Paul Weigel – Author, Teacher, Serial Entrepreneur and Forerunner*
Paul K. Weigel co-founded “The Forerunner Project Inc.” in 2003. The Forerunner Project is a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to teaching, (speaking), mentoring, and coaching youth to find purpose and passion and to equip them to make exceptional contributions to better our world.
Become 2 Overcome is the official blog of The Forerunner Project Inc. The purpose of the Become 2 Overcome blog is to reach out to people with posts in print, audio and video and to assist them to live a constructive, purposeful and fulfilling life.
Paul Weigel is a certified MCore facilitator. MCore is based on the highly regarded motivational assessment tool SIMA (System for Identifying Motivational Abilities) developed over the last 60 years by Arthur F. Miller Jr. and People Management Inc. SIMA is used by the US military, Disney, and numerous non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies. The assessment tool identifies motivation and interests and is used to reveal personal purpose and shape Human Resources best practices.
Other Forerunner projects include, the “Forerunner Film Festival” formerly held in Canada and Costa Rica, This is Wisdom (radio) audio production featuring interviews and discussion with people (forerunners) from Canada, USA, and Costa Rica who are leading remarkable positive projects.
The Forerunner Project has also presented “Behind Closed Doors” in collaboration with CIGI (Center for International Governance Innovation – The Balsillie School of Business ) an expose on human rights violations in North Korea.
Mr. Weigel and the The Forerunner Project team have presented “The Entrepreneur Camp”, Discover Seminar series, and the Forerunner International School to appreciative audiences in Canada, Kenya and Costa Rica.
Mr. Weigel also serves as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the international relief organization “Thrive For Good” (formerly Organic for Orphans). Its vision is to eliminate extreme poverty throughout Africa by teaching people to grow their own food, natural medicine and income. Thrive has “grown” more than 5 million meals for families in 15 countries throughout Africa over the past 11 years.
Paul Weigel is the author of “A Journey in The Wilderness – Becoming Fruitful in the Kingdom”. The book has enjoyed critical acclaim and has often been described as a Christian classic with overwhelmingly positive reviews from its readers. Paul speaks on the insights of the book which are about becoming in order be fruitful and overcome.
Paul Weigel is a speaker, author, teacher, serial entrepreneur and Forerunner*.
* A Forerunner is a person who is intrinsically motivated to build, create, innovate and reform whatever domain of society in which they are engaged. They are the change-makers in our society who pioneer innovation and reformation.