Today’s guest is all about REAL-ationship building.

He has created a unique twist to networking that transforms how and why professionals meet one another. After years of successfully growing his business through networking, he and his wife, Carol, founded Zero to 100™, an inclusive networking movement that operates on a global scale.

Focused on fostering a sense of belonging and gratitude and rooted in developing genuine and authentic connections in business and in life, the movement includes books, networking events, and a proprietary digital platform.

He has been recognized by the business community locally and abroad through numerous publications and awards, most recently Marquis Who’s Who in America. He made history in 2021, becoming the first African American in St Charles, Missouri’s 250-year history, to receive the Key to the City for his accomplishments and contributions to the well-being and success of the business community.

Please join me in welcoming Joseph Luckett.

In this episode, we discuss:

• his thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is the ability to gain followers. It is the ability to speak and do something and having those two things working congruently.”
• The impact “The Purpose Driven Life” had on him and how he influenced his family.
• “If you have no purpose, then what do you have?” The importance of knowing your purpose.
• Realizing that he needed to direct his energy and passion through the context of having to take Ritalin as a kid.
• Why he questioned the path he was on in school.
• How being adopted and being raised in a two-parent home really changed how he looked at the world.
• His love of video games and how they influenced his life.
• The opportunity he was given to go to California to teach breakdancing, only leaving that behind to go back home and help his mother.
• Developing an interest in business networking and realizing that the rooms he was walking into didn’t have people that looked like him.
• Understanding business networking even when running a coffee sales business and having customers seek networking advice.
• His refreshing outlook on coaching vs. consulting.
• The origin story of starting his current business with his wife.
• Why he values building a B.I.G. business – Belonging, Inclusive, Gratitude.
• How he has made an impact through the pandemic and race issues in the past years.
• What led him to write his book in the middle of the pandemic.
• How he nurtures and sustains his networks through double dates and gym invitations.

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