Author: Lori Harder

Questions can be a powerful tool for leveling up in every aspect of your life. As they say: “Ask better questions, get better answers.” We’re going to talk about one question we each use as a tool in order to better our lives and our businesses.

For Chris, his goal is to be as fit as he can be this summer. To make sure he hits this goal, he had to develop some tools. One of those tools was asking himself this question before every decision: “How will this make me feel in one hour?” We make so many decisions hoping for instant gratification, but thinking an hour ahead is just far enough out for you to realize whether it’s something you truly want or something you’ll regret.

My question that I ask myself is: “How can I look at this differently?” We experience discomfort on a daily basis, but we rarely think about why we’re feeling that way or what it might be telling us. Often when we’re feeling fear, it’s actually a sign that we’re in an area with opportunity for expansion and growth. When there’s no problems and no fear, there’s no way we’re ever going to get better.

If you ask yourself these two questions purposefully and intentionally, you will make exponentially better decisions and see a wider set of opportunities. These two questions can change your life.

Catherine Gray is truly an angel. The founder of She Angels Investors, she’s dedicated to leveling the playing field for female entrepreneurs since they are historically underfunded and underrepresented. Every venture in which she invests is working toward the greater good. We talk about investing, funding women, and creatively raising money.

 

Question Highlights:

• What are some of your happiness hacks?
• What has made you so passionate about getting women funded?
• What is venture capital and what is angel investing?
• What do you wish more women knew about this?
• What’s exciting you the most right now?
• What did the education process look like around this?

 

Guest Bio:

Catherine Gray is a producer, author, TEDx speaker,  host of the “Invest in Her” podcast, the Founder of She Angel Investors, and Co-Founder of non-profit She Angels Foundation.

Her focus is always on empowering female entrepreneurs. Her passion is to utilize her multimedia platform to fund women and level the playing field since women are severely underfunded.

Currently, her dream project is producing a new original series for television called “She Angels.” It covers the exciting journeys of the female entrepreneurs who win funding and mentorship at the She Angels Pitch Fest. She Angels is creating a global initiative to fund women around the world.

She also produces and hosts a popular podcast “Live Love Thrive” and just launched a new podcast called “Invest in Her,” to discuss ways to accelerate the funding of women and provide resources and inspiration to our listeners. It features both female founders and funders! It is distributed on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

She has produced several award-winning films including the very first documentary film about gay marriage called “I Can’t Marry You.” Narrated by Ellen DeGeneres’s mom, Betty, the film aired on PBS in more than 60 cities nationwide. She also co-produced several documentary films for the LOGO network, which led her to start her own production company called Showbiz Shorts (aka Corp Shorts), and now her most current endeavor, 360 Karma Productions.

She Angels is my multi-media platform that creates everything from films and shows, to game-changing events to empower women such as the Live Love Thrive Conferences, podcasts, and the She Angels Pitchfest and TV series. Pitchfest is a collaboration with the city of West Hollywood, CA.

After 15 years, she left her position as the top producer of Miami’s cable television advertising to become Vice President of Advertising for the first-ever gay, cable network and decided from that day forward that all of her ventures would be working on projects for the greater good.

Her favorite quote is from Mahatma Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in complete harmony.” She also believes strongly in the Dalai Lama’s quote, “The Western women will save the world.”

The biggest battle you can fight in life is the one within your mind. If we can overcome all of the different thoughts and emotions that come with setting and pursuing our big, lofty goals, we can do anything. According to experts, winning is 80% mindset and only 20% skill. That shows us why this is where all of your energy should be going. When we master our minds, we master the game of life.