The Art of the Possibility: Leading a Non-Linear Life with Christine Brooks-Cappadocia

So you've used the word opportunity as one word that defines you and your path.

Yeah, definitely.

Opportunity is a word that I think really stands out when I think of you.

creating opportunities for others too.

So where does that come from? Is it wiring or did something teach you to see the world that way?

I think a little bit of both.

So I was raised by people who are very creative and my the joke is is when i got my first job in the canadian opera company my dad said oh i've been there i've worked there and when i got my first job at canadian stage my dad said oh i've worked there when i got my first actor card dad said i've been there my dad is a mining engineer so he should not have done any of these things but um where i he moved from being somebody who processed the metals in the concentrator it ran that for him to seeing what the devastation is on the Northern environment and thought, oh, we could do that better.

And so applied agency and fixed it.

My mother has literally run the world.

I'm not joking when I say she's had tea with Earl Grey, right? Like it's just everywhere I go, they've done something amazing.

And they live in a tiny little town in Northern Ontario, but they have truly been there, done that.

I'm in my family, I am the, least accomplished is often how i would think of myself up until i yeah still um my family my brother is also quite amazing but we've always been shown that if things don't quite work for you or if something happens to you that um maybe isn't as you would prefer or quite frankly could be right downright traumatic you have the power to, you still have power in every situation.

You have agency in every situation, right? You don't like something, see if you can influence and change that.

If something

happens to you that is out of your control, that's, you know, maybe devastating, you still have the control of how you react and how you respond.

So, you know, find where you have control in a situation and use it for your advantage.

And often if you're using it for your advantage, I would like to say most people are also think about, you know, if it's good for you, it's probably good for others.

And

maybe if it's only good for you, maybe it's not good for you either.

Right? Like if you're not exactly.

Yeah, I love that.

I always say, especially in business, those that can see possibilities of win-win, that is such a critical skill for interpersonal development, is try to see it from outside.

perspective not just yourself but of others and if we can win together then we're winning well exactly if we're both winning

we're winning if one of us is losing and one of us is winning are we winning yeah both of us but probably neither of us right

So you've used the word opportunity as one word that defines you and your path.

Yeah, definitely.

Opportunity is a word that I think really stands out when I think of you.

creating opportunities for others too.

So where does that come from? Is it wiring or did something teach you to see the world that way?

I think a little bit of both.

So I was raised by people who are very creative and my the joke is is when i got my first job in the canadian opera company my dad said oh i've been there i've worked there and when i got my first job at canadian stage my dad said oh i've worked there when i got my first actor card dad said i've been there my dad is a mining engineer so he should not have done any of these things but um where i he moved from being somebody who processed the metals in the concentrator it ran that for him to seeing what the devastation is on the Northern environment and thought, oh, we could do that better.

And so applied agency and fixed it.

My mother has literally run the world.

I'm not joking when I say she's had tea with Earl Grey, right? Like it's just everywhere I go, they've done something amazing.

And they live in a tiny little town in Northern Ontario, but they have truly been there, done that.

I'm in my family, I am the, least accomplished is often how i would think of myself up until i yeah still um my family my brother is also quite amazing but we've always been shown that if things don't quite work for you or if something happens to you that um maybe isn't as you would prefer or quite frankly could be right downright traumatic you have the power to, you still have power in every situation.

You have agency in every situation, right? You don't like something, see if you can influence and change that.

If something

happens to you that is out of your control, that's, you know, maybe devastating, you still have the control of how you react and how you respond.

So, you know, find where you have control in a situation and use it for your advantage.

And often if you're using it for your advantage, I would like to say most people are also think about, you know, if it's good for you, it's probably good for others.

And

maybe if it's only good for you, maybe it's not good for you either.

Right? Like if you're not exactly.

Yeah, I love that.

I always say, especially in business, those that can see possibilities of win-win, that is such a critical skill for interpersonal development, is try to see it from outside.

perspective not just yourself but of others and if we can win together then we're winning well exactly if we're both winning

we're winning if one of us is losing and one of us is winning are we winning yeah both of us but probably neither of us right