2 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:5.00

Cathrine Ann’s Followers (12)

Cathrine’s Bookshelves

to-read (2)
currently-reading (1)
read (1)

Cathrine’s Friends (64)

Roxanne

42,117 books | 229 friends

Cathy

896 books | 58 friends

Manuel

834 books | 136 friends

Leila Summers

296 books | 419 friends

Jen Knox

1,606 books | 3,609 friends

Keith

1 book | 106 friends

Penny Jennings

8 books | 40 friends

Jill Bailey

4 books | 12 friends

More friends…

Cathrine Ann

Goodreads Author

Born

in Toronto, Canada

Website

http://www.cathrineann.com

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Women & Gender Studies

Member Since

September 2010

edit data

Cathrine Ann's credentials include quitting school after completing grade eight when she was fifteen and pregnant, along with having more jobs than she can remember; the majority of which, she was fired from.

After enduring a childhood of poverty and neglect and being raised by alcoholic parents, she overcame more challenges and obstacles in her life than might seem humanly possible or fair.
Being a young mother without a formal education or positive role model and suffering from ADD and a learning disability, she eventually found herself in jail, on probation, and doing whatever she could to survive and as she puts it, "continually trying to even the odds" for what she didn't get or have growing up, including an education.

Through all her hig Cathrine Ann's credentials include quitting school after completing grade eight when she was fifteen and pregnant, along with having more jobs than she can remember; the majority of which, she was fired from.

After enduring a childhood of poverty and neglect and being raised by alcoholic parents, she overcame more challenges and obstacles in her life than might seem humanly possible or fair.
Being a young mother without a formal education or positive role model and suffering from ADD and a learning disability, she eventually found herself in jail, on probation, and doing whatever she could to survive and as she puts it, "continually trying to even the odds" for what she didn't get or have growing up, including an education.

Through all her highs and mostly lows, she even tried to become a Medical Doctor. Forging University transcripts helped get her into a prestigious Medical College, but when it was discovered that she had "embellished" her transcripts, she did what she always did when in trouble: she fled: right into the arms of the mob and a street life, that was just about as ruthless and low as a human being could possibly go.

When she turned 40, Cathrine met a man who was the first person in her life to ever believe in her and her dreams of doing better - even starting her own business. It was then that she went from living a life of despair, to having a life that she could only otherwise dream of living.

Cathrine credits her many struggles and challenges, with her eventual success in becoming a multi-award winning entrepreneur and celebrated Canadian business leader.

As the President of Consumer Connection Inc., she helps clients increase revenue and market share, by specially designing programs that work to meet or surpass their customer service objectives (Mystery Shopping, Employee Incentive Programs, Employee Training Programs, Competitive Analysis and Customer Service Seminars.)

As a much-in-demand inspirational speaker, and now an author, Cathrine's one in a million true rags to riches story, will continue to deeply touch the lives and hearts of audiences and readers from all walks of life, and her message couldn't come at a better time.

Cathrine's mantra is: Dream it. Believe it. Be it.

Beautiful Buttons is a rough, raw, remarkably candid and often surprisingly funny portrait of a life lived and redeemed. Cathrine went from being homeless, broke and unemployed (and worse) into a multi-business award winning entrepreneur and business leader. Cathrine’s story is about believing in yourself and your own abilities. ...more

2 posts
Cathrine Ann's Blog

Pursuit of Dreams Trumps Balance

I received an e-mail recently, inviting me to attend a Seminar for budding entrepreneurs. They were offering courses on how to become a huge business success. I scanned the topics and one course in particular, caught my attention: ‘How to become a greater success by becoming more balanced.’

I clenched my very stressed out, entrepreneurial jaw hard, shook my head and said aloud, ‘Balance, Schmalanc Read more of this blog post »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on July 29, 2011 13:54

View all 2 posts »

Combine Editions
Cathrine Ann’s books

Average rating: 3.36 · 92 ratings · 15 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The beautiful buttons : a memoir 3.38 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful Buttons: A Memoir of Survival and Triumph 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Cathrine is Currently Reading

Cathrine Ann rated a book it was amazing

The beautiful buttons : a memoir

by Cathrine Ann (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Sep 07, 2010 07:36PM

Quotes by Cathrine Ann (?)

“I fell. I got up. I fell again. I got up again. Even when I fell on my face, I was still falling forward.”
― Cathrine Ann, The beautiful buttons : a memoir

6 likes

Cathrine’s Quotes

“I fell. I got up. I fell again. I got up again. Even when I fell on my face, I was still falling forward.”
― Cathrine Ann, The beautiful buttons : a memoir

6 likes

Cathrine’s Friend Comments

No comments have been added yet.