BEST YEAR EVER! New Year, New Vision | 56

What if this could be the best year of your life? In this solo episode of Leveraging Success, host Jeff Gerhardt challenges you to break free from your default future and pursue a God-sized vision through a practical exercise on belief, possibility, and action.Jeff explores how limiting beliefs shrink our dreams and shares a step-by-step process to stretch goals beyond the "realm of possibility" into thrilling, improbable territory. Drawing from personal stories, biblical wisdom, and real-world examples, he emphasizes loving the gap between where you are and where God can take you—turning failures into learning and hope into momentum.This episode is filled with actionable tools for leaders ready to align their year with faith, eliminate fear, and glorify God through bold pursuit.In This Episode:[00:00] Episode Intro & Hook[01:15] The Default Future & Belief Systems[03:30] Parking Spot Analogy: Expectations Shape Reality[05:45] Exercise Setup: Envisioning the Best Year[07:30] Step 1: List 3-5 Amazing Outcomes[09:00] The Realm of Possibility Continuum (1-10 Scale)[11:15] Stretching Goals to Thrilling Levels[13:00] Nuclear Actions: One Small Step Today[14:45] Loving the Gap & God's Immeasurably More[16:30] No Losing—Only Learning from Iterations[18:00] The Leader's Breakfast: Hope[19:45] Sharing Dreams & Community Accountability[21:30] Final Prayer & Reflections[23:00] Closing Notes & Episode Wrap-UpNotable Quotes“What you believe, you start to find, you start to pursue.” – Jeff Gerhardt“Most people woefully underplay the possibilities of their life, simply because they do not believe.” – Jeff Gerhardt“A people without vision will perish… absent a big dream, there’s no opportunity.” – Jeff Gerhardt“We’re never winning or losing. We’re only learning as we go.” – Jeff Gerhardt“The leader’s breakfast is hope… every meal needs to have a helping of hope on my plate.” – Jeff Gerhardt“True love casts out all fear… we want to be on adventure with you.” – Jeff GerhardtResources & LinksJeff Gerhardthttps://priorityliving.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffgerhardt/https://x.com/jeffgerhardtResourcesLife Balance Assessment - https://lba.priorityliving.org/ Leveraging Success Podcast - https://www.leveragingsuccesspodcast.comHearing God by Dallas Willard#VisionCasting #BreakDefaultFuture #ImmeasurablyMore #Ephesians320 #LoveTheGap #HopeFilledLife #FaithOverFear #GoalSetting2026 #ChristianPodcast #LeadershipMindset #SpiritualGrowth #NewYearNewYou #PursueYourPurpose #LeveragingSuccessPodcast #JeffGerhardt #PriorityLiving