Helping people achieve success by strengthening their most important relationships.
A New Path, Connected leadership
Helping people achieve success by strengthening their
important relationships.
“An unbeatable roadmap for improving the most important relationships in your life.”
MEL ROBBINS
New York Times bestselling author and host of The Mel Robbins Podcast
Here’s how we can work together to achieve success and make a lasting impact:
ONE
Individual Sessions
Tailored guidance from a seasoned psychotherapist, entrepreneur and Amazon bestselling author. With a unique blend of experience, Patricia offers invaluable insight into the personal and professional challenges leaders and entrepreneurs face.
Personalized sessions designed for your growth. Every individual’s journey is different, and Patricia customizes each session to help you sustain excellence while navigating life’s complexities.
ONE
Individual Sessions
Tailored guidance from a seasoned psychotherapist, entrepreneur and Amazon bestselling author. With a unique blend of experience, Patricia offers invaluable insight into the personal and professional challenges leaders and entrepreneurs face.
Personalized sessions designed for your growth. Every individual’s journey is different, and Patricia customizes each session to help you sustain excellence while navigating life’s complexities.
TWO
Workshops
Customized, interactive workshops that drive change. Whether virtual or in-person, Patricia’s sessions are crafted for teams, small businesses, and professional development. These workshops spark essential behavioral shifts, paving the way for both personal and professional growth.
Transformative, safe, and trust-building. Each workshop fosters an environment where individuals and leaders feel empowered to share openly and build trust.
Connection that sticks. More than just a session, these workshops deepen your team’s skills in the art and science of relating to others – strengthening connections that last.
TWO
Workshops
Transformative, safe, and trust-building. Each workshop fosters an environment where individuals and leaders feel empowered to share openly and build trust.
Connection that sticks. More than just a session, these workshops deepen your team’s skills in the art and science of relating to others – strengthening connections that last.
THREE
Real success isn’t a solo journey – it’s built through meaningful relationships.
Patricia’s keynotes spark transformation, helping individuals and teams achieve success by strengthening their most important relationships – with self, others, and the world.
Blending psychotherapy expertise with entrepreneurial insight, she inspires action, empowering audiences to navigate change and thrive together.
FOUR
Connected
Amazon bestselling book
‘It takes a village to raise a child’ – and it also takes a village to succeed. In Connected, Patricia reveals how mastering the art of connection can transform your career, relationships, and life. Through engaging stories and research-backed insights, she helps readers strengthen their ‘village’—the foundation for thriving both personally and professionally.
Choose one:
THREE
Real success isn’t a solo journey – it’s built through meaningful relationships.
Patricia’s keynotes spark transformation, helping individuals and teams achieve success by strengthening their most important relationships – with self, others, and the world.
Blending psychotherapy expertise with entrepreneurial insight, she inspires action, empowering audiences to navigate change and thrive together.
FOUR
Connected
Amazon bestselling book
‘It takes a village to raise a child’ – and it also takes a village to succeed. In Connected, Patricia reveals how mastering the art of connection can transform your career, relationships, and life. Through engaging stories and research-backed insights, she helps readers strengthen their ‘village’—the foundation for thriving both personally and professionally.
Choose one:
Last Events
Perfect summer days 🇨🇦 ⛰️ ⛳️
Bodas de Prata
Pati e Laurinho 🤍
A ideia inicial era reunir só a família.
Depois sentimos que faltavam os padrinhos, e os amigos que caminharam esses 25 anos com a gente.
Escolhemos simbolicamente 25 casais.
Mas a verdade é que 25 anos de casamento não cabem em 25 casais...
É preciso uma aldeia bem maior.
São tantos os amigos que amamos e que fazem parte dessa história, cada um à sua maneira ajudando a construir a família que somos hoje.
Obrigada por cada mensagem, cada carinho, cada oração, cada torcida ao longo desses anos.
Foi uma noite linda, leve e inesquecível. 🤍
Bodas de Prata
Pati e Laurinho 🤍
A ideia inicial era reunir só a família.
Depois sentimos que faltavam os padrinhos, e os amigos que caminharam esses 25 anos com a gente.
Escolhemos simbolicamente 25 casais.
Mas a verdade é que 25 anos de casamento não cabem em 25 casais...
É preciso uma aldeia bem maior.
São tantos os amigos que amamos e que fazem parte dessa história, cada um à sua maneira ajudando a construir a família que somos hoje.
Obrigada por cada mensagem, cada carinho, cada oração, cada torcida ao longo desses anos.
Foi uma noite linda, leve e inesquecível. 🤍
Viajar é uma grande paixão, e viajar com as meninas é sempre MAIS… é ampliar minha visão de mundo, expandir meu repertório e rejuvenescer com a curiosidade e disposição delas.
