Business Boosters with Cathy Thompson

“The quest to make a difference in the world far outweighs the challenges that will present themselves along the way.” -Jennifer Buchanan, Wellness Incorporated: The Health Entrepreneur’s Handbook One of our 7 human needs is about contribution – how are we contributing to the world around us to make it a better place? Cathy shares a couple of stories from her personal life about having the motivat...

“The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.” —MAHATMA GANDHI, from the book, Stephen M.R. Covey, The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything This week Cathy goes into a bit of a rant over looking at a person’s motives through a recent experience with one of her franchisees. She delves into the reason why trust in an exchange is incredi...

“No matter what you think your values are, your actions tell the real story.” -Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk Listen in as Cathy talks about some ways to figure out what you truly value in life and in business. Values are the cornerstone of a company and it’s easy to understand why. At Beyond the Classroom the core values of the organization serve as a filter for decision-making and engagement.  Ja...

“All you need is an enforced boundary to protect your heart, your time, your joy, your labour, your sanity and your money. You know why? Because it’s not anyone else’s job to protect you.” - Rachel Rodgers We Should All be Millionaires In this episode, Cathy shares her passion about setting boundaries to increase your mental health and bottom line. By evaluating and setting boundaries in areas tha...

“Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you, and you are willing to work for it.” – Carol Dweck, Mindset In this episode, Cathy kicks off Season two talking about a new business mindset, care.  As a human you care about things, likely a lot of things, however it’s about where you are putting your effort. Consider how much effort, or how little effort you put into som...

“I believe that curiosity is the secret. Curiosity is the truth and the way of creative living.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic In this episode, Cathy shares with listeners the benefits of being a naturally curious person and how to use curiosity as a business tool to increase revenue. When you look at your business and think “what would happen if….”, this opens the door to a curious mindset, whic...

“There are no half-measures. You have to be all in. And that level of commitment will test your inner strength more than you ever imagined, and more than you sometimes think you can bear.” ― Arlene Dickinson, All In In this episode, Cathy examines the idea of being “All In” energetically and with effort for business success. Those business owners who are all in dedicate their energy, resources and...

“Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.” ― Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything In this episode, Cathy delves into three areas related to building trust: competence, character and authentic alignment. She springboards from Stephen M. R. Covey’s quote to ask list...

“The other thing exceptional people seem to have is a special talent for converting life’s setbacks into future successes.” – Carole Dweck, Mindset  Anyone and everyone can embrace a growth mindset and Cathy disagrees that it only takes exceptional or special people. She shares a business setback that she experienced with her business partner at Beyond the Studio and how it has turned into 2 reven...

“Keep your eyes open. Listen. Follow your curiosity. Ask questions. Sniff around. Remain open. Trust in the miraculous truth that new and marvellous ideas are looking for human collaborators every single day. Ideas of every kind are constantly galloping towards us, constantly passing through us, constantly trying to get our attention” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic Cathy delves into the idea that...

“Prescence with others is first about showing up. Literally, physically showing up!” – Amy Cuddy, Prescence  In this episode, Cathy looks at this quote from Amy Cuddy and breaks down the components to what it really means to showing up. She goes out on a limb to say that by not showing up, it is a sign of disrespect and can create a lack of trust in an organization.  She also shares an example fro...

“By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.” -Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust In this episode Cathy breaks down how to build trust in your network and your organization. Trust is at the cornerstone of word-of-mouth advertising and really everything you do as a business owner.  Cathy shares some easy ways to build trust each day with customers, clients, and col...

“Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.” (Iyanla Vanzant,) (referenced from the book, Thank and Grow Rich on page 207) In today’s episode Cathy discusses gratitude and how that sends energy out to the Universe to bring you more of what you are grateful for. She provides some concrete examples of ways to magnetize gratitude to you and yo...

“Whenever you think you can or think you can’t, either way you are right.” (Henry Ford) ― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret A positive mindset will help you show up and have consistent daily action in your business, which is critical to the longevity of your organization. On this episode, we explore this quote from Henry Ford which is written in The Secret.  When you believe in yourself, you find the resou...

“And you have hidden treasures hidden within you- extraordinary treasures – and so do I, and so does everyone around us. And bringing those treasures to light takes work and faith and focus and courage and hours of devotion, and the clock is ticking, and the world is spinning, and we simply do not have time anymore to think so small.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic In today’s episode we circle bac...

“Entrepreneurship isn’t a job. It’s a demanding, rewarding, scary, thrilling, and ultimately all-encompassing lifestyle” (pg 1) – Arlene Dickinson, from the book All In Arlene really gets down to business in her book All In with leading off with this quote.  In this episode, I break down this quote into the different components that make a successful entrepreneur. Consistency is the key, it pays o...

“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior. This is why, as we’ll discuss later, one of the fastest ways to restore trust is to make and keep commitments—even very small commitments—to ourselves and to others.”  – Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust On this episode, I talk about the book The Speed of Trust and why trust should be a focus for your business.  Think about i...

“The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.”  Robert Holden (referenced from book, Thank and Grow Rich from Pam Grout on page 55) Gratitude as a business booster? Yes, it is! On this episode I share how gratitude can change your perspective as a business owner and how I embrace gratitude at her company, Beyond the Classroom, to c...

“Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.”  This is a quote from Carole Dweck’s book, Mindset.  In less than 7 minutes, I discuss why growth mindset is essential to your business success. I address the question, how can we as business owners meet the challenge? I also talk about perspectives along with embracing learning every day.  I’m a lifel...

“The essential ingredients for creativity remain exactly the same for everybody: courage, enchantment, permission, persistence, trust – and those elements are universally accessible.” This is a quote from Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Big Magic.  In less than 10 minutes, I take this awesome quote from Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Big Magic and breakdown it down into the elements of creativity and reflect...

Tune in as Cathy Thompson, the host of Business Boosters: Quick Tips for Business Success, shares her passion for business and why this podcast is a must-listen for all female entrepreneurs. You will learn about what to expect from this show and a little more about Cathy’s journey. The show will air each week and will be less than 10 minutes, giving you the boost you need to be inspired in a short...