Meet Wynne Leon

We recently connected with Wynne Leon and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Wynne, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?

After 25 years as a collaboration consultant, I was challenged to define what I know when I was laid off from my job. I had to synthesize the big picture beyond the specifics of the software that I specialize in and have written books about. It required digging in to what hundreds of projects working with teams and companies has taught me about how people collaborate.

I realized that my purpose lies in how to help people share. For every file that we share, we set the audience, permissions, and timeframe that we want to share. But the same framework helps us to share everything else as well: tools, stories, wisdom and trust.

When I connected the dots, I could see sharing as a thru line so much of my life. As the youngest of three children, much of what I had growing up was the clothes and toys others shared with me. As a parent with two kids, I’ve been teaching my kids how to share. As a podcaster, I help others share their story. As a volunteer, I want my time and contributions to be shared in a way that makes a difference. As a writer, I try to effectively share my story so that it connects to and helps someone else. As a friend, I lend an ear, a helping hand, and experiences in order to build that shared history.

Sharing is in almost everything we do. We want to do it well so that we connect with others in meaningful ways and pass on information. It’s what sets apart the human race – our ability to share and cooperate on a global level.

Our news channels are filled with examples of how divided and broken we are. I’m so grateful to have connected with my purpose as a writer, podcaster, mom and professional to help spread the stories of how we share well and what we can do to collaborate better. It’s my purpose and I’m so grateful to share my story here. Please listen or watch to my podcast, How to Share.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

I host a podcast called How to Share that celebrates the art of teaching, learning, giving and growing. It features in-depth conversations with authors, executives, creatives, community leaders and other experts.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

The three things that have helped me the most have been a willingness to try, meditation, and having encouraging people in my life.

My willingness to try was strengthened when I became a mountain climber. It established a work ethic based on putting one foot in front of another. I came to see that conditions, whether internal or external, make it so not every attempt meant reaching the summit. But I can still enjoy the experience with every effort and focus on what I can learn from every route taken – and not taken.

Learning to meditate when I was in my 40’s helped create a practice to cultivate gratitude, see the big picture, and start the day off in a grounded fashion. Coupled with writing, I have built a morning practice that helps me to lean in to challenges in a way that is aware and centered.

I was lucky to have a dad that was an enthusiastic encourager. He helped me not only see my own potential but also to know what kind of relationships I want to cultivate in the people around me. It really makes a difference in setting the tone for my life and what I want to give to others.

Awesome, really appreciate you opening up with us today and before we close maybe you can share a book recommendation with us. Has there been a book that’s been impactful in your growth and development?

The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo. It has so much wisdom that has been transformative to me like:
– we are rare, not perfect
– imagine the chick’s experience as the egg cracks open. It must feel as if its world is falling apart. But then it eats the shell as fuel for what comes next in its much expanded life.
– the flow of life is often where the current is strongest. It takes courage to paddle into the stream and let it take you where you are supposed to be next.

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