3 The Purpose - All successful leaders  have  a  strong sense of destiny with a transcendent purpose backed by a calling from God. A sense of destiny is  an inner conviction from God to do something significant or special.  In other words, they believe they have been called and carved out by God to do great things for him. This can be borne out in Scripture. Leaders who have accomplished great things for God have a sense of destiny. Leadership always leads somewhere and not to nowhere.