GLS 2021: Session 7 – Bianca Juárez Olthoff

The Inner Saboteur

• I’m comfortable with noise. Yet I wasn’t comfortable with the noise of the voices in my head. That voice is the inner saboteur.
• “You don’t belong here.” I still struggle to define myself as able, competent. Have you been there?
• Imposter syndrome – feelings of inadequacy that persist despite evident success; a sense of intellectual fraudulence. HBR 2008
• How do I lead when I am not enough?

You Are Chosen To Lead

• Let’s assume you were chosen, chosen for a reason.
• The idea of chosen has been something I’ve wrestled with my whole life.
• Will you lead when you are invited to?
• There are those that step into gaps against your will or your desire.
• You are chosen to lead.
• There is a mental mind shift that happens when you are chosen for something.

The Example of Gideon

• The story of Gideon – Judges 6 – Gideon’s tribe was not really known for something, the least tribe.
• The first time I had a chance to go into prison to teach, I was reluctant. I felt gravely unqualified and the time was so inconvenient.
• I had to make a decision. I chose to lead. I couldn’t see the direct outcome. I couldn’t see the ROI. I couldn’t calculate the investment. There was a seed that was planted in my soul.
• What are you missing out or who are you missing out on impacting by not saying yes to leadership?
• When leadership chooses you, you choose to lead.
• Gideon felt unqualified to lead. Even though he felt unqualified, he still led.
• Where was Gideon? He was hiding. Sometimes the best leaders are hiding. He was hiding in a winepress.
• The crisis may cause you to fear but you do not have permission to quit.
• Your crisis does not dictate your capability, competency or commitment.
• Choose to lead when inconvenient.

An Identity Shift – You Are A Mighty Warrior

• His name was Gideon. He had an identity shift. Judges 6:12 – “The Lord is with you mighty warrior.”
• When we realize our identity, it moves us into action.
• My dad made the critical decision to step into the calling.
• When leadership chooses you, you choose to lead when the next generation is on the line.
• Free 15-Day Leadership Guide: www.bianacaolthoff.com/leadership
• We are all going to have moments where we feel the odds are stacked against us. This is your invitation to call those around you to rise.
• We cannot change the circumstances on the God-call on our lives. We can be nervous but we cannot hide.
• We do not cower. We do not hide. We are mighty warriors.
• Judges 6:14 – “Go in the strength you have… Am I not sending you?”
• God Almighty came and fought the battle for them.
• Lives are being impacted by your leadership. All hinging upon your leadership “Yes.”
• The opposite of unqualified isn’t qualified. The opposite of unqualified is chosen.