The gift the Rebbe gave his followers—which enabled them to touch and challenge people two and three times their age, with far more secular knowledge and professional attainments—was the belief that they were on a mission for something higher than themselves. To serve God. And that God would not have sent them on such a mission unless He believed in them. And the Rebbe would not have sent them unless he believed in them. And by carrying out their personal missions, these shluchim became leaders. They became visionaries, they became proactive. They became fearless.
