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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 golajving. 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>Fello Aledo. Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute

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<v Speaker 1>Leadership Podcast. It's episode six ninety nine. Let me take

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<v Speaker 1>you up in the air for a minute. Picture a

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<v Speaker 1>pilot in a small aircraft climbing out, turning, crosswind, then downwind,

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<v Speaker 1>then base, then final approach. The runway is in sight,

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<v Speaker 1>the wheels touched down, and before the aircraft even fully settles,

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<v Speaker 1>throttle goes forward again and back up into the air

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<v Speaker 1>around the pattern again, touch and go, touch and go,

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<v Speaker 1>touch and go. That pilot is not flying to get somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>That pilot is flying to get better. Now here's the

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<v Speaker 1>part that most people miss. There's a difference between being

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<v Speaker 1>current and being proficient. A pilot can meet the legal

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<v Speaker 1>requirement a certain number of takeoffs and landings in a

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<v Speaker 1>certain timeframe and be considered current. That means they are

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to fly. But ask any real pilot and they

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<v Speaker 1>will tell you something straight. Currency keeps you legal, Proficiency

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<v Speaker 1>keeps you alive. And that right there is leadership because

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<v Speaker 1>too many leaders are current, but they are not proficient.

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<v Speaker 1>They show up, they attend the meeting, they sign the form,

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<v Speaker 1>they check the box. They are technically still in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're not sharp. They're not practicing, they're not improving.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not pushing themselves through the pattern over and over

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<v Speaker 1>again to get better at the fundamentals, and leadership at

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<v Speaker 1>its core, is a skill set of fundamentals communication, decision make, accountability, presence.

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<v Speaker 1>You do not master those once and move on. You

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<v Speaker 1>practice them every single day. And let me bring this

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<v Speaker 1>even closer to home. In EMS, your paramedics go through

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<v Speaker 1>an annual skills review. They run through airway management, IV access,

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<v Speaker 1>medication administration, cardiac scenarios. They demonstrate they can still perform.

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<v Speaker 1>That makes them current. But if that paramedic only touches

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<v Speaker 1>those skills once a year, they are not proficient. And

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<v Speaker 1>you would never accept that on a call. You would

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<v Speaker 1>never look at a patient say don't worry, the medic

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<v Speaker 1>is current. You want proficiency, You want muscle memory, you

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<v Speaker 1>want calm under pressure. You want someone who has done

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<v Speaker 1>