Grit Meets Growth

About Grit Meets Growth

Chris Cathers and John Gamades bring you Grit Meets Growth... The podcast where we explore the power of getting uncomfortable, making things happen, and creating a magnetic life. Are you ready? Chris Cathers is the co-founder and CEO of Octellient, an information security expert, advisor and coach, and a cancer survivor. John Gamades is a co-founder and partner at the marketing agency OrangeBall Creative and the author of the Depth Not Width blog. Both are proud husbands, dads, and leaders in all they do. Having experienced adversity, challenges, the pressure of being entrepreneurs, Grit Meets Growth is the authentic and raw sharing of their journeys.

Publisher

Grit Meets Growth Podcast

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 May 2021

Latest episode

13 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

21 of 137 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Who Gets the Best Version of You? - Episode 136

   Host [Host Name] explores how to prioritize loved ones over work by being truly present, offering insights into intentionality and slowing down.

2. 

   15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Who Are You Becoming And Is It Who You Want to Be? - Episode 135

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name] about how daily habits and choices shape character, guiding listeners to intentionally become the person they desire.

3. 

   1 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Growth Hidden in Life’s Crashes and Comebacks - Episode 134

   Host John and Host Chris explore how life's inevitable crashes become opportunities for profound growth and resilience.

Inside a recent episode

Who Gets the Best Version of You? - Episode 136

Published 13 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] He hung out with his closest friends, and when he was with them, they talked. I mean, the stories are endless about how he was present with people. And I think, like, take what you want about Christian faith. Like, maybe that's your jam, maybe it's not. But the example of Jesus is pretty dynamite when it comes to this conversation about giving people our attention. Yeah. No, that's, wow. That one hits. Yeah. and it hits because how many times is my body in the room but my mind is elsewhere mine's still and still at work or worse yet it's already thinking about the future and the things that i have to do shannon laughed at me the other day because i have i have sticky notes and i have notes all over the place they're stuck to the bottom of my monitor they're on my laptop she's laughing at me and I said, Hey, it's the only way that I can keep track of stuff. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

38,690

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 75 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

85