Embracing Moments of Change - Garret Wood
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English - May 18, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBEntrepreneurship Business Religion & Spirituality business overcome entrepreneur spirituality career lifestyle god religion healing Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Summary
In this episode we’re joined by two type 7 enthusiastic boss women for another interesting conversation. Taking pride in how her name gives her the edge, especially in the business scene, Garrett Wood is an Executive Coach, Author, Podcaster, Venture Catalyst, and soon to be mother! We’re taken into Garrett’s story how a girl from Chicago made the big move to Boston and all other challenges to be overcome. While there, Garret was able to start her own business in 2014 and hinted to us how simple you can start a business with Gmail, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PDFs. The connections she had played an impactful role when she first started. Garrett shares a very memorable and surprising memory to her that left a big impact on the first year she started her entrepreneurial journey.
Now, Garrett is living her best life and she wants you to live your best life too! As we go along into the episode, hear more about Garret and the work she does. Cassandra joined Garrett on her podcast, so check that out too!
Key Points From This Episode
Garrett gives us an insight on who she is Garret shares what a Venture Catalyst is and how it piqued her interestHer big move to Boston from ChicagoGarrett acknowledges how connections played a role when she started her businessGarrett tells us how she accidentally made $30k when she launched her business in 2014What the 1-on-1 work has done for Garrett’s businessThe thing Garrett dreamed up but thought was way too big to take action onThe dream home Garrett manifestedTweetables
“I feel like so often (women) get stuck in this perfection cycle and we don’t actually birth the thing.” [0:07:20] -Cassandra Shuck
“If I needed to start a business I’ll birth it because I didn’t have anything else.” [0:08:11] -Garrett Wood
“It’s a lot to process rock bottom with someone else and not judge yourself.” [0:20:31] -Garrett Wood
“If you look at business on just a 1-on-1 level...solopreneurship type level, a lot of what we’re experiencing we don’t realize we’re attracting.” [0: 22:35] -Garrett Wood
“You may have been too early but it’ll still be worth it.” [0:31:24] -Cassandra Shuck
“It’s those crazy people who make it.” [0:32:19] -Garrett Wood
Mentioned Links
Garrett Nicole Wood website