Katie Goar

I wrote a book.
It's called AUDACITY.

𝐒𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐎𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧.

She took a risk on us.
And it changed the trajectory of my life and my three siblings' lives.

I've spent most of my career telling people that 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 you are is not 𝘸𝘩𝘰 you are. I even gave a TEDxTalk on it.

It took me until last month to realize the same thing is true of buildings.

"Do you have someone running your LinkedIn?"
I get this question a lot.
I smile and respond the same each time.

Eleven years ago today, I sat down in the President’s chair at Quadel.
At that time, I thought leadership was about having answers.
I was wrong.

Dearest reader, the friendly skies bring another reveal.

Two strangers seated next to me settled in.

When we stepped in to help, the inspection hadn’t been done in over two months. We did it in two days.

I call it the necklace of shame.
We put it on as children, and we just never took it off.

Here's what I know now: the longer you wear it, the more power you give it.