Honoring Kathy Kolbe

Video transcript: Everybody, my name is Jason Kupp. I am a 7292, and I have been Colby certified for almost 20 years and took the Colby A index almost 20 years ago. Right now. When I heard of Kathy Colby's passing, I was deeply affected because Kathy was not only someone who created this amazing theory that has been the benchmark of many things in my life, but she's also a friend and also a mentor. I have to share that the impact of Kathy and Colby Wisdom and Colby Corp and all the people connected to the Colby ecosystem has been profound for me. First, for me to understand my natural instincts, myself, and to work on me in having true understanding of what that was and to build a life around my natural instincts and really understanding conation at a very deep level. That was the first part of my journey. The second part of my journey was really understanding it to be able to teach. And that was when I'm reminded of a conversation that I had with Kathy early in my Colby career, where I sat with her at her home. It seemed like it was hours. It probably wasn't actually. I think it kind of was where she started off saying, jason, you were sick. And I said, no, no, Kathy, I'm completely fine. She goes, no, no, no, you're sick because you're not aligned with your conative traits, and you're not aligned. My business was demanding things of me that was not linked to my Colby A results, and she was totally right. As I did that deep dive, and she and I continued to talk and converse about that. It was very, very, very true. And that understanding and that realization, that hard conversation that I had to have with myself and a lot of, you know, real work that I had to do, really, about planning maybe 12, 15 years ago, was absolutely monumental. And since then have been able to affect the lives of thousands upon thousands of individuals, clients, friends, family. It has made a profound impact in my own life and my family's life, in our team's life and our business, and then also in all of our clients. Almost all of our clients use Colby Wisdom in some form, mostly in leadership development, mostly in team hand environments, and we are so grateful for that. Kathy, I'm just one of probably tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands or millions of people that are going to miss you. But I will promise you, and I'll promise anyone else that I have interaction with that I'm going to do my best to live your legacy on. To keep telling the story of natural instincts, to keep telling the story of conation and keep telling the story of Colby Wisdom and use that as this really monumental tool to help change people's lives. Kathy, love you. I love everything that you have done for me and so many others. You'll be dearly missed, but your legacy will not be. Thank you. Good night. Thank you. Rest well, my friend. You will be missed dearly.

Video transcript: Gotta admit, Kobe was an incredible influence on my life. A remarkable woman. Loaded. Loaded with wisdom and insight and caring and compassionate. One of the most compassionate people I've ever met. If I could get my eyes right on this screen, that would be terrific. But that's not going to happen. Anyway, rest in peace, lady. You were first class all the way.

Video transcript: My name is Michael Robey. My MO is 6482. And I'm not sure how this will go today because I don't think this is coming from my cognitive side. This is strictly from the affective as much as it can be, because Kathy touched my heart. Kathy was someone who changed my life. And she. She changed the lives, ultimately, I believe, of millions of other people, directly or indirectly. I always enjoyed my conversations with her and her interest in me as a person. And I always admired her passion for children first and foremost. That's where her heart was. But she wanted. She knew that hurt people. Hurt people. She knew that we could only make a difference in the world if we make a difference in the lives of children. So she did that through untold numbers of people like me, directly, as Colby Consultants. Colby Certified Consultants is a person who took the Colby assessment years ago and saw it changed my life. And I grieve because I miss my friend, and I grieve for her family and her friends and for all those that knew her so well. But I'm grateful. I'm so grateful that our paths crossed, and I'm so grateful that I had an opportunity to walk in the dust of her, who at some point was my rabbi, so to speak. I learned a lot from her, and I'm grateful for it. I also think very often about her family, and we grieve with them, but we celebrate them as well. I. I know there's a time for both, but the time for celebration is certainly there, for she did so much for so many. So, Kathy, we hope to see you on the other side. Be well, my friend.

Video transcript: Foreign. Hey, everybody, it's Deirdre 5491. I don't know if I can make this video without crying. I'm really sad to learn that Kathy has passed. So blessed. She changed my life. Kathy changed my life monumentally and gave me the knowledge and the gift to change so many other people's lives monumentally. I'll really miss her. We didn't speak a lot, but we didn't need to. Every time we saw each other twinkle in her eye. I remember at training, when I first got certified in 2009, we had done our A's and, you know, our Colby Index and Colby B index, she came up to me, she's like, you What? What's your problem? And I was like, what did I do? She was so direct and just funny. I said, what? What? What's wrong, Kathy? She said, why are you so off in your Quick start? You're nine in Quick start. You're only using three. I mean, she cared so much that each of us as consultants, as people, really got it and were able to help other people get it. And exponentially, how many people in the world have changed with this information? Things that make sense to them that may not have made sense before about them. So, I mean, I could go on and on. I am living my 9. I am living my 5491 every day. Grateful to be able to do that, and I'll miss her, but it's up to all of us to keep it going, and I know we will. So sending deepest condolences to David and your children, of course, and Amy and your children, spouses and significant others, and the whole Colby family. I mean, it's up to us now, and I know we can do it, and we will. So thank you. See you at our 50th year party and celebration of Kathy's life.

