Rise and Lead

Too many people are busy, responsible, and productive, yet still have no clear vision for where their life is going. In this episode, Benjamin Lundquist challenges listeners to stop drifting and start building their lives with greater clarity, intention, and faith. Drawing from the same questions and frameworks he uses in intensive coaching sessions with professional athletes, executives, and ministry leaders, Benjamin walks listeners through how to clarify their story, gifts, priorities, calling, and future. He explores how to move from confusion to direction, build a God-sized vision for life, identify what matters most, eliminate distractions, and turn that vision into a practical strategy for the next 90 days.
This episode is for anyone who feels stuck, unclear, restless, or ready to step into a new season. You may not know every detail of your future, but you need enough vision to stop wasting your present.
Episode Quote: 
“Vision doesn’t require you to know every detail of your future. It gives you enough clarity to stop wasting your present.”
This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

In this episode Benjamin shares a powerful framework for anyone feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or stuck trying to figure out what to do next. If you're carrying the weight of unanswered questions, navigating difficult decisions, or feeling pulled in too many directions, this conversation will help you cut through the noise and regain clarity. Drawing from practical leadership principles and biblical wisdom, Benjamin equips listeners to identify what matters most right now, take their next faithful step with confidence, and stop scrambling through life. You'll be reminded that God isn't asking you to have your entire future figured out today - He's inviting you to trust Him with the next step. If you're ready to replace confusion with clarity and move forward with purpose, this episode is for you.
Episode Quote: 
"People often overestimate what can happen in a single day and underestimate what can happen through one decision repeated over one thousand days. Your future isn't created in one defining moment. It's built in thousands of ordinary moments that nobody applauds. Here's the truth. Your future is being built by the decisions you're making when nobody is watching."
This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

What if your future isn't waiting on one big breakthrough, but on one decision? In this episode Benjamin unpacks seven life-changing decisions that have the power to transform your faith, character, relationships, and purpose. Drawing wisdom from the lives of Moses, Joseph, Esther, David, Daniel, Peter, and other biblical leaders, you'll discover that God often changes our lives one faithful decision at a time. If you've been feeling stuck, searching for clarity, or wondering what God is calling you to in this season, this conversation will encourage and challenge you to take your next step. Because one surrendered decision can change your direction, a new direction can change your future, and a changed future can become your legacy.
Episode Quote: 
"People often overestimate what can happen in a single day and underestimate what can happen through one decision repeated over one thousand days. Your future isn't created in one defining moment. It's built in thousands of ordinary moments that nobody applauds. Here's the truth. Your future is being built by the decisions you're making when nobody is watching."
This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

In this Benjamin talks about how to build your breakthrough and reset your life from the inside out. If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, discouraged, like you are falling short of your potential, or disconnected from who God created you to be, this episode will give you a practical and powerful framework to move forward. He walk you through the three stages of breakthrough: State -  anchoring your identity in God, Story - building a new internal narrative rooted in truth, and Strategy - creating practical next steps that bring clarity, hope, and momentum. This episode is packed with mindset shifts, practical tools, and powerful truth to help you stop surviving and start stepping into your assignment.
Episode Quote: 
"Some of you are trying to build confidence while secretly believing you’re not enough.Trying to lead while secretly believing you’re disqualified.Trying  to dream while secretly believing it’s too late. And the enemy loves identity confusion because confused people stay stuck. But breakthrough begins when your identity becomes anchored."
This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

On this episode, Benjamin is talking to the person who knows God showed you something, but your life looks nothing like it. You’ve seen the vision. You’ve felt the calling. But now you’re in a season that feels slow, unclear, and maybe even painful. And you’re asking, “God, where is it?” In this episode, Benjamin breaks down the three stages of God’s calling: how He awakens a vision in your heart, how He develops you through seasons of waiting, stretching, and refining, and how He ultimately brings you into the assignment He showed you years earlier. He walks through powerful biblical case studies—Joseph, Moses, David, even Jesus - and reveals the pattern God uses over and over again. You’ll receive real, practical direction on what to do in that middle season when nothing seems to be happening, when you feel overlooked, and when you’re tempted to quit. Because the truth is, you’re not stuck, you’re being built. You are not buried, you’re planted. This episode is all about understanding the process of calling so you can stay rooted, stay faithful, and stay fruitful even when the vision hasn’t come to fruition yet.
Episode Quote: 
"That tension you feel, that gap between what you saw and what you’re living, that’s not failure, that’s formation. You are not buried, you are planted. And planted things don’t grow overnight. They grow in hidden places, in dark places, in quiet places, but growth is still happening."
This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!