Kat Cole was once a selling beer and chicken wings at Hooters, even when she was attending high school. She was raised by a single parent, who she attributes her absolute success to. The moment in life where she seized and attempted to encapsulates her beliefs and goals are a lot about what is at the center of Cole’s examination about people and about how to do business: focus on the positive, even across a wide experiential or cultural background. By focusing on the good in a situation or in a person, Cole says she sees, “possibility where 99 percent of human beings do not”. This led her to her most acclaimed piece of work, ever since she jumped ship at Hooters at the age of 19, where she then progressed onto receive an MBA in Australia, without having a bachelor’s degree.
She created a simple seven-step guide for like-minded, entrepreneurial, young go-getters like her.
1. Never say no to an opportunity
2. As a leader, listen really closely to your employees
3. Gratitude is good, but in moderation
4. Donate your time. It will come back threefold
5. Find a way to see every challenge as a change to learn
6. Don’t remind your colleagues that you are young
7. Think bigger. Always think bigger than even think you should
It is with these seven factors that have encompassed her success to be her thing. She claims her ability to see the possible in the impossible people and situations. Because she can see the potential, she attempts to help people go further, past seeing their own prospective, and translating it into a reality.
From Cole’s example,we are able to see that any passionate and good-willed individual is capable of achieving success through perseverance and the insight to keep looking beyond boundaries. This is one of the definitive traits of an entrepreneur.