Cat Johnson Co
@catjohnsonco.bsky.social
I help coworking pros learn, share and connect.
💻 Host of Coworking Convos
🙌 Founder of The Lab community for indie coworking brands
📚 Author of The Daily Co
https://catjohnson.co
💻 Host of Coworking Convos
🙌 Founder of The Lab community for indie coworking brands
📚 Author of The Daily Co
https://catjohnson.co
If you don't know who’s in your coworking space, neither do your other members.
So everyone’s walking around doing the polite nod in the hallway that's a red flag that people aren’t thriving in your space.
Because they're just utilizing your desks, coffee and wifi while working among strangers.
😱
So everyone’s walking around doing the polite nod in the hallway that's a red flag that people aren’t thriving in your space.
Because they're just utilizing your desks, coffee and wifi while working among strangers.
😱
March 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If you don't know who’s in your coworking space, neither do your other members.
So everyone’s walking around doing the polite nod in the hallway that's a red flag that people aren’t thriving in your space.
Because they're just utilizing your desks, coffee and wifi while working among strangers.
😱
So everyone’s walking around doing the polite nod in the hallway that's a red flag that people aren’t thriving in your space.
Because they're just utilizing your desks, coffee and wifi while working among strangers.
😱
I’m starting to think that life is a black swan event.
February 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m starting to think that life is a black swan event.
This is a calming, must-listen.
I'd encourage everyone who thinks this administration is abhorrent to listen to this episode (14m)
I've sent this to some of my most mainstream media-skeptical friends, my most informed peers, my most news-guzzling pals alike. All felt it was shockingly useful.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
I've sent this to some of my most mainstream media-skeptical friends, my most informed peers, my most news-guzzling pals alike. All felt it was shockingly useful.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Don't Believe Him
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m
podcasts.apple.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is a calming, must-listen.
A great coworking space needs a thriving community.
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A thriving community needs thriving members.
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Thriving members need a sense of belonging, support, and connection.
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Start with your members and work your way out.
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A thriving community needs thriving members.
⬇️
Thriving members need a sense of belonging, support, and connection.
⬇️
Start with your members and work your way out.
January 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A great coworking space needs a thriving community.
⬇️
A thriving community needs thriving members.
⬇️
Thriving members need a sense of belonging, support, and connection.
⬇️
Start with your members and work your way out.
⬇️
A thriving community needs thriving members.
⬇️
Thriving members need a sense of belonging, support, and connection.
⬇️
Start with your members and work your way out.
People can copy what you do, but they can't copy who you are.
If you want to supercharge your brand and business building efforts, lean in to the things people can't copy:
- Your vision
- Your values
- Your vibe
- Your experience
- Your community
- Your story
Step forward and lead.
If you want to supercharge your brand and business building efforts, lean in to the things people can't copy:
- Your vision
- Your values
- Your vibe
- Your experience
- Your community
- Your story
Step forward and lead.
January 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
People can copy what you do, but they can't copy who you are.
If you want to supercharge your brand and business building efforts, lean in to the things people can't copy:
- Your vision
- Your values
- Your vibe
- Your experience
- Your community
- Your story
Step forward and lead.
If you want to supercharge your brand and business building efforts, lean in to the things people can't copy:
- Your vision
- Your values
- Your vibe
- Your experience
- Your community
- Your story
Step forward and lead.
Sharing your vision, values and vibe can transform your work and your life.
Here are three questions to help you get started:
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Here are three questions to help you get started:
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January 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sharing your vision, values and vibe can transform your work and your life.
Here are three questions to help you get started:
👇
Here are three questions to help you get started:
👇
You’re capable of a lot more than you think you are.
But you have to put yourself out there to find out who you are and what you have to offer the world.
But you have to put yourself out there to find out who you are and what you have to offer the world.
January 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You’re capable of a lot more than you think you are.
But you have to put yourself out there to find out who you are and what you have to offer the world.
But you have to put yourself out there to find out who you are and what you have to offer the world.
The cure for imposter syndrome is a service mindset.
Get out of your head and focus on the people you serve.
Get out of your head and focus on the people you serve.
January 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The cure for imposter syndrome is a service mindset.
Get out of your head and focus on the people you serve.
Get out of your head and focus on the people you serve.
Thought leadership isn’t something you do once and move on.
It’s what you do day-in and day-out, year-in and year-out.
It’s who you are.
It’s what you do day-in and day-out, year-in and year-out.
It’s who you are.
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Thought leadership isn’t something you do once and move on.
It’s what you do day-in and day-out, year-in and year-out.
It’s who you are.
It’s what you do day-in and day-out, year-in and year-out.
It’s who you are.
Trying to fit in is holding you back.
Trust your story.
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Trust your story.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Trying to fit in is holding you back.
Trust your story.
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Trust your story.
