Episode 148: "Behold, I am doing something new."

Greetings, Summit Leaders.

Rejoice, my friends. Again, I say, rejoice!
You completed a challenging year, and now you stand on the edge of a promising journey ahead. Someone once said, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I kept the faith." All of this is true for you!

Now, in 2021 we are ready to do and see more wondrous works than ever before.
"We can find a way to win." is the exhortation given by an IBM executive to a group of Summit Leaders on their graduation day from Global Sales School last week.

Yesterday, I listened while these Summit Leaders reflected on what they learned about themselves as leaders in 2020.

"It didn't click the first day, but I developed good friends, who became great partners over time, and we created a positive environment that allowed us to grow, even in a virtual circumstance." Summit Leader

"Attitude. 90% was how we reacted to our circumstances by creating an environment of caring for each other." Summit Leader

Great leaders are ordinary people who discover their pathway and purpose and walk by faith in their life and career journey. They believe that they can accomplish more excellent works. Through perseverance, patience, and practicing discipline, they build resilience and the ability to adapt.

Here are some observations we see in great leaders we can employ to set goals and live by faith in 2021.
1. Be bold, be strong, and take action. Set goals that will stretch you beyond your capacity. It will help you do the best you can and rely on providence to fulfill the plan.

2. Extend your reach. Plan to affect more impact through the goals you set. Ask; "What is the priority of my life, and how should I invest my talents, gifts and skills, and resources?Ask, and it will be given to you.

3. Expand your vision and exercise your faith. Seek new ways to accomplish the greater good for others first. Believe that all things are possible, and you can find a way to win.

Think about your victories last year, reflect on the conviction, courage, and confidence you now have.

Commit to your plan and take the first step. Commitment precedes power. Walk by faith and not by sight.

Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain in the 1940's, understood that each of us has a unique contribution to make.

From the beginning, his vision focused on one outcome against the enemy: Victory! This "Victory Mindset" is renewed thinking with power, love, and a sound mind to take action.

The "Victory mindset" is the attitude of Summit Leaders for the months and years ahead.

"What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; without victory, there is no survival." Winston Churchill

And so, it is with us in 2021 and beyond.

Be strong and courageous! For those with us are greater than those who are with them!

Victory!