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Helping leaders motivate their people to a
higher level of performance through strong human relations,

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team building, and goal of GeV. This is the seven Minute Leadership

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Podcast with your host Paul fella Aldo. Hello, everyone, welcome to the

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Seven Minute Leadership Podcast, Episode one
eighty five, and let's dive right into

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fifteen tips to help you be more
successful. So I talk to leaders all

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the time of every level in every
industry that you can think of. In

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these fifteen topics always find a way
to wiggle their way into the conversation.

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So the first one is always going
to be setting goals for yourself. I

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use smart goals. I talk about
smart goals all the time. You've heard

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me mentioned smart goals at least a
dozen times probably the last twenty five episodes.

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Smart goals are specific, measurable,
achievable, relevant, and time bound.

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That's what I use. I think
they're beneficial. I think they will

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help you. If you've not yet
discovered or use smart goals, you should

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give it a try. Number two, start your day with some kind of

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a morning routine. And it's unbelievable
to me how many people talk to me

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about their morning routines that are very
successful Leaders managers, CEOs, whatever,

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but morning routines, rituals, things
that include like meditation, exercise, journaling,

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writing down your to do list for
the day. Whatever it is,

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you have to embrace it and use
some sort of a morning ritual or a

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morning routine. It's going to set
your tone for the day. If you're

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someone that just wakes up at the
last minute rolls out of bed, that's

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kind of how your day is probably
going to go. So set yourself up

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for success for the day by having
some kind of a morning routine. Break

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tasks into smaller steps. I'm a
big believer that if you can divide your

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bigger, more complex tasks into smaller, more manageable chunks, it's going to

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help you maintain focus and it's going
to allow you to track your progress towards

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completing that objective. Number four is
read daily. I think it's important to

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dedicate some time to either reading books, articles, industry related material, or

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even the daily headline news. Expanding
your knowledge and staying updated is only going

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to help you as a leader.
Number five is one of my favorites,

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and that's network strategically, and that
means attending industry events, join professional organizations,

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that are relevant to your industry and
utilizing all of the social media platforms

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to help you connect with like minded
individuals, and maybe it even helps you

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find potential mentors. I know,
for me, I'm the administrator of an

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emergency management group on Twitter, and
I think it has seven hundred people in

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it, and it's great just to
be able to log into that and get

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to my people, my fellow like
minded emergency management people, and see what

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they're talking about and jump in and
out of their conversations. It helps tremendously

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to be able to have that type
of a network. And number six,

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this is another one you've heard me
talk about exhaustingly, and that's embracing failure

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as a learning opportunity. Right.
I always say this at my job,

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I can deal with failure, I
can't deal with incompetence. I'm one of

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those people that believes you can analyze
a failure, pull the lesson out of

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it, and readjust your approach accordingly
to then be successful. Just with this

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episode of this podcast, believe it
or not, this is the fourteenth take.

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It never takes me fourteen times to
record an episode, but I recorded

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this earlier. I was doing my
iPhone update while I was recording it,

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and then I listened to the episode
once it posted everywhere, and it was

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all garbled and it was unlistenable.
So I had to delete that everywhere,

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and now I'm recording it again.
I had a good laugh about it,

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and here we go, So embrace
failure as a learning opportunity. Number seven

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would be develop effective public speaking skills. If you go back to my original

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seven minute leadership challenge again. You
can find this on my website at Paul

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Falavelito dot com under free stuff.
Click it, download it. You'll find

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a list of things to practice every
day. Public speaking skills is one of

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them, because it doesn't matter if
you're doing an interview or presentation, a

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sales pitch, whatever it is that
you're doing. You have to be able

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to learn how to speak confidently and
persuasively as a leader. Number eight would

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be fine feedback and get feedback from
different horses. So this means going to

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your colleagues, going to your employees, to your customers, to your mentors,

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and yes, even to your vendors. You have to be able to

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get different perspectives and identify areas for
your improvement. On the list also is

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stay organized. You got to use
tools today like calendar, project management apps,

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to do lists, whatever you need
to be able to stay organized and

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be able to prioritize your tasks effectively. Number ten would be emphasized your work

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life balance. You have to be
able to put that time aside for your

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family, for your own individual hobbies
and relaxation. The goal of that is

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to avoid burnout and so that you
can also maintain a healthy lifestyle and perspective,

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because it's going to help you be
more successful if that's all imbalance.

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Number eleven would be keep up with
industry trends. So again this would be

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stay informed about your specific market trends, the emerging technologies in your business sector,

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and changes maybe in your consumer preferences, so that you can adapt your

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strategies accordingly. Number twelve is continuously
expand your network. We talked about strategically

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dealing with your network earlier, but
now let's talk about expanding your network.

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So this means attending conferences and seminars
and workshops so that you can meet new

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people in broaden your professional connections.
Number thirteen. This one's a hard one

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for a lot of people, and
that's delegate effectively. I see people delegate

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correctly, and I see people delegate
incorrectly all the time. Delegating tasks that

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can be done by others is one
of the most important things as a leader

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you need to learn how to do
because it's going to free up your time

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so that you can focus on higher
level responsibilities and have better strategic decision making.

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Number fourteen is practice active listening.
You have to give your full attention

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when you're engaging in conversations with people. You have to be able to demonstrate

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empathy during that discussion and ask thoughtful
questions. It's going to help you build

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stronger relationships. The biggest mistake I
see all the time is when someone goes

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to a manager, a leader,
whoever, and they're sitting there trying to

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talk with them about a roadblock that
they're encountering or a problem that they're having,

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and that person's listening with one ear, looking at them with one eye

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and their other ear and their other
eyes on their cell phone. It's one

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of the biggest mistakes I see happen
every day in the business world. And

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the last one on this list is
to make sure that you celebrate your milestones

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and your successes. You have to
be able to recognize and celebrate your achievements

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all the time so that you can
maintain motivation and keep your positive mindset for

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your team. So remember, successes
a combination of consistent effort, personal growth,

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and adaptability. You can tailor these
tips to suit your specific circumstances and

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goals, and always be open to
learning and adjusting your approach as you progress

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on your journey. Above all else, success is a journey that's unique to

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each of us. These tips and
habits can serve as a foundation, but

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adapt them to suit your personal circumstances
and all of your aspirations. This has

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been the seven minute Leadership podcast and
I thank you for listening. For more

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Paul Fellovaledo podcasts, visit Paul Fellovaledo
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