Building Relationship Currency | How Connections Create Opportunity | Winning Wednesday Ep.33

Becoming You (after Winning Wednesday) · Dec 16, 2020 · 5m

Markell Blount grew up bused from Boston to an affluent Massachusetts suburb — and didn’t realize until his 30s just how much that experience had privileged him with connections, perspective, and a bridge to opportunity that not everyone gets. Now he’s going back to his community to share what he learned: that your network is everything, adding value is the strategy, and optimism isn’t naive — it’s necessary. A Division I athlete turned connector and community advocate, Markell brings a grounded, honest take on race, privilege, networking, and what it means to truly…