Randal Wright: Learning and Improving through Life
All In
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4.8 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Years ago, while sitting alone in a hospital waiting room as his wife had an emergency C-section, Randal Wright made a commitment to God as he called upon the powers of heaven to help his wife safely deliver their newborn child. In that commitment, he promised that for the rest of his life he would look for important lessons. Not only would he look for those lessons, he would record them and share them. The Lord protected and preserved the lives of Randal's wife and child, and in return, Randal has kept his promise to God. On today’s episode, Randal reveals the power of sharing our experiences and learning from the experiences of others to inspire us to be better and live life to its fullest.
“The first thing I say in the morning is ‘I’m alive.’"
Show Notes
3:21- Why Teach in Stories?
10:04- 3-Word Journal
18:24- Using Stories in Teaching Effectively
29:49- Integrity=Doing What You’ll Say You Can Do
39:05- Early to Bed, Early to Rise
59:49- What Does It Mean to Be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
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| 0:00.0 | Each year, if you want to get a seat in Randall Wright's Education Week class, you have to arrive early. |
| 0:06.4 | If you arrive too late, you'll end up in the overflow and sometimes even that is full. |
| 0:11.7 | If you've been in Randall's class, you love his Texas twing and his incredible stories. |
| 0:17.1 | With Education Week not happening in person this year, I thought I would bring you one of my absolute favorite gospel teachers ever on this week's episode. |
| 0:26.7 | I hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:28.8 | Randall A. Wright received bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees in family studies. |
| 0:34.9 | He taught in the Religion Department at BYU and was the Institute Director at the Austin Institute next to the University of Texas Austin, where he still teaches Institute classes. |
| 0:46.2 | In addition to Education Week, he worked with the especially for youth program for years. |
| 0:51.6 | He is the author of several books, including the Book of Mormon Miracle, the Three-Word Journal, making everyday meaningful and achieving your life mission. |
| 1:00.7 | He and his wife, Wendy, love to travel and have been to every temple in the United States, Canada, and England. |
| 1:07.7 | They are the parents of five married children. Randall is a fifth generation Texan. |
| 1:13.3 | This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? |
| 1:24.4 | I'm Morgan Jones and I am so grateful to have my friend Randall Wright on the line with me today. |
| 1:31.0 | Randall, welcome. |
| 1:32.8 | Thank you. Good to be here. |
| 1:35.1 | I feel like I should give people a little bit of background about how I know Randall right off the top so that you'll understand when we're talking. |
| 1:43.6 | You'll be like, they seem to be very good friends and we are very good friends. |
| 1:47.8 | Randall is one of my very favorite people in the world. |
| 1:51.4 | I first met him when I was working as an EFY counselor. |
| 1:55.8 | I think it was Illinois State. Does that sound right, Randall? |
| 1:59.2 | Norman Illinois. |
| 2:00.4 | And Randall was just so, he was such a great session director and we became friends and we've been friends ever since. |
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