Honest Moments and Failing Faster, Beate Chelette, Author of The Women’s Code

Season 2: Episode #18

Honest Moments and Failing Faster, Beate Chelette, Author of The Women’s Code

Despite enduring multiple personal and business disasters that led her to start and restart her personal finance journey, Beate Chelette never gave up. She’s a firm believer and a solid example of self-determination, being a first-generation immigrant to the US. For no other reason, make sure you listen to this episode to learn which three questions you need to ask yourself in a moment of complete honesty.

Accumulating debt throughout a decade, including a riot, an earthquake, floods, fires, 9/11, and lawsuits
Losing her business and income multiple times
Borrowing money to pay interest on borrowed money
Starting a business because she felt otherwise unemployable
Your successes and failures are your own, not the fault or the result of a system
Having an honest moment with yourself to determine if life is happening to you, life is happening for you, or you’re making like happen
Clarifying your mindset is at the root of success
The moment in nether Bavaria in front of a Baroque church that seems to define her life
Surrendering control over every aspect of life (let God/let go)
The White House letter that answered her plea and helped her restructure her debt
The reason behind the writing of her book
Putting in the work to succeed requires you to take risks and get out of your comfort zone
Leaving home before 17 because of the challenges of a parent’s mental illness
Worrying about bills just twice a month
It doesn’t matter where you are or what the future looks like now, you need to trust this is not your destination
Imagine a light switch in every room in which you find yourself in life
Use failure as a strategy, fail faster, and think of failures as the stop signs of life