E essa viagem tem um significado especial: ela marca o início da celebração das nossas bodas de prata.
Tanto pra celebrar e um tantão maior pra agradecer. Viva nós 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Viajar é uma grande paixão, e viajar com as meninas é sempre MAIS… é ampliar minha visão de mundo, expandir meu repertório e rejuvenescer com a curiosidade e disposição delas.
E essa viagem tem um significado especial: ela marca o início da celebração das nossas bodas de prata.
Tanto pra celebrar e um tantão maior pra agradecer. Viva nós 🎉🎉🎉🎉
More than 60 books sold.
But the real win wasn’t the books.
It was seeing a room full of women come together to learn, share ideas, celebrate friendship, and support a cause bigger than themselves.
I’ve been fortunate in life.
Writing 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 was my way of giving back; sharing what I’ve learned about relationships while supporting initiatives that help the next generation thrive.
At this event in São Paulo, every book sold helped support JovemBT, a project that creates opportunities for children in vulnerable situations through sport.
What made the afternoon special wasn’t my contribution.
It was theirs.
The thoughtful questions.
The personal stories.
The willingness to engage and help.
A reminder that when people come together with generosity and purpose, good things happen.
#Connected #Community #Leadership #Relationships #PatriciaBathory
More than 60 books sold.
But the real win wasn’t the books.
It was seeing a room full of women come together to learn, share ideas, celebrate friendship, and support a cause bigger than themselves.
I’ve been fortunate in life.
Writing 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 was my way of giving back; sharing what I’ve learned about relationships while supporting initiatives that help the next generation thrive.
At this event in São Paulo, every book sold helped support JovemBT, a project that creates opportunities for children in vulnerable situations through sport.
What made the afternoon special wasn’t my contribution.
It was theirs.
The thoughtful questions.
The personal stories.
The willingness to engage and help.
A reminder that when people come together with generosity and purpose, good things happen.
#Connected #Community #Leadership #Relationships #PatriciaBathory
At 31, I thought confidence came from having the answers.
At 51, I think it comes from being comfortable not having them.
I’ve learned that:
• You can do everything right and still face hard seasons.
• You can be successful and still struggle.
• You can be scared and move forward anyway.
• You can change your mind and survive it.
• You can ask for help and remain strong.
Most of life isn’t about certainty.
It’s about learning to navigate uncertainty without losing yourself.
(That lesson alone would have saved me a lot of stress...)
Looking back, age has taught me something I wish I had understood much earlier:
Control matters less than I thought.
Connection matters more than I ever imagined.
And perhaps the greatest gift of getting older is realizing that you don’t need to have life figured out to live it well.
P.S. This post is a little late because May was busy, full, and wonderful. Looking back, that feels fitting... some lessons are worth sitting with before sharing.
#Connection #RelationshipsMatter #Leadership
#PersonalGrowth #Resilience SelfAwareness
At 31, I thought confidence came from having the answers.
At 51, I think it comes from being comfortable not having them.
I’ve learned that:
• You can do everything right and still face hard seasons.
• You can be successful and still struggle.
• You can be scared and move forward anyway.
• You can change your mind and survive it.
• You can ask for help and remain strong.
Most of life isn’t about certainty.
It’s about learning to navigate uncertainty without losing yourself.
(That lesson alone would have saved me a lot of stress...)
Looking back, age has taught me something I wish I had understood much earlier:
Control matters less than I thought.
Connection matters more than I ever imagined.
And perhaps the greatest gift of getting older is realizing that you don’t need to have life figured out to live it well.
P.S. This post is a little late because May was busy, full, and wonderful. Looking back, that feels fitting... some lessons are worth sitting with before sharing.
#Connection #RelationshipsMatter #Leadership
#PersonalGrowth #Resilience SelfAwareness
This is my happy place.
Right between my two favorite humans in the world.
Last week in New York, at Sessions 2026, Esther Perel shared a powerful idea that resonated deeply with me:
We don’t heal first and then connect.
Very often, we heal through connection.
And honestly, a lot of what I’ve learned about relationships didn’t come only from books, research, or years as a psychotherapist. It came from living life with these two.
Through loving and being loved while we’re still learning.
Through being understood while we’re still figuring ourselves out.
Through staying present with each other in the messy moments.
Somewhere along the way, many of us learned we had to become “better” before being worthy of belonging.
But relationships are not the reward at the end of healing.
They are often the path.
And these two humans have taught me that lesson more than they will ever know.
#Relationships #Connection #PersonalGrowth #PatriciaBathory #EstherPerel
This is my happy place.
