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<v Speaker 1>Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of

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<v Speaker 1>performance through strong human relations, team building, and golachieving. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the seven minute Leadership podcast with your host Paul

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<v Speaker 1>fella Aledo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute leadership podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode three sixty two. Today's episode is for every

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<v Speaker 2>leader who has found success checked the boxes, build a

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<v Speaker 2>decent team, and earn the respect of their organization, but

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<v Speaker 2>still feels like they're just good, not bad, not average,

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<v Speaker 2>but not great either. So let me hit you with

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<v Speaker 2>something hard right out of the gate. Good is often

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy of great. Good gets comfortable, Good stops asking questions,

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<v Speaker 2>Good hits autopilot, but great. Great stays hungry, Great stays uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>Great doesn't sit in the same chair for too long.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you're ready to go from good to great,

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<v Speaker 2>really ready, here's the leadership roadmap. Number one. Greatness requires

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<v Speaker 2>brutal honesty. Let's start with a gut check. Take a

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<v Speaker 2>look at yourself, not just your wins, but your blind spots.

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<v Speaker 2>When's the last time you asked your team for feedback

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<v Speaker 2>that you didn't want to hear. If you only surround

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<v Speaker 2>yourself with yes people or avoid tough conversations. You're choosing

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<v Speaker 2>comfort over growth. Great leaders ask where am I slipping?

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<v Speaker 2>Where am I coasting? What am I ignoring? The moment

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<v Speaker 2>you stop flinching at the truth is the moment you

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<v Speaker 2>unlock your next level. Number two, Greatness is boring before

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<v Speaker 2>it's brilliant. Great leaders do the hard stuff over and over.

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<v Speaker 2>They prep meetings, they follow up, they check in, they

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<v Speaker 2>review performance. They hold people accountable consistently. That's not glamorous.

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<v Speaker 2>But great isn't always about the big stage. It's about

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<v Speaker 2>the discipline in the shadows. If you want to be great,

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<v Speaker 2>fall in love with repetition. Make boring your superpower. Number three,

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<v Speaker 2>great leaders build great people. Here's a truth bomb. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong room. Great leaders don't hoard knowledge. They build people

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<v Speaker 2>who can one day replace them. That's legacy leadership. Shift

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<v Speaker 2>your mindset. Your greatness isn't proven by what you can do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's proven by what your team can do when you're

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<v Speaker 2>not in the room. In Number four, good leaders manage tasks.

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<v Speaker 2>Great leaders shape culture. Culture isn't ping pong tables or

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<v Speaker 2>free coffee. It's how your people feel. In a random

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<v Speaker 2>Tuesday morning. It's how they talk about you when you're

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<v Speaker 2>not around. Ask yourself, what's the vibe when you walk

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<v Speaker 2>in the room. Do people sit up straight or because

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<v Speaker 2>they're inspired or because they're scared. Great leaders set the

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<v Speaker 2>tone every single day. In the last one, Greatness isn't

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<v Speaker 2>a title, it's a daily choice. There's no graduation ceremony

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<v Speaker 2>for leadership. You don't arrive at great You wake up

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<v Speaker 2>and earn it again and again. You show up curious,

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<v Speaker 2>you make the hard call, you apologize when you screw up,

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<v Speaker 2>you get better, then you do it again tomorrow. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the climb, that's the grit. That's what separates leaders who

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<v Speaker 2>are good enough from the ones whose names get remembered.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you're listening to this and you're a good leader, congrats.

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<v Speaker 2>That means you've already beaten average, You've already stepped up.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you've got that fire in your gut that

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<v Speaker 2>says there's more. I'm here to tell you there is

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<v Speaker 2>the great version of you who is already inside. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just waiting for you to stop settling. So go back

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<v Speaker 2>to the basics. Do the hard stuff, get feedback, train

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<v Speaker 2>your team, build your culture, and tomorrow do it all again,

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<v Speaker 2>one intentional minute at a time. This has been the

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<v Speaker 2>seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>For more Paul fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot

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