Day 15 - 19 March

DAY 15

Engaging the Drive to Operate (Part 3b)

Focus: Exercising Driven Authority

Author: Divine Okorie, Chair

Engaging the Drive to Operate is about activating the internal force that moves a person from potential into function. Many people possess ability, vision, and even opportunity, yet nothing happens because the drive to operate has not been engaged. The emphasis is therefore not merely on receiving something new, but on awakening the capacity to function at a higher level of output, authority, and impact.

Tonight, we will be looking at Operating Driven Authority (Part B). Driven authority is a type of authority that is mandated, carrying substance. So tonight, we're going to look at carrying out how to exercise driven authority.

To exercise driven authority means this: You don’t just hold it - you use it.

Authority that is not exercised becomes irrelevant. But authority that is engaged begins to shape outcomes, establish order, and produce results. 

Firstly, through decision. Indecision weakens authority. The moment you decide, authority begins to take form.

Secondly, through action. Authority is not proven by what you carry, but by what you execute. If nothing is happening, authority is not in operation.

Thirdly, through consistency. One moment of action is not enough. Authority must be sustained to have weight and impact.

Here is the reality:

Authority is not validated by possession, it is validated by operation. If you have been given authority, then you have been given the responsibility to act, establish, and produce.

I declare for you tonight!

You will not carry authority and remain inactive!

You will not possess capacity and fail to produce results!

From this moment, the drive within you is activated!

Where there was hesitation, there will be decisiveness!

Where there was delay, there will be immediate action!

Where there was inconsistency, there will be sustained operation!

I declare that you will exercise the authority you carry!

You will act with confidence!

You will move with clarity!

And you will produce results that reflect the substance within you!

Every dormant ability is stirred!

Every inactive space begins to respond!

Everything assigned to you comes under order and execution! 

You will not shrink back where you are meant to establish!

You will not remain uncertain where you are meant to decide!

From tonight, you move forward with driven authority!