As we approach the end of the year, the tradition of receiving friends and families holiday cards, recapping their highlights of the past 12-months, are trickling in. I love this time of year to contemplate the milestones of the past year's successes, remember new acquaintances met and ponder lessons learned.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. Trust the dots will connect. This concept applies to when we meet people. Especially at events. When we are open, without an agenda, authentic connection happens. We may connect the dots later to find out why.

This powerful discussion topic was an invitation for our team to explore letting go of knowledge and opinions that are no longer serving us. Grant argues that our tendency to cling to our beliefs is ineffective. The world is always changing, and if we are not willing to change with it, we will fall behind.

Project Voice is on a mission to drive global business for voice tech and conversational AI companies. Last month they hosted their bi-annual event in Chattanooga, TN. A curated community of Voice Ai technology founders, leaders and enterprise partners, this 3-day gathering of voice technology.

Stephen Covey in his widely-acclaimed book titled The Seven Principles of Highly Effective People, illustrates what he calls the Abundance mindset. According to Covey, an abundance mindset is “a paradigm that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for everybody.

Recently a coaching colleague asked me, “what is Catalyst?” I explained, Catalyst focuses on market timing, product traction and team development to accelerate company growth while minimizing risk. Early stage deep tech founders and their teams tap into our global network.