About Me
Ernest Levert Jr.
Aspiring Servant-Leader studying engineering principles, financial stewardship, business management, and psychology fundamentals in order to cultivate passionate leadership, disseminate positive energy, uplift the community and ultimately create a brighter future for generations to come.
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Living the Dream in 2015
Aims:
-Learn how to play golf
-Learn how to drive a stick
-Become a merit badge instructor
-Become a certified chess instructor
-Weigh 215
-Bench 300
-Qualify for RVP
-Pay off house
-Run Half Marathon
-Start Chess League
-Perform saxophone solo
-Buy 1 more property
-Read 50 books-
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Dreams & Goals
Siberian Husky
Segway
Google Glass
Boat
$1 million by 30
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
PhD Neuroscience
Donate $100,000 to BRC, ODI, BLF, & MEP (endowment)
Scholarship Fund- Provide 1st yr. scholarships for 5 African American students
Speaking and Consulting Company
Prolific Primerica financial wellness speaker
National Non-Profit Organization
$5 million at retirement
Retire at 55
Systemize Memory Formation
Chess Master by 30
Family Man
Visit a new country each year w/family
1st name basis with POTUS
Write a book
Golf Proficiency
Swim Instructor
TedX Presentation
Run Half-Marathon by 25
Full Marathon by 30
Saxophone Soloist
Black belt in Jiu-Jitsu
Host Monthly City-Wide Chess Tournaments
Go to Heaven
Join Toastmasters
Learn a new language every 5 years
Learn a new instrument every ten yearsFavorite Symbols
Lion
Eagle
Lighthouse
Family Tree
Water
Chess
Car
Ant
HouseGlobal Citizenship
Countries Visited:
2013- India
2014- KoreaCountries to Visit:
Ireland
Dominican Republic
BrazilNicknames
Ern-Money
Ernesto
Ernie
Ern-Dawg
Big Ern
Big E
Rico
EJ
EJcoolio
Black Moses
Monthly Archives: August 2013
What is Success?
An American Greeting card that I received during graduation summarized success quite well: Setting goals, but not in concrete. Staying focused, but turning aside to help someone. Following a plan, but remaining flexible. Moving ahead, but not too fast to … Continue reading
When the Sun Comes Up, You Better Be Running
Ethiopian author Abe Gubegna wrote in 1974: “Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it … Continue reading
Fighting Cancer: Bigger than the Game
One of the most rewarding experiences that I had as an undergrad was working on a team for 10 weeks with the Buckeye Leadership Fellows Program during a challenge that we named “Bigger than the Game”. We worked with the … Continue reading
Multifaceted Expression
I now understand that one of the best ways that I learn is to discuss the ideas, concepts, and theories that excite me and drive me to learn more. Blogging has become a wonderful new resource for expression and exploration. … Continue reading
Blogging
I learned in both Buckeye Leadership Fellows and the College-to-Corporate Life Program of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. that having a positive digital footprint is very important in this day and age. For me, a blog is like a more … Continue reading
Do Better
For things to change, you’ve got to change. For things to get better, you’ve got to get better. It’s easy to do. But it’s easy not to do, too.
Story of the Two Frogs
Story of the Two Frogs: “Finally, he could swim no more…and with a great cry of anguish, he stopped paddling and let go, ready at last to face his fate like a frog. But something odd then happened…or rather didn’t … Continue reading
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