Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajiving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellavaliedo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode six eighty five. We are living in loud times.
Speaker 2: Notifications never stop, expectations keep rising, problems stack faster than
Speaker 2: we can solve them. In Somewhere in all of that noise,
Speaker 2: leaders are trying to make clear decisions, take care of people,
Speaker 2: and still keep everything moving forward. So today I want
Speaker 2: to take you in a different direction, not forward backward,
Speaker 2: because some of the best leadership lessons you need right
Speaker 2: now now were figured out thousands of years ago before smartphones,
Speaker 2: in emails and meetings that should have been emails. Ancient
Speaker 2: wisdom was built in chaos, war, uncertainty, and survival. Sound familiar,
Speaker 2: So let's strip this down into something you can actually
Speaker 2: use today. Here are five ancient leadership principles that still
Speaker 2: win in modern chaos. First, control what you can control,
Speaker 2: and I think the stoics back then nailed this. They
Speaker 2: understood something that most leaders forget. You cannot control everything
Speaker 2: happening around you. You can only control your response. So
Speaker 2: here's your action step today. When something goes sideways and
Speaker 2: it will pause and ask yourself one question, is this
Speaker 2: within my control? If the answer is no, stop wasting
Speaker 2: energy on it. Shift immediately to what you can influence
Speaker 2: your tone, your decision, your next move. That alone will
Speaker 2: cut your stress in half and sharpen your leadership instantly. Second,
Speaker 2: slow down your reaction time. Ancient warriors didn't rush blindly
Speaker 2: into battle. They observed, they assessed, then they moved with purpose.
Speaker 2: Modern leaders do the opposite. We react fast and think later,
Speaker 2: and that's backwards. So here's your action step. The next
Speaker 2: time someone brings you a problem, Do not answer immediately,
Speaker 2: take a breath, ask one follow up question by yourself
Speaker 2: ten seconds. Those ten seconds will separate you from reactive
Speaker 2: leaders and put you in the category of composed leaders. Third,
Speaker 2: discipline beats motive. Ancient cultures understood this better than we do.
Speaker 2: Motivation is unreliable. Discipline is consistent. You're not going to
Speaker 2: feel like leading every day. You are not going to
Speaker 2: feel energized, inspired, or even ready, and that doesn't matter.
Speaker 2: Your action step is pick one leadership habit that you
Speaker 2: will do every single day for the next thirty days.
Speaker 2: Maybe it's checking in with one employee, maybe it's reviewing
Speaker 2: one process, maybe it's giving one piece of real feedback.
Speaker 2: Do it whether you feel like it or not. That's
Speaker 2: how leaders build credibility, not in big speeches, but in
Speaker 2: daily consistency. Fourth, your words carry weight. Ancient leaders understood
Speaker 2: that what they said could calm a crowd or start
Speaker 2: a riot. Words mattered, and they still do in your world.
Speaker 2: Old one sentence can build trust or destroy it. So
Speaker 2: your action step before you speak today, ask yourself this.
Speaker 2: Will this move the team forward or hold them back.
Speaker 2: If it doesn't move them forward, rethink it. Silence is
Speaker 2: better than careless words. Fifth, lead by example or don't
Speaker 2: lead at all. Ancient leadership was visible. You didn't lead
Speaker 2: from behind a screen. You lead from the front. Your
Speaker 2: team is watching everything you do. Now what you say,
Speaker 2: what you do, So your action step identify one behavior
Speaker 2: you expect from your team that you were not consistently demonstrating.
Speaker 2: Fix it today. If you expect accountability, be accountable. If
Speaker 2: you expect professionalism, be professional. If you expect effort, show effort.
Speaker 2: Because culture is not what you say it is. Culture
Speaker 2: is what you model every day. So let me tie
Speaker 2: this all together. Ancient wisdom works because human nature has
Speaker 2: not changed. People still want clarity, they still want direction,
Speaker 2: They still watch their leaders closely. The tools have changed,
Speaker 2: the environment has changed, the pressure has increased, but leadership
Speaker 2: at its core is still the same. And here's where
Speaker 2: this gets real for you. You don't need a new app.
Speaker 2: You do not need another meeting. You do not need
Speaker 2: more information. You need to execute simple principles. Consistently control
Speaker 2: what you can control, slow down your reactions, choose discipline
Speaker 2: over motivation, Be intentional with your words, and lead by example.
Speaker 2: If those five things today, not next week, not when
Speaker 2: things calm down, but today, you will cut through chaos
Speaker 2: faster than most leaders around you. And here's the final piece.
Speaker 2: Chaos is not your enemy, it is your proven ground.
Speaker 2: This is where leaders are exposed. This is where leaders rise.
Speaker 2: Anyone can lead when things are calm. That's management. Leadership
Speaker 2: shows up when things are messy, uncertain, and uncomfortable. That
Speaker 2: is where you earn your reputation. That is where your
Speaker 2: team decides if they trust you. That is where your
Speaker 2: legacy starts getting written. So the question is not how
Speaker 2: do I avoid chaos. The question is how do I
Speaker 2: lead through it better than anyone else in the room.
Speaker 2: And now you have five answers you can start using immediately.
Speaker 2: So take more one of these principles and apply it
Speaker 2: before your day ends. Not all five, just pick one,
Speaker 2: do it with intention, do it with focus, and watch
Speaker 2: what happens. Leadership does not require perfection, It requires action.
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Speaker 2: and start using today. This has been the seven minute
Speaker 2: Leadership Podcast and I thank you for listening.
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