Episode 104: Are You Courageous Enough to Make Really Big Decisions?? | Betsy Markey, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

• March 18, 2021

“You can’t make a decision without being brave enough to acknowledge that you might fail. You may not always succeed, but you will be a better person for it.” —Betsy Markey

Have you ever been faced with needing to make a big decision where the responsibility for consequences rests mostly on your shoulders? Did the thought of failing give you anxiety about making the wrong choice?

Betsy Markey, Executive Director for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, joins Carla to talk about big decisions, potential failures, bravery and lessons.

Betsy has had a wide range of experiences, including as a business owner, a public servant at the federal level, and now working for the greater good of Colorado. She talks about empathy being a guiding principle in all of the work she has done, especially while leading her team through this pandemic. Betsy also dives into cultivating the courage to do things where you might fail. She talks candidly about her experiences with failure and the lessons she has learned.

Betsy is one of North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers, and she has a lot of inspiring, refreshing, creative and motivating insights. Tune in now!

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