Most of us expect clarity to feel like new information — a breakthrough idea, a fresh answer, or a sudden realization that changes everything.

But some of the most important clarity leaders experience doesn’t reveal anything new at all.

It confirms what we already knew — but hadn’t fully trusted.

In this episode of Summit After the Storm, leadership author and speaker Bart Wilbanks reflects on a moment from Mount Kilimanjaro where altitude, exhaustion, and illness stripped away every distraction — leaving no room to ignore what wisdom had already been saying.

Drawing from Proverbs 20:5, this conversation explores clarity as discernment, not discovery — and why mature leadership often requires trusting lessons learned through experience rather than searching for louder answers.

Bart also shares a personal update as his book Summit After the Storm enters its final stages after editorial review, discovering that clarity didn’t arrive as excitement or relief, but as calm confirmation that the story says what it needs to say.

This episode is for leaders navigating:

• Decision-making without certainty

• Leadership after pressure or burnout

• Discernment, wisdom, and trust

• Faith-based leadership and integration

• Quiet clarity after seasons of challenge

🎧 Listen if you’ve ever known the right direction — but struggled to trust it.

Learn more about the book, podcast, and leadership reflections at https://summitafterstorm.com