Catherine Bell describes meeting a billionaire mentor 20 years ago and attending a hedge-fund seminar where she felt lost, both experiences that planted seeds for her later ventures. She argues that putting yourself in uncomfortable learning environments, even when you don't understand everything, creates unexpected opportunities.
Who is Catherine Bell? I do because I want to expand your brain. Okay, now I learned the beginning of this about being the bank 20-some-odd years ago, and I learned it from a billionaire and really humble, amazing, loving human being. And then I also went to another seminar like 25 years ago, and I learned about creating hedge funds and who I I had no business being in that room, quite frankly, but I'm super happy I was because it planted a seed that now has had me create everything that I've created. So I want you to, anytime you have the opportunity to go and learn about all these other things that you're like, what is that? Like, I want you to put yourself in those rooms because you never know what seeds are going to be planted and what relationships you're going to get created. Like, honestly, When I took this class on hedge funds, it was so far over my head. I was like, I'm— but I'm clear, like, that was a defining moment for me because it, it now gave me access to something that I ended up using and still use today.
