Ep. 41: How giving connects us (w/ Pat Shea)

Prepare to gain a new perspective on giving from a powerhouse business woman who's co-founded a tech startup, run a non-profit, served on beaucoup boards and helped name the AMPstigator video podcast.

Pat Shea has provided background support for AMPstigator's efforts for the last 15 months, but now she makes her podcast debut with the lesson "How Giving Connects Us."

In this episode, Pat teaches you how to create a movement and shares why asking someone for money is actually doing them A FAVOR.

💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You follow AMPstigator on Instagram and loved the quotes you saw from Pat Shea
- You want to know more about the impact Pat had on AMPstigator and Lauren's roster of guests
- Pat's ideas around the power of giving are quite novel

📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Host Lauren Lowrey sharing her first connection with Pat Shea over smash-burgers and fries. The two women became fast friends and Shea even helped name the podcast.

• [14:07] Pat is known for her knack for raising money and in this episode she shares why! It may surprise you to learn when Pat asks for money she sees it as doing YOU a FAVOR. She explains how her belief is based in human behavior.
• [25:43] Pat also encourages us to check-in with our motives to give. Research shows when we give joyfully, we're much healthier. In this part of the episode, she shares how giving has always been a great tool for self-love.
• [40:29] Pat & Lauren gush over the James Webb Telescope images that show the universe still being created. Pat reflects on how images of star nurseries influence her belief that we're all connected.

Plus, find out what's next for Pat Shea [47:03] in the realms of giving, politics and fundraising.

 

🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:48 - How Pat Shea helped name this podcast
4:28 - Pat's personal story
8:01 - Pat co-founded a tech start-up in the giving space
13:30 - Pat's always been generous
14:07 - Fundraising is a favor to the giver
16:41 - Pat's lesson: How giving connects us
24:08 - You aren't on a solo journey
25:43 - Joyful giving is a form of self-love
28:14 - Health impacts of giving
33:31 - Pat has an internal purpose radar
35:13 - Pat is known for her 'LET'S DO IT' attitude
36:59 - What you give is often what you need
38:36 - Giving as a currency
40:29 - Lauren and Pat are obsessed with the James Webb Telescope images
42:28 - What things exist around us that we're unaware of?
47:07 - What's next for Pat Shea?
52:32 - Coming up next week on #AMPstigator


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