SELDI Podcast with Tony Williams

Greetings, Leaders.   Inspiration ignites identity.  Identity fuels vision!  Vision promotes growth and results.   What your heart believes determines what you can do in life.   "A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks." Luke 6:45 NAB    "Who am...

Greetings, Leaders.   Planning is vital in every area of life.     Therefore, we can benefit from the examples of great leaders and their experiences in planning and becoming all God creates us to do and become.   Think about your planning process as we share God's direction.   First , ask God to give us the wisdom to plan. Wisdom is a God-given ability to see life from His point of view. Req...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice that God has goals for you in life and career.   When we follow His process, He will accomplish more than we could have imagined.   Have faith in response to His calling you to the new assignment. Set your goals and live by faith.   First, take time to remember what He is doing in your life. A faith booster is getting alone in a quiet place with a pen and notebook a...

  Greetings, Leaders.   What is your new assignment from God?     His calling stretches us and challenges us to go where we have not been, do what we have not done, and become what we can envision, accomplishing what he wants us to become - in Him, a masterpiece, making us great leaders.   See this new assignment as an opportunity for breakthrough growth in your life and career for all you serve. ...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Where are you heading, and what will the impact be of your arriving there this year?   My friends, be encouraged!   God loves you and has a destination, “CONQUEST,” in store for you!   As you plan for life and career goals, allow God to help you launch the most fantastic adventure of a lifetime in life and career!   One great leader, Simon Peter, was a fisherman in ancient...

Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice!   Expressing gratitude is the best way to ignite your vision for the best God has in store for us on our life and career journey.   King David, the greatest king, modeled his rejoicing over the victories God gave him on his life and career journey. This rejoicing empowers him to envision and do even greater things in the future, and so can we.  ...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Timing is everything in life and career! Sometimes, we get what we pray for; at other times, we must wait.     What are you trusting God for and waiting for Him to provide?    Keep your focus on God and not your circumstances or feelings. Remember, His promises never fail.   Most leaders do not like waiting. Our age is one of instant expectations.   The most valuable princi...

  Greetings, Leaders.   As I made my bed this morning, I heard these words: "He rescued me because He delighted in me." God reminds us that He delights in us. Think about it: the Creator God, Almighty God, delights in you and me!   King David, the greatest king, shares his experience with us in his account of God.   "I love you, O LORD, my strength." Psalm 18:1 He shares, &quot...

  Greetings, Leaders.   What we believe about ourselves is essential to our impact as leaders. "You are the salt of the earth and the world's light!" were affirmations to a small group of new leaders in ancient times.   These affirmations were markers in their thinking and how they were to view themselves, their purpose, and all they met on their life and career journey.   You are t...

Greetings, Leaders.   Our attributes as leaders are the distinct inner qualities that make us unique.     We are encouraged to improve ourselves consistently during our life and career journey.   One of the practical approaches is listing five attributes you believe are your strengths and developing them.   Take a moment and write down five attributes you believe are yours.   A search on the inter...

  Greetings, Leaders.    Wherever you are now on your life and career journey, begin considering it as your calling.   In each situation, the principle for those who believe and trust in God is "Commitment precedes power!"   Commit to doing your best with a great attitude.    Our attitude in our current assignment will impact the outcome and timing of our promotion.    "For promotio...

Greetings, Leaders.   Be encouraged that wherever you are on your life and career journey, you can be prosperous.   In 2015, I discovered an insight that increased my life and career to new levels of success and prosperity.    We can have a life and career like the one described. "He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and its leaf does not...

Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice.   Victory is yours over worry!   View the life of King David, a great leader in ancient times, a mighty warrior, king, and shepherd who wrote about his life and career journey and his battles and victories over worry, fear, and doubt.   Great leaders fight and win battles against their enemies of worry, fear, and doubt. Great leaders stand in vi...

  Greetings, Leaders.   The best day in our life and career journey is when we are thankful.   One of the most significant contributors to our success today is a heart of gratitude and giving thanks for victories on our journey.   Today, I spoke with a leader who expressed gratitude for "health, healing, happiness and wholeness."    This time is a season of gratitude.    Expressing our a...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Every day presents us with the opportunity to respond with "An attitude of gratitude."   Great leaders develop the mindset of gratitude early in their life and career journey. King David, a great king, journals his thanksgiving, gratitude, and dependence on God for everything he has accomplished in life and his career.    "I will give thanks to you, Lord, wit...

Greetings, Leaders!   Our life and career journey require many decisions. We want to make the right choices because our choices determine our success in life and career.   In the process, we please God and benefit ourselves and others.   Are you facing circumstances that require decisions? Remember and follow King David's advice.   "Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me; O LORD, be my help...

Greetings, Leaders.    Are you facing challenges, difficulties, or fantastic opportunities now?   Now, know that your faith is your most important attribute. Faith is the most important thing you can receive for accomplishing everything you are created to be and do in life and career.     King David began his relationship with God as a teenager and became the greatest king ever. Thankfully, he jou...

 Greetings, Leaders.   Do you sometimes need more time and energy in facing the challenges and going after the opportunities in life and career?     We all do.   How do you gain the necessary strength needed to face the battles of life and career?    Let's examine the lives of great leaders before us and discern how they gained new strength and won victory after victory on their life and care...

  Greetings, Leaders!   Every leader faces enemies named discouragement and fear in their life and career journey.   The "GAME CHANGER" is how we respond. Our thinking will determine our response and actions.   When facing discouragement and fear we can sometimes allow our thinking to become fixed on our circumstances, and we lose sight of who we are and to whom we belong.   If we trust...

Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice!   Someone recently shared this wisdom with me: "The best way to prepare for the future is to be all in today."    I recall discovering a truth that transformed my outlook on life and career.   Planning, account plans, and five-year plans dominated my thinking early in my career. During the twenty-eighth year of my life and career journ...

Greetings, Leaders.   Our decisions will impact the quality of our lives and careers. Every decision impacts our lives and not only ours but also our family, clients, colleagues, and friends.    I was twenty-eight years old. Life and career dominated my thinking, and I felt hurried and rushed through life. I made many decisions while watching others and comparing myself to their accomplishments.  ...

Greetings, Leaders.   Every day we can impact people encouragingly. They could be a family member, colleague, client, or someone you casually meet on your life and career journey.     No encounter is insignificant in the mindset of great leaders. Great leaders possess a unique gift of engaging people everywhere they go. The good news is that this quality is available to everyone.   This week durin...

Greetings, Leaders.   You impact the world as you go on your life and career journey. Your potential is far greater than many of us imagine. I pray you will embrace all the possibilities ahead by following the example we see in the life of King David.   Why is it important to recognize your potential and exercise your faith? The combination empowers us to go farther, accomplish more, and find the...

Greetings, Leaders.   If we follow the example of King David, what can we expect? You can overcome any barrier you face. "I love You, O LORD, my strength." King David; Psalm 18:1 "With You, I can attack a barrier, and with my God, I can leap over a wall." King David, Psalm 18:29 "The LORD is my rock and my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My...

Greetings, Leaders.   We face challenges that tempt us to fear on our journey in life and career.   When they arise, how are we to respond?   The focus of faith frees us from Fear. Our thinking will determine our response and victory.      "What time I am afraid; I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You. With the help of God, I will praise His word; on God, I lean, rely,...