"Part 11: Read Carl Jeffrey Wright’s In Search of Heroes Interview and Become Inspired" by Ralph Zuranski
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Ralph Zuranski: When you are vision casting a lot of people put money there and many other things. Do you think that it’s valuable to know exactly how much money or whatever your goal is that you want to have in whatever bank account, in your spiritual bank account, in your emotional bank account or just regular bank account and have a specific date for the accomplishment of that goal?
Jeff Wright: The more specific the goal, the more clear and definite the outcome that you seek, the better your chances of accomplishing it. And I would say that’s true whether it’s money or any other goal that you set. It has to be clear.
Jeff Wright: If you don’t know when, how much, exactly what it’s going to look like, okay, the exact denominations, the $20s, $50s, $100s and what you are going to have, you are less able to get there.
Jeff Wright: I just think that people who focus purely on the money, which is just a tool. Dennis Peacock says, “Money is nothing but foldable time.” It’s a resource for some other purpose and it shouldn’t be an end in and of itself.
Ralph Zuranski: What is your definition of heroism? Helping to create the Guardian Line, which talks about heroes in form of angels and people that intercede in the lives of humans, what is your definition of heroism?
Jeff Wright: A hero is one who has sacrificed his life to be used by God so that God can accomplish what God wants to accomplish in life.
Ralph Zuranski: Did you ever create a secret hero in your mind that helped you deal with life’s difficulties?
Jeff Wright: A secret hero I never had. I have to say that I tried to use as many examples from Scripture as I can in my life to help me overcome obstacles or to achieve the successes.
Jeff Wright: One of the things that has helped me is looking at individuals who have accomplished and knowing that a particular goal is achievable because someone has already done it. I tend to think that first and foremost, of course, having the mother and the father that I did and seeing their lives from poverty in the South to success in their careers and in my mother’s case in particular, overcoming obstacles like being handicapped, a word we never used in our home, that helped me tremendously.
Jeff Wright: So seeing these individuals who aren’t secret so much but just public examples helped me deal with difficulties in life and to just get to the accomplishments that I’ve accomplished.
Ralph Zuranski: What were the qualities and attributes of your real life heroes when you were growing up?
Jeff Wright: People who were focused. People who set goals and achieved them. People who overcame their fears. People who understood the discipline and perseverance and maintaining virtue and operating with the purity of Biblical worldview would bring about the results that all of us would want to be a part of or would like to achieve. Those are some of the qualities and the attributes.
Ralph Zuranski: Who are the heroes in your life now?
Jeff Wright: My wife is a tremendous hero in my life right now. Lakita Garth is doing and has done a tremendous amount of work mentoring and being an example to young people that you can live a virtuous life, that you can adhere to qualities that would make you a better person.
Jeff Wright: She’s poured her life out into millions of young people around the country and around the world and she is a tremendous hero to me. She’s done it at great personal sacrifice and I have the great blessing of being able to be married to her right now.
Jeff Wright: I also believe just tremendously in the work and the results that the life of Melvin Banks who founded Urban Ministries represents. I think that he is a great hero for all of us, both in terms of Christian entrepreneurship as well as pursuing a vision. One man leaving the comfort of a secure job and possibly a reasonable future to take care of his family, to sacrifice and create UMI, to create the company that today touches millions of individuals.
Jeff Wright: Then there are some people that we all know. I think Oprah is a hero. When I look at what she’s done in the area of bringing a positive voice in media. I wish she were more overt and explicit in her faith in Jesus Christ if it’s there, and I hope it is, but despite that I can’t help but celebrate the positive content that she brings to televised media.
Jeff Wright: I appreciate Dennis Peacock and the work that he has done in trying to develop and propagate a Biblical worldview that goes beyond simply getting people saved but getting to a point of transformation in life. And there are many, many others.