Video transcript: I have loved having my Colby profile for over 30 years. Being a 4492 and I always remember being trained. It's an entire person, all four digits matter is so helpful in not only my business work, but also in all relationships. In fact, I often say the Colby profile is the best marriage tool out there. It even though it was designed for business. I knew Kathy when I lived in Scottsdale, and her grandchildren and my children played on the same softball and baseball teams. And so we enjoyed spending time watching those children develop their own capabilities and opportunities as they pursued their true success. Again, love the definition, the freedom to be yourself. Thank you Kathy. And more importantly, thank you to David and Amy and all of the Colby team that is continuing the messaging around success being the freedom to be yourselves. Much appreciation.

Video transcript: Good afternoon, everybody. I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on today, reflect on the passing and contributions of Kathy Colby as the founder, originator and energizer bunny for the Colby Index and the Colby Axioms and the entire Colby organization over the the course of the last 50 years. This is a remarkable accomplishment on behalf of a woman who has grown a lot and contributed a lot to growth of our youth and our adult population. I am particularly thankful for both David, Amy and the rest of the Colby family for everything that they have done to share their brilliance, to shine their light on the capabilities that we all have to be great and to be successful in the chosen paths that we follow and the contributions that we make to the future generations of students throughout the globe, throughout the world. So I am with the family in terms of passing on my personal condolences to you as you move forward. I am proud and happy to represent the Colby brand in the marketplace, to be of service to as many people as I can, particularly university students here at Cal State University, San Marcos. So I appreciate your support, Amy, David and the entire crew of the Colby family. And, Kathy, we know that your light will continue to shine and guide us into the future as we continue to make our impacts with future generations of students studying your model, studying the axioms, and perfecting themselves as they move along their life journey. So I personally thank you for everything that you've done for all of us.

Video transcript: Several years ago I came and I learned about this class called Coby. And it was very unique. My background is in staffing and management and I've hired quite a few people. And I remember the owner of this company says, kevin, you really got to find out about this. This is a different way about how people are and how they interact with a company. And I've done so many different tests. I've done disposal, this predictive index, Myers, Briggs, et cetera. And he said it was really different and they needed to check it out. Fast forward a couple of years later and then as I'm building on my company, I learned one of the biggest problems that I had is that as I was placing people into the company, they weren't always fitting and they were perfect, but something was off and I couldn't understand the why. And then I realized that the person really shouldn't have been doing the job. They were very good at it because they had a lifetime of experience doing this. But what I found is that they had a lot of stress and tension. So when you do something long enough, you can become expert, but that's not what you should have designed. You're not designed and made to do that job. And so it was causing stress. Furthermore, I learned and more I started to dig is I've looked at people and I've seen people that have left families because they kind of get to that what is known as a midlife crisis that by the time they're 40, they're blaming it on their family. And too often what they'll look at is like, it's too late for me to leave. I got so much invested into this business, I gotta nut it up. But it's my wife's fault, it's my kid's fault. And then they go and get rid of the family, but they still keep that problem with them. And it's a repetitive cycle at that point. And that's when I met Kathy and I became a certified Kobe consultant. Wow, what an amazing person. Just her energy, enthusiasm, intelligence, but the ability to see so far around corners, to take a look at a person. And more importantly is just because the cognitive traits don't make you good for that position, it doesn't mean that that's not perfect because you are perfectly made. How you're made, what you need to be is aligned and aligning those people. And that's what I have done over the years, is I've looked at teams and companies and people and I'm like, you have this person and you know what my guess is you're constantly having a micromanage. This person that do it day in day, they're like, you're right, I do. Well, that's because that's not what they really are built to do. So. But let's do an analysis of your team. We look at the team, we find somebody else who is aligned with that, and we start to move some different tasks and responsibilities and roles around. Then the harmony of the team gets tighter because people are doing what they love. It's all getting done, and it's just getting done in a wonderful way. And this is Kathy. Kathy has been able to go into these companies and businesses indirectly with the Cobie assessments that are being done and made a tremendous impact on there. And this is something. What I really like more than anything else is it doesn't change. So from the way we are born to the way we end, our life is pretty much constant. It does not change. These are our natural traits, our natural abilities. There's a lot of things that we can learn, which is the reason you need to constantly take these other assessments. But the one thing we can always rely on is Kobe. The world is a much better place because what Kathy has left as a legacy behind. I am so grateful for this. This has impacted my life tremendously. I have it for all of my employees. I. I do it with other companies and people's lives have been changed that she could never, ever imagine. She'll be missed, but also celebrated. Thank you so very much for all of this, and I am so grateful her family is continuing this legacy for this very, very needed tool.

Video transcript: It's very sad to hear of the passing of Kathy Colby. Colby concept and Kathy specifically made a huge impact of my life. Kathy was a role model. She understood the strength and the struggle of humankind, and she lived it. I will remember forever my interactions with Kathy, Colby and the Colby team in general. I hope the world will know more about Colby and appreciate what Colby has to offer. It's life changing.

Video transcript: My name is Teresa Callahan and I am celebrating 20 years as a Colby Certified Consultant this year. Having heard the news of Kathy's passing, I think I'm one of the few privileged to have been trained personally by her. We were a small group when I first became certified and she led our three day certification. She later went on to provide a testimonial and endorsed a book that I published. She always talked to me straight. She was so loving and kind and what a legacy she has left for so many people around the world. Speak her praises all the time. I bleed Colby. All my clients get a dose of Colby and I'm just so grateful that I got to know her. She has left a huge impact on so many people around the globe and my heart goes out to Kathy's family and much love, many prayers, and may she rest in peace.