What's the difference between having a dream and having a vision?

At twenty-one, Gina L. Osborn was a cocktail waitress attending junior college with a dream of working for the CIA, but no degree, no intelligence experience, and no obvious way to get there. Then a chance conversation in a college library showed her a path she had never considered.

In this episode of Making Maverick Moves, Gina shares how that moment changed the trajectory of her life and why a powerful vision doesn't require knowing exactly how the story will end. It requires seeing the future clearly enough to start making decisions for it today.

Because a dream is a future you want. A vision is a future you're committed to building.

In Army basic training, someone explained the glass ceiling to me for the first time. That conversation led to one of the most important decisions Gina L. Osborn ever made. In this episode, she shareswhy she chose not to let someone else's prediction determine my future, and how that decision shaped her career from Army Counterintelligence to the FBI and beyond. The obstacles that define us are often not the ones we face, but the ones we choose to believe.

Six months after leaving her job as a cocktail waitress, Gina L. Osborn was serving in Belgium as one of the few female Army counterintelligence agents in her battalion. She already felt she had something to prove.

Then she put diesel fuel into both government sedans assigned to her detachment, disabling nearly its entire vehicle fleet in less than an hour.

Gina was certain the mistake would confirm every doubt about whether she belonged. Instead, that humiliating morning taught her lasting lessons about vulnerability, resilience, leadership, and the unexpected power of asking for help.

In the Season Two premiere of Making Maverick Moves, Gina shares how the mistake she thought would end her career ultimately made her a more compassionate and effective leader throughout her years in the Army and FBI.

This week's Maverick Move: Keep the lesson. Let go of the shame. Then make your next move.

Follow Gina's journey as she completes her Cold War spy thriller, Women in the Corners, at ginalosborn.com