Jeff and Yogi and the Power of Sharing Your Story

Jeff shares a heart-wrenching story about the kid's at his son's high school raising money for Josh, whose grandfather was hit and killed by a car while picking him up from the bus. He felt powerless and knew he needed to do something to help make it right. After meeting with a bunch of guys, they decided to build him a house from scratch. 

Bart met him after hearing this story and brought a camera crew to help tell the story. This led to a lifetime friendship between the two. Later, Jeff introduced him to Yogi. Jeff felt called to serve at the AME church in Birmingham and believed Bart's communication courses could benefit some of the women at his church. 

So Bart, already committed to the power of story, spent 3 days unpacking some powerful communication tools for Yogi and the women at the AME Church.

Although she was currently a performer, she felt it would be important for her to attend. She has gone through many struggles in her life and went into it with the attitude of learning to tell her story with courage and heart. One of her key takeaways was thinking of the audience and what they take away or remember from your story.

Yogi shared about the challenges she faced, how she overcame them, and the lessons that she can share with you that can apply to your life.

Jeff shares his experience of being a white man in a predominantly black church and what he has learned from his experience.

Jeff has learned the lesson of relevant vulnerability. Being able to share our weaknesses and what we have overcome is more impactful. Our words are containers that hold things. They either hold people up or tear them down. 

Three keys that Yogi hit on:

Know your audienceThe simplicity of the message is critical, not volume.Knowing what the result is

Key takeaways that Jeff hit on:

Be vulnerableKnowing the right time to share

Bart shares his cancer experience and completely losing his voice and the resulting goals he added to his life.