Lisa Gates – Someone’s Burdens Shouldn’t Be Yours

<p><strong>BIO: </strong>Lisa Gates is a leadership coach and career story sleuth who helps women strategically self-advocate so they are seen, heard, valued, and paid.</p><p><strong>STORY: </strong>Lisa’s husband got a 65 Mustang as payment for an $800 debt. They spent over $14,000 to repair the car and sold it for just $7,000.</p><p><strong>LEARNING: </strong>Don’t invest in something you don’t naturally value or have an interest in. Don’t let other people’s problems be yours.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="ql-align-center"><strong>“It’s never about the other person, even when it is.”</strong></blockquote><blockquote class="ql-align-center">Lisa Gates</blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Guest profile</h2><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisagates/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Lisa Gates</strong></a> is a leadership coach and career story sleuth who helps women strategically self-advocate so they are seen, heard, valued, and paid.</p><p>By building core narratives for every career context, from interviewing to networking to promotion, Lisa helps women capture the stories that demonstrate impact in action to break through the barriers of invisibility and exclusion.</p><p>With a career that spans from marketing and public relations to writing and acting, Lisa has become an expert at interviewing, pitching, negotiating, and storytelling.</p><p>Previously, she co-founded She Negotiates, an internationally recognized consulting and training firm, where she helped hundreds of women close their wage and leadership gaps. Her work has appeared on NPR, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Glamour, and elsewhere.</p><h2>Worst investment ever</h2><p>Someone owed Lisa’s husband about $800, which was a lot of money back then. One day her husband came home and said he’d got paid. Well, not in cash. The person had given Lisa’s husband a 65 Mustang. The car was a collector’s dream, but it needed an engine, a paint job, a Fender, a headliner, carpeting, and new upholstery.</p><