Episode #130: Let's Connect, Level Up, and Then Level Up Others with Vernon Wright

          <br />Vernon Wright is an entrepreneur, speaker, life coach, consultant, and leader. He has over 2 decades of experience in education working in large, urban school districts and has previously served in the roles of teacher, teacher leader, campus leadership team member, and district-level support, and even impacted educators on a global scale. <br />Vernon has brought his unique style and combination of insight, storytelling, experience, humor, authenticity, and epiphanies to audiences for years. He knows that real change begins when we’re engaged in learning and within our hearts are committed to creating a vision for future impact. Vernon is committed to a life of elevating others with a relentless focus on informing minds and touching hearts around the globe. <br />You mentioned the power of purpose. Can you share your WHY?<br />All of us have a purpose to be here. Our why involves a plan for us to live out our purpose. I realized that being on earth is more than about me. My WHY is about elevating others. When I think of my WHY, I remember Zig Ziglar’s quote: <br />You can have everything in life you want if <br /> you will just help other people get what they want.<br /><br /><br /><br /> ProTip: Point of Reflection<br />"Do I have clarity of who I am? Stop and really think about your identity.<br />Are you living someone else’s dreams or are you living yours?”<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Scaling Leadership, Power of Mentoring<br />When you realize you are a content provider, you can connect the dots. If there is a major event in society, education, or something else, and someone has reached out to you, you have influence. If they ask you to help them understand, process, or unpack it, you have influence. <br />John Maxwell quoted in his book, Five Levels of Leaderships, <br />if you have influence, you are a leader. If you have influence, you have power.<br /><br /><br /><br /> ProTip: Building Authentic Connections<br />Leaders can build connections by asking the people they lead the<br />foll