Right between my two favorite humans in the world.
Last week in New York, at Sessions 2026, Esther Perel shared a powerful idea that resonated deeply with me:
We don’t heal first and then connect.
Very often, we heal through connection.
And honestly, a lot of what I’ve learned about relationships didn’t come only from books, research, or years as a psychotherapist. It came from living life with these two.
Through loving and being loved while we’re still learning.
Through being understood while we’re still figuring ourselves out.
Through staying present with each other in the messy moments.
Somewhere along the way, many of us learned we had to become “better” before being worthy of belonging.
But relationships are not the reward at the end of healing.
They are often the path.
And these two humans have taught me that lesson more than they will ever know.
#Relationships #Connection #PersonalGrowth #PatriciaBathory #EstherPerel
This photo was taken when I wasn`t trying to be anything.
Just breakfast. A friend. No agenda.
That`s when I feel most alive — and most like myself.
For a long time, I lived in performance mode.
Capable.
Composed.
Curating myself instead of expressing myself.
What I`ve noticed, in my own life, and at work as a therapist, is that the deeper longing is rarely for more success.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦.
Freedom from needing to prove.
Freedom from constant self-monitoring.
Freedom to be real.
The moment we stop performing is not the moment we fall apart.
It’s often the moment we finally come home to ourselves.
Turns out, living is lighter than performing.
And far more sustainable.
💛
#Authenticity #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #PatriciaBathory
This photo was taken when I wasn`t trying to be anything.
Just breakfast. A friend. No agenda.
That`s when I feel most alive — and most like myself.
For a long time, I lived in performance mode.
Capable.
Composed.
Curating myself instead of expressing myself.
What I`ve noticed, in my own life, and at work as a therapist, is that the deeper longing is rarely for more success.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦.
Freedom from needing to prove.
Freedom from constant self-monitoring.
Freedom to be real.
The moment we stop performing is not the moment we fall apart.
It’s often the moment we finally come home to ourselves.
Turns out, living is lighter than performing.
And far more sustainable.
💛
#Authenticity #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #PatriciaBathory
𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭.
Not because learning sharpens my work — though it does.
But because every new thing I learn changes how I see people, relationships, and the world.
Lifelong learning isn’t really about getting better at your craft.
It shapes how you relate.
Stay a student and you stay curious.
You make room for views that aren’t your own.
You hold the humility to know there’s always more to understand.
That’s what makes someone a better therapist, leader, partner, friend, and parent.
And lately, it’s had me brewing.
I spent this past week with a remarkable cohort at the University of Virginia.
People I’ve been learning alongside, in person and online, since March.
It sparked a new project I can’t wait to share with you soon.
My final project is beautiful.
I hope it will spark change and inspire people.
More to come...
#LifelongLearning #LeadershipDevelopment #HumanConnection #Curiosity #patriciabathory
𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭.
Not because learning sharpens my work — though it does.
But because every new thing I learn changes how I see people, relationships, and the world.
Lifelong learning isn’t really about getting better at your craft.
It shapes how you relate.
Stay a student and you stay curious.
You make room for views that aren’t your own.
You hold the humility to know there’s always more to understand.
That’s what makes someone a better therapist, leader, partner, friend, and parent.
And lately, it’s had me brewing.
I spent this past week with a remarkable cohort at the University of Virginia.
People I’ve been learning alongside, in person and online, since March.
It sparked a new project I can’t wait to share with you soon.
My final project is beautiful.
I hope it will spark change and inspire people.
More to come...
#LifelongLearning #LeadershipDevelopment #HumanConnection #Curiosity #patriciabathory
Just back from 2 days with Esther Perel in NY.
A few things I`m still thinking about:
𝐖𝐞`𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞`𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫.
Esther called it needing "tight knots for our loose threads" — relationship structures still matter. The work is learning to live inside them: what do we owe each other, what do we owe ourselves?
𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Men are still expected to initiate, but many now hesitate, afraid of being seen as creeps. The reframe landed for me: taking the risk isn`t the problem. Ignoring a "no" is. Lean in. Respect the answer.
And the line I keep replaying:
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧`𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚. They`re often where the healing happens. Intimacy as medicine, not prize.
Twenty years after 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, the questions have only gotten more interesting.
All of this is feeding directly into something I`m building: a new workshop on the idea that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲.
More on that soon.
#EstherPerel #HumanConnection #EmotionalIntelligence #Leadership
Just back from 2 days with Esther Perel in NY.
A few things I`m still thinking about:
𝐖𝐞`𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞`𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫.
Esther called it needing "tight knots for our loose threads" — relationship structures still matter. The work is learning to live inside them: what do we owe each other, what do we owe ourselves?
𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Men are still expected to initiate, but many now hesitate, afraid of being seen as creeps. The reframe landed for me: taking the risk isn`t the problem. Ignoring a "no" is. Lean in. Respect the answer.
And the line I keep replaying:
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧`𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚. They`re often where the healing happens. Intimacy as medicine, not prize.
Twenty years after 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, the questions have only gotten more interesting.
All of this is feeding directly into something I`m building: a new workshop on the idea that 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲.
More on that soon.
#EstherPerel #HumanConnection #EmotionalIntelligence #Leadership
Art has a way of stretching your mind.
Frieze NY starts today, and I never go to art fairs just for the art.
I go for what happens around it.
The exhibitions across the city.
The conversations.
The themes artists are wrestling with.
The way they translate what is happening in the world into color, shape, image, and tension.
Art reminds me that there is never just one way to see something.
And that matters far beyond museums.
In relationships, leadership, and life, we grow when we allow our thinking to be challenged. When we stop treating different perspectives as threats, and start seeing them as invitations.
A different point of view is not always better or worse.
Sometimes, it simply helps us see life in full color. #PatriciaBathory #Art #Leadership
Art has a way of stretching your mind.
Frieze NY starts today, and I never go to art fairs just for the art.
I go for what happens around it.
The exhibitions across the city.
The conversations.
The themes artists are wrestling with.
The way they translate what is happening in the world into color, shape, image, and tension.
Art reminds me that there is never just one way to see something.
And that matters far beyond museums.
In relationships, leadership, and life, we grow when we allow our thinking to be challenged. When we stop treating different perspectives as threats, and start seeing them as invitations.
A different point of view is not always better or worse.
Sometimes, it simply helps us see life in full color. #PatriciaBathory #Art #Leadership
Two years ago, I walked on stage shaking.
Not from nerves. But from years of carrying something I had never said out loud.
My youngest daughter, Sabrina, was diagnosed with a rare syndrome.
And for a long time, four feelings overwhelmed me:
Fear. Resentment. Guilt. Shame.
I waited until the year she turned 18, and until she said yes.
Because it`s her story too.
But the moment I finally spoke?
I stopped being alone.
It took a village (and a lot of therapy) to help me process what I was feeling.
And when I shared it publicly?
People leaned in. Not away.
That`s what we get wrong about vulnerability.
It doesn`t weaken us. It connects us.
And connection is what carries us through.
👇 Here is part of the video from that unforgettable day — can you hear the emotion in my voice?
#YPOLAB #tbt #speaker #patriciabathory #connections
Two years ago, I walked on stage shaking.
Not from nerves. But from years of carrying something I had never said out loud.
My youngest daughter, Sabrina, was diagnosed with a rare syndrome.
And for a long time, four feelings overwhelmed me:
Fear. Resentment. Guilt. Shame.
I waited until the year she turned 18, and until she said yes.
Because it`s her story too.
But the moment I finally spoke?
I stopped being alone.
It took a village (and a lot of therapy) to help me process what I was feeling.
And when I shared it publicly?
People leaned in. Not away.
That`s what we get wrong about vulnerability.
It doesn`t weaken us. It connects us.
And connection is what carries us through.
👇 Here is part of the video from that unforgettable day — can you hear the emotion in my voice?
#YPOLAB #tbt #speaker #patriciabathory #connections
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
My husband has been part of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) since 2011, long before I ever stepped into one of their conferences. The organization, founded by Ray Hickok, exists to 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.
So when I’m in a room like this, I listen. Really listen.
Because these are leaders shaping companies, communities… and people.
Last week in Chicago, I heard Kwame Owusu-Kesse, the CEO of Harlem Children`s Zone say something I haven’t been able to shake:
“𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞.”
That’s the shift.
Not ego. Not status. Not control.
But becoming the person who clears the path.
This resonated so much because
that’s the work I’ve chosen:
To help people rise into their full potential.
#YPO #PatriciaBathory #LifelongLearning #Leadership
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𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
My husband has been part of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) since 2011, long before I ever stepped into one of their conferences. The organization, founded by Ray Hickok, exists to 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.
So when I’m in a room like this, I listen. Really listen.
Because these are leaders shaping companies, communities… and people.
Last week in Chicago, I heard Kwame Owusu-Kesse, the CEO of Harlem Children`s Zone say something I haven’t been able to shake:
“𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞.”
That’s the shift.
Not ego. Not status. Not control.
But becoming the person who clears the path.
This resonated so much because
that’s the work I’ve chosen:
To help people rise into their full potential.
#YPO #PatriciaBathory #LifelongLearning #Leadership
#YPOGlobalLeadershipConference