Kate Strong is an elite athlete and business coach, she is an Iron Lady, a world triathlon champion, a sustainability and environment champion, the founder of a seven-figure hospitality business, an engineer, a public speaker and a performance and leadership coach and in June 2023 she is embarking on a 3 month 3 thousand mile tour of the UK on a bamboo bike

TOPICS DISCUSSED

-   Being yourself and living for you and what you want

-   Training to be a world champion alongside running a business

-   Setting scary goals and achieving them

-   Deconstruction and the creation of micro targets to achieve your goals

-   The 5 key elements (focus, love, journey, passion and inspiration)  as drivers for the achievement of goals

-   Creating a team that you trust and allowing others to see your vulnerability

-   Working towards your North Star every day to get to where you want to be

-   Owning your actions and the joy of the journey to your goal

-   The evolution of desire from the competition with others to competition with self

-   The impact of family and relationships and the importance of connection

-   The upcoming cycle journey, championing the planet and connecting with people who are making a difference

-   Cycling on a bamboo bike and why it’s a visible example of deconstruction and building back up ethically

-   The online platform ‘Climate Games’ engages employees in long-term carbon reduction

-   The next challenge and being drawn to inward journeys of healing

-   Generational trauma and being able to overcome and let go of trauma

-   Climbing Mont Blanc one step at a time and understanding it’s never too late  

BEST BITS

‘To me, sport was joy, sport was pleasure, sport was exploration’

‘You can’t go through an iron man without hurting but it was my reward for all the sacrifice’

‘The goal has to scare you if it doesn’t scare you then it’s not going to stretch you

‘When you are at the point where you feel you are going to fall or break that’s when the magic happens, where the growth is

‘Deconstruct every aspect of the goal and understand each component and who or what can help you to learn and excel’

‘Create a plan and work backwards into micro targets

‘Keep the goal in stone but understand the journey is in sand it will not go to plan’

‘Review every week what went well and what didn’t go well and what you can do differently’

‘There is gold in learning what you can do to support yourself to succeed’

‘Today we are the youngest we will be and it’s never too late to start ‘

‘It’s taken ten long years of work but I love my life there isn’t one element of what I do that doesn’t excite me’

CONTACT DETAILS

https://katestrong.global/

https://www.instagram.com/katestrong01/

ABOUT THE PODCAST
Woman Self Made podcast brings you interviews with hugely successful women from all walks of life – world-renowned business leaders, disruptive entrepreneurs, world-class athletes, self-made multi-millionaires, entertainment and TV personalities. In these conversations, we dive into their unique stories with the aim to deconstruct their secrets for success. We talk about their journeys, ups and down, while distilling along the way the habits, tools, tactics and tips, which you can learn and use.

So, grab your favourite drink and join us every Thursday for open conversations with the most inspiring women talking about building successful businesses, careers and living the lives of their dreams.

ABOUT THE HOST
Marina Bennett had a high-flying international career in strategy and finance, and in 2019 she decided to leave her £300k/year City job to take the entrepreneurial plunge from scratch. She is now a multiple business owner on the way to her first 7 figures. Marina is also a founder of Woman. Self-made. (@womanselfmade.inc) - an online community of confident, ambitious women who want to achieve success and live the lives of their dreams