How to Achieve Corporate Success WITHOUT Being Ruthless - Cole Baker Bagwell

Do you have to be ruthless, or wear a mask, to get ahead at work? I sat down with mindset coach and kindness consultant Cole Baker Bagwell, who was the only woman in the room for most of her corporate career, and her answer is no.

Cole stuttered until middle school, had a near breakdown at 25, and found her way back through a yoga class that led her to meditation and therapy. We get into the bank meeting where two men cried after she had everyone close their laptops and breathe, why a six-figure commission cheque never made her happier, and her test for kindness: leave everyone and everything a little better.

She also shares how to stay kind when someone is cruel to you, and why she told me getting fired from my first engineering job was about the place, not me.