mean the most to you. Since then I have recommended that book to countless other people I have mentored over the years. Thus demonstrating again how each one of us can make a little ripple in the world.
What can other women learn from Cathy. Sharing is caring. I’m quite sure that the day Cathy gave me her used suit she’d have had no idea what that would mean to me and to my future. What one little thing can you do for a woman in your life that may, just may make a difference when she turns 35?Thank you Cathy for being an inspirational woman, wife and mother!
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