Episode 22 begins Season 2 of Summit After the Storm with a different definition of winning.

Bart Wilbanks planned to open the season with a post–Super Bowl reflection — but instead, a fifth-grade basketball game revealed something far more important than the final score. What unfolded wasn’t about comeback plays or championships, but about sportsmanship, humility, and leadership when slowing down is optional.

In this episode, Bart reflects on a moment when a winning team chose restraint over dominance, encouraging struggling players on the opposing team to keep trying until they succeeded. The result wasn’t a victory on the scoreboard — it was dignity, confidence, and growth.

Drawing a powerful parallel to lessons learned on Mount Kilimanjaro, where pole pole (slowly, slowly) is required for survival, this episode explores the difference between slowing down because you must and slowing down because you choose to.

Anchored in Romans 15:1, this conversation challenges leaders to rethink strength, success, and responsibility — and asks what leadership looks like when advantage is already secured.

🎧 The scoreboard tells you who won. Leadership tells you who you’re becoming.

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