That’s my story.What’s yours?

David WilliamsPresident/CEOLeadership Memphis

The Sunrise ContextThe average person lives to see

25,000 sunrises during their lifetime

What are you doing with each of the sunrises given to you?

How many more sunrises do you have to do what you want to do?

How we use sunrises become our stories - and why stories matter…Most commonly stories describe

what we have done with our lives…Our stories define us to a degree… Stories can be used to visualize

where we are going with our lives… Stories teach us IF we are willing to

listen and learn from them…

The power of a story…The closest distance between two

people is a story…Two sides to a story – and it is

important to hear them both…Stories have a beginning, middle

and an end…Stories can live on and on and on…

Everybody has a story…

My story began day one…

My baby story…

My first community experience story…

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• 1 out of 4 people in Memphis has a bachelors degree or better

• 200,000 people in Memphis have started a degree but have not completed one

Lot’s of stories… Everyone has one (at least one) What’s your story? Is it written yet? Is it too late to start? Can your story be re-written? What do you want your story to be?

A community is a collection of stories… Stories are the history of its people The three “C’s” of a community story

Curiosity Courage Commitment

A few quotes of note….The greatest danger for most of

us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.

- Michelangelo

A few quotes of note…I cannot be all I ought to be until

you are all you ought to be.- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A few quotes of note… Every sunrise is filled with

potential – the potential for you to do something great – even in a small way, the potential for you to do something to make your community a better place – even in a simple way, and the potential to create a story from which others can learn – intentionally and in your own way.

- David Williams

That’s my story.

What’s yours?