128. The Art of Resilience and Perseverance with Catherine DeVrye

In this episode, I’m chatting to Catherine DeVrye about how to cultivate resilience. In order to have a business and a life you love, you need to excel at cultivating resilience so you can handle whatever life and business throw your way.

Catherine DeVrye was an IBM executive in Australia, Tokyo and Hong Kong with roles in sales, marketing, HR, communication.

The best-selling author of 8 books, translated into over a dozen languages Catherine is an inspirational communicator with proven hands-on international experience in the private and public sectors as both a corporate businesswoman and small business owner. She was named in 2016 by the Financial Review as one of the Top 100 Women of Influence in Australia.

In this episode, we discuss:

11:20: Tips for moving through adversity
13:00: Why resilience is like a muscle and how to exercise it
15:51: The importance of taking care of ourselves
20:03: How to maintain an even keel when the world around you is changing
21:39: Triaging your problems to avoid overwhelm
24:02: The art of focusing on what you can change and being at peace with what you can’t change
26:17: How to spot an opportunity
28:57: Lessons from “successful” people
32:31: Tips for cultivating resilience and perseverance