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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 GOLAJV. 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 the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode six twenty five. Recently, I saw this thumbnail

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<v Speaker 2>image on Instagram. It was the ten most iconic paintings

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. Truly fascinating. I recognize some of them,

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<v Speaker 2>I did not know most of them. So I started

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<v Speaker 2>doing a little bit of research into the ten most

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<v Speaker 2>iconic paintings in the world that I saw in this image.

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<v Speaker 2>Museums protect them, millions of people travel to see them,

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<v Speaker 2>books are written about them. And here's the leadership question

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<v Speaker 2>I had. Why these paintings Because talent alone does not

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<v Speaker 2>make something iconic. Consistency, courage, timing, risk, patience, and discipline do.

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<v Speaker 2>That's leadership. So let's walk through this gallery like leaders,

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<v Speaker 2>not art critics. The Mona Lisa is first for a reason,

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<v Speaker 2>not because it's loud, flashy, or oversized. It's controlled, subtle, intentional.

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<v Speaker 2>Leonardo da Vinci worked on it for years. He adjusted

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<v Speaker 2>details most people will never consciously notice. The leadership lesson

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<v Speaker 2>the quiet. Details matter, your tone in meetings, the way

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<v Speaker 2>you respond when nobody's watching, the micro decisions. Leaders lose

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<v Speaker 2>credibility when they chase attention instead of precision. Next The

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<v Speaker 2>Starry Night, Vincent van Goh painted emotion chaos in motion.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't sanitize how he saw the world. The leadership

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<v Speaker 2>lesson authenticity scales teams consense. When a leader is pretending,

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<v Speaker 2>when you try to paint calm while you're feeling panic,

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<v Speaker 2>people feel the disconnect. Honest leadership creates trust even when

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<v Speaker 2>conditions are rough. Now the Last Supper Da Vinci Again,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a timing and placement. Every person has a role.

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<v Speaker 2>Every reaction matters. Leadership lesson positioning matters where you sit

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<v Speaker 2>in meetings, who you put next to, whom, who hears

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<v Speaker 2>information first. Leaders who ignore placement create unnecessary friction.

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<v Speaker 1>Girl with a pearl.

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<v Speaker 2>Earring feels simple, but it isn't. The lighting, the pause,

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<v Speaker 2>the restraint. The leadership lesson restraint is power. Not every

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<v Speaker 2>thought needs a microphone, not every email needs a reply.

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<v Speaker 2>Leaders who master pause control the room. The Persistence of

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<v Speaker 2>Memory by Salvador dolly Ben's Reality Melting Clocks Distorted Time

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<v Speaker 2>the leadership lesson. Perception of time is leadership currency. Miss

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<v Speaker 2>deadlines repeatedly, incredibility melts, waste time in meetings, and morale erodes.

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<v Speaker 2>Leaders must protect time like oxygen. Next, the scream raw

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<v Speaker 2>emotion uncomfortable, impossible to ignore the leadership lesson. Ignoring emotional

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<v Speaker 2>signals is dangerous, burnout, frustration, fear, silence. Those screams show

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<v Speaker 2>up in teams long before resignations do leaders who listen

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<v Speaker 2>early avoid crisis later. Gernika by Picasso is chaos, pain,

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<v Speaker 2>and consequence. It tells a story without soft edges. The

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<v Speaker 2>leadership lesson Leaders must be willing to confront hard truths,

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<v Speaker 2>culture damage, bad decisions, fallout from inaction. Pretending everything is

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<v Speaker 2>fine never fixes anything. In the Birth of Venus shows emergence, transition, vulnerability,

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<v Speaker 2>in motion. Leadership lesson growth phases are fragile, new hires, promotions,

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<v Speaker 2>organizational change. Leaders must protect people during transitions or risk

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<v Speaker 2>losing them. An American gothic looks rigid, serious, almost uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>The leadership lesson culture shows on faces. Teams reflect leadership posture.

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<v Speaker 2>If people look guarded, exhausted, or disconnected, leadership behavior is

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<v Speaker 2>on display, whether you like it or not. And finally,

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<v Speaker 2>The Night Watch by Rembrandt movement depth leadership and action

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<v Speaker 2>not a static portrait. Leadership lesson here. Leadership is lived,

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<v Speaker 2>not posed. It shows up in decisions, reactions, priorities, and

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<v Speaker 2>follow through. You don't hang leadership on a wall. You

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<v Speaker 2>demonstrate it daily. So here's the big takeaway. None of

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<v Speaker 2>these artists rushed, none chased trends, none played it safe.

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<v Speaker 2>They showed up consistently, refined, relentlessly, and accepted criticism as

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<v Speaker 2>part of the process. Leadership works the same way. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't become iconic by being perfect. You become iconic by

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<v Speaker 2>being disciplined, intentional, and honest. Over time, seven minutes a

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<v Speaker 2>day focused on how you lead, how you speak, how

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<v Speaker 2>you decide, and how you show up. That's how reputations

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<v Speaker 2>are built. Look at your leadership like a gallery. Every

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<v Speaker 2>interaction is another brushstroke. Over time, people will decide whether

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<v Speaker 2>it's worth stopping to look. So what's unique about this

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<v Speaker 2>episode is how it mirrors something I tell every new

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<v Speaker 2>employee on day one when I do their onboarding. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't tell them how to be EMTs or paramedics. They've

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<v Speaker 2>already proven that to the state. What I do tell

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<v Speaker 2>them is that I'm going to give you a blank

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<v Speaker 2>canvas and your job is to either paint me a

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<v Speaker 2>mon a, something we will hang on the walls and

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<v Speaker 2>remember you forever for or leave it blank and make

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<v Speaker 2>no impact. So your job is not to paint something loud.

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<v Speaker 2>Your job is to paint something real, something consistent, something

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<v Speaker 2>that holds up over time. That's leadership that lasts. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for listening.

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

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