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“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Focus on your ideas.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Focus on your ideas.
December 27, 2024 at 2:33 PM
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Focus on your ideas.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Focus on your ideas.
Community building is simple, but not easy. Here are 3 truths:
1. If you don’t know who’s in your community, neither do your other members.
2. Real connection takes time and many touch points.
3. You have a unique role as the community builder but you’re still part of the community.
Keep going.
1. If you don’t know who’s in your community, neither do your other members.
2. Real connection takes time and many touch points.
3. You have a unique role as the community builder but you’re still part of the community.
Keep going.
December 23, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Community building is simple, but not easy. Here are 3 truths:
1. If you don’t know who’s in your community, neither do your other members.
2. Real connection takes time and many touch points.
3. You have a unique role as the community builder but you’re still part of the community.
Keep going.
1. If you don’t know who’s in your community, neither do your other members.
2. Real connection takes time and many touch points.
3. You have a unique role as the community builder but you’re still part of the community.
Keep going.
To reach true platform status, Bluesky must balance its appeal to publishers with a broader ecosystem that includes creators, public figures, and everyday users. Success lies in building a platform that feels indispensable to many, not just one segment.”
digiday.com/marketing/ho...
digiday.com/marketing/ho...
How Bluesky hopes to win over publishers (and users)
Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok have tried to keeps eyeballs glued. Bluesky is pitching publishers on trust and traffic.
digiday.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:05 PM
To reach true platform status, Bluesky must balance its appeal to publishers with a broader ecosystem that includes creators, public figures, and everyday users. Success lies in building a platform that feels indispensable to many, not just one segment.”
digiday.com/marketing/ho...
digiday.com/marketing/ho...
Want to stay focused and inspired as a community leader?
Get into service mindset and stay there.
Get into service mindset and stay there.
December 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Want to stay focused and inspired as a community leader?
Get into service mindset and stay there.
Get into service mindset and stay there.
Having interesting ideas is one thing.
Bringing those ideas into the world is something else entirely.
Bringing those ideas into the world is something else entirely.
December 11, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Having interesting ideas is one thing.
Bringing those ideas into the world is something else entirely.
Bringing those ideas into the world is something else entirely.
I’m quite happy with how this clip turned out. But it’s getting sh*t views so I’m sharing it here for fun.
Puzzles and books and book puzzles.
Puzzles and books and book puzzles.
December 9, 2024 at 1:11 AM
I’m quite happy with how this clip turned out. But it’s getting sh*t views so I’m sharing it here for fun.
Puzzles and books and book puzzles.
Puzzles and books and book puzzles.
Anyone else really enjoy sitting in the dark with the Christmas tree lights and a warm cuppa?
Totally worth getting up at 5:30 to have this quiet time.
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Totally worth getting up at 5:30 to have this quiet time.
🎄
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Anyone else really enjoy sitting in the dark with the Christmas tree lights and a warm cuppa?
Totally worth getting up at 5:30 to have this quiet time.
🎄
Totally worth getting up at 5:30 to have this quiet time.
🎄
“One of the fundamental psychological motives behind sports fandom is the human need for belonging and social identity. Sports teams provide a sense of #community and belongingness, allowing individuals to feel connected to something larger than themselves.”
www.yellowbrick.co/blog/sports/...
www.yellowbrick.co/blog/sports/...
The Power of Sports Fandom: Exploring the Psychology - Yellowbrick
Unveiling the Psychology of Sports Fandom: Explore why fans passionately support teams, the social and emotional impacts, and the intriguing benefits and drawbacks.
www.yellowbrick.co
December 3, 2024 at 11:53 PM
“One of the fundamental psychological motives behind sports fandom is the human need for belonging and social identity. Sports teams provide a sense of #community and belongingness, allowing individuals to feel connected to something larger than themselves.”
www.yellowbrick.co/blog/sports/...
www.yellowbrick.co/blog/sports/...
Once more:
“Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.”
“Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.”
We pay too much attention to the most confident voices—and too little attention to the most thoughtful ones.
Conviction is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.
It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.
Conviction is not a sign of credibility. Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.
It's better to learn from complex thinkers than smooth talkers.
December 3, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Once more:
“Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.”
“Speaking assertively is not a substitute for reflecting deeply.”
If I have a book, a sketchbook and a Micron 03 pen, I’m seriously good for days.
December 3, 2024 at 3:01 AM
If I have a book, a sketchbook and a Micron 03 pen, I’m seriously good for days.
I just heard someone describe our world as crowded loneliness.
December 2, 2024 at 1:29 PM
I just heard someone describe our world as crowded loneliness.
Out: Trying to find your place in this world.
In: Creating the world you want to live in.
In: Creating the world you want to live in.
December 2, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Out: Trying to find your place in this world.
In: Creating the world you want to live in.
In: Creating the world you want to live in.