SELDI Podcast with Tony Williams

Greetings, Leaders!   If you were to describe one word that you would want most to define you as a leader, what would it be?   Some may say confident, intelligent, decisive, successful, brilliant, and outstanding are just a few descriptors that come to my mind.   However, when you carefully examine the lives of great leaders, you see the word "integrity" associated with their names. Why...

 Greetings, Leaders.   You are bold as a lion!   The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.   Encourage yourself. Speak aloud. "I am bold as a lion!"   The truthful affirmation of who you are will ignite your spirit, mind, and body to accomplish what seems to be the impossible.   Remember, King David of Israel. As a young teenage shepherd boy, he...

Greetings, Leaders.   Where are you today in your life and career journey?    Whether you are seventeen or ninety-seven, rest assured that you can make the best decisions for your life and career and share the process with others.   King David is a great leader from ancient times who modeled the way and shared his insights centuries later in his writings. From the age of seventeen to thirty, he ra...

 Greetings, Leaders.   I have good news to share today!   You are victorious! How do we see this come to pass in our lives and careers? First, we must recognize that we battle daily in our minds, thinking, and attitudes. Once we understand the nature of the battle and take action, we will win. We fight from victory, not for victory, is the mindset King David exemplifies while still just a young sh...

  Greetings Leaders.   The pressures and opportunities in life and career often force us to rush ahead without understanding who we are and why we were born.   Discovering our purpose in life eludes us because of the many activities demanding our attention.    In God's eyes, King David takes the first step in becoming a leader. "God testified concerning him: ' I have found David son...

Greetings, Summit Leaders.   Joy. This one emotion has an enormous impact on a person's ability to endure, gain new strength, and develop the power to overcome all life's challenges.   Can you recall a time when you experience joy?    This emotion makes life worth living in the moment because it resonates with our core identity. It is associated with feelings of ease, appreciation, grati...

Greetings, Summit Leaders. If anyone leads, let them do so with diligence. Leaders that connect, uplift, engage, and make an impact always have four key attributes. They are diligent.  They lead. They care. They win. In his book, Lead. Care. Win. - How to Become a Leader Who Matters Dan Pontefract points out that successful leaders make themselves relatable, practice humility, and show care and re...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Great leaders desire to make an impact on their life and career journey. Sometimes the desires for fame, fortune, and pleasure can cloud our vision.   Providentially I discovered something far more significant in value. I found faith in believing there were preordained good works for me to accomplish. My focus shifted from things to serving people and not pursuing the desir...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Life and Career require decisions, and decisions require knowledge, Wisdom, and, at times, courage.   Are you wise, knowledgeable, and encouraging?   The dictionary defines Wisdom as "the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting." Conversely, knowledge is "information gained through experience, reasoning, or acquaintance." Knowledge ca...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice!   You are a leader, and this is your appointed time to flourish.   First, remember to be thankful with a grateful heart for the "good success" this far on your journey in life and career.   A Summit Leader reminds me to "do something you love" now that you are retired from IBM.   First, I thank God for blessing me to serve...

  Greetings, Leaders!   Great leaders, coaches, and athletes have several things in common.   They believe in the fundamentals. They practice and instill the fundamentals. They execute from a playbook.   Lion Heart Leaders practice their faith in their calling as leaders who will impact for good whatever their hand finds to do. They are courageous in the face of obstacles, challenges, and opportun...

  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 identity influences every aspect of our lives and careers.    Understanding who we are strengthens us for the journey ahead.    We battle an unseen enemy who fights to keep us from discovering who we are, our purpose in life, and becoming the person created for good works.   The conflict occurs in our thinking.   "As a person thinks in their heart, so they are."...

Greetings,  Leaders. Rejoice! There is hope for all who aspire to do more outstanding works of service. Hope for the future is one of the most empowering attributes great leaders exercise in their lives.   "A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon Bonaparte There are several critical benefits of hope in our thinking.  A leader's mental health matters immensely. Life events, disappoin...

  Greetings, Leaders!   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice! Victory is yours!   Every day we are engaged in a battle with an unseen enemy. Great leaders understand the nature of the battle and develop a mindset for victory.   The enemy's goal is discouraging us from accomplishing good work in life and career. What does this discouragement look like? Fear, doubt, worry, anxiety, and unbelief.   The...

Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice.   Wherever you are on your journey, rejoice that you are here now.    Leaders understand that choosing the proper pace, the rate of speed at which a person or group walks or runs in life and career journey impacts every dimension of our lives.    For many, our days and nights become so filled with activities that we lose the joy and vitality tha...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Be encouraged that there is a reward for being faithful to your calling in life and career.   Wherever you are on your journey, be assured that if you do faithfully the assignment in front of you, you will enjoy a life and career of victory!   Conviction is vital! We will receive our reward if we stay the course. Courage confidently says, "I will fulfill my calling and...

Greetings, Leaders. Be encouraged that you are here for such a time as this. It is not an accident but a purposeful point in your career and life journey. Whether you are one month or 30 years on your journey, you have a distinct plan and purpose for your life. It is a good plan of adventure, impact, and fulfillment. However, there are several necessary attributes we need to exercise to have conti...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice!   Think about when you knew the next step after asking, seeking, and knocking for guidance. You took the step of faith, which led to an adventure of a lifetime.   Instruct the wise, and they will be even more discerning. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.     Why do we take the step of faith? Because a great door for effective...

  Greetings, Leaders.   Think about your vision for life and career. How are you progressing? What are some of those accomplishments on your pathway?   Write the vision. Make it plain so that the one who reads it may run!   Be outcome-focused on your vision coming to fruition! Someone said, "The vision is for an appointed time. Though the vision tarries, wait for it. It will surely come!&quot...

Greetings, Leaders.   Rejoice! Again, I say rejoice!  This is a new season for our growth as leaders.   Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.   Joy flows from our hearts and our thoughts. Your thought process affects your feelings, and feelings produce behaviors.   "As a person thinks in their heart, so they are."   Joy! This one emotion enormously impact...

Greetings, Leaders.   You write a story daily about your decisions, way of living, engaging people, clients, and work opportunities.   Our daily walk adds content for the chapters of our journey in life and career. We are also becoming influencers in the stories of other people's life narratives. Someone once said, "Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing...

 Greetings, Leaders.   We will face many decisions on our journey in life and our career.   Discernment allows us to gain the proper perspective surrounding our decision. With understanding, we obtain the insight needed to choose the right pathway.   Someone once said, "Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do! And whatever else you do, develop good judgment."  Keep asking, seeking,...

Greetings, Leaders!   Congratulations! You are in a new season!  What season of life and career are you in now?    Regardless of where you are on your journey, be intentional about getting the most out of every day.     The process is an essential part of the journey!     Our responses and faithfulness to do what we know to be right each day determine our joy and fruitfulness.     Consider your ti...

Greetings, Leaders.   Where are you on your journey in life and career right now?   I heard someone say we are either in a storm, coming out, or going into a storm. On our journey, we can expect storms in our life and career. Adversity, trials, and disappointments are inevitable and, with the proper response, can catalyze a new level of growth and development as a leader.`````   How should we resp...