Episode 43
Lift Like Betty White | LAYC43
LIFT LIKE BETTY - Lift As You Climb like Betty White
Betty White’s imprint on our lives is indelible.
Almost 100 years of living and millions of reasons she will be remembered for many lifetimes.
Let’s Be More Like Betty!
Here are a few ways you can:
- Laugh at yourself first.
- Smile when you walk into a room.
- Make room for others at the table.
- Be a mentor.
- Learn from everyone you can.
- Be generous and then, give even more.
- Get Up, Dress Up, and Show Up Every Damn Day!
- Don’t regret the number of candles on your cake. Celebrate the beauty of the glow from those candles.
- Flirt with Ryan Reynolds.
- Reinvent. Reinvent. Reinvent.
- Never tolerate mistreatment or disrespect of anyone or anything.
- Don’t accept no for an answer.
- Adopt a rescue or donate to an animal shelter.
- Exercise your gratitude muscle every day!
- Love without limits.
- Lift As You Climb!
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Betty White would turn 100 years on January 17, 2022.
I want to be more like Betty and I’m looking forward celebrating for her now and at my hundred birthday!
Here’s a few previous episodes that I hope will inspire your birthday plans:
https://lift-as-you-climb.captivate.fm/episode/two-thirds-of-a-century-and-climbing
https://lift-as-you-climb.captivate.fm/episode/do-epic-shit-layc22
Please excuse the delay on new episodes. I will be right back to weekly schedule after a minor reinvention and a little housekeeping.
About the Host:
Isabel Alexander
Your Next Business Strategist and Transformation Catalyst
Isabel Alexander's journey from modest beginnings to global recognition epitomizes entrepreneurial resilience and innovation. With over five decades of experience spanning diverse industries, she has become a driving force in shaping economic landscapes worldwide. Noteworthy accomplishments include founding a multimillion-dollar global chemical wholesale business and earning accolades such as Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women.
As a mentor and advocate, Isabel empowers women entrepreneurs through initiatives like the Lift As You Climb Movement and podcasts, guiding them from startup to maturity. Serving as Chief Encore Officer of The Encore Catalyst, she dedicates herself to coaching and educating emerging entrepreneurs. Her involvement in organizations like RenegadesReinventing.com and Femme on Fire underscores her commitment to leadership and business development.
Additionally, Isabel's advisory roles with government bodies and trade associations, such as Chair of the Canadian Association of Importers & Exporters, highlight her influence in shaping trade policies and fostering international relations.
Driven by her mantra, "Lift As You Climb," Isabel embodies the ethos of mutual growth and empowerment. With dual citizenship in Canada and the United States, she values her extensive family and embraces global connections through travel and professional engagements. Isabel Alexander's narrative serves as a beacon of inspiration, illustrating how visionary leadership and strategic advising can drive global entrepreneurship and economic independence forward.
Founder:
The Encore Catalyst Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/TheEncoreCatalyst )
and
Chief Encore Officer, The Encore Catalyst (www.theencorecatalyst.com) – an accelerator for feminine wisdom, influence, and impact.
also
Author & Speaker ‘Who Am I Now? – Feminine Wisdom Unmasked Uncensored’ https://whoaminowbook.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelannalexander/
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Transcript
Welcome, and happy new year.
Speaker:This is the first episode of the Lift As You Climb Podcast, recorded in 2022.
Speaker:And this is a special tribute episode to Betty White.
Speaker:I am so grateful that we have had 99 years of.
Speaker:you...
Speaker:Almost a hundred...
Speaker:Leading the way, blazing trails, setting examples, changing beliefs and
Speaker:attitudes, and lifting as you climbed.
Speaker:I cannot think of any single woman that I know in my lifetime, in my current
Speaker:lifetime, that has had so much impact.
Speaker:Done so, with style, panashe, humor and certainly lasting legacy impact.
Speaker:Thank you, Betty White.
Speaker:Thank you for being the entertainer, the business woman, the mentor.
Speaker:The forest ranger, the human rights and animal rights activist.
Speaker:Thank you for being at the top of, the pinnacle of success in an industry, the
Speaker:entertainment industry that you defied...
Speaker:The standards of age, youth and beauty.
Speaker:You made new standards.
Speaker:You are beautiful.
Speaker:And witty.
Speaker:And so, so, so irreverent and I am grateful to you, for all of that.
Speaker:I started out thinking how much you've been a part of my life, even
Speaker:though I was born 32 years after you.
Speaker:And yet you seem to have always been there, in so many different capacities.
Speaker:And so I looked at your Wikipedia page...
Speaker:Turns out it's much more than a page.
Speaker:It's like an entire volume, because there's so much to say about
Speaker:what you did in your lifetime.
Speaker:In fact, there were 134 references alone at this point.
Speaker:You have been honored and awarded and applauded, but you were also
Speaker:challenged and put down and held back at different times in your
Speaker:life, but that never stopped you.
Speaker:Betty White, you kept on climbing...
Speaker:And while you did so, you lifted, you mentored, and cheerleaded, and
Speaker:donated and established new ways and new standards in so many areas.
Speaker:Not only were you a consummate entertainer, comedian, singer dancer,
Speaker:actress, model, director, producer.
Speaker:Everything!
Speaker:And let's mention host of Saturday Night Live...
Speaker:The oldest living person on record at 88, to be the host of that show.
Speaker:It's what you have done in many, many areas...
Speaker:That will live long after you...
Speaker:A continuing legacy and testament to who you were.
Speaker:And who we all should aspire to be more of.
Speaker:I want to thank you.
Speaker:Thank you, Betty, for lifting our spirits, lifting our eyes up to
Speaker:see when things were not right...
Speaker:To racial injustice, to animal mistreatment, to age-ism and sexism...
Speaker:That was wrong.
Speaker:That you said, hell no to...
Speaker:And overcame all of those things.
Speaker:You paved the way for so many behind you.
Speaker:You constantly reinvented yourself.
Speaker:You were, and always will be a Renegade that I aspire to be more of.
Speaker:I want to say thank you again, Betty, and to challenge all of the
Speaker:listeners, to be more like Betty.
Speaker:To live with a sense of humor, a sense of fairness, a sense of generosity.
Speaker:To tirelessly pursue living and loving your life to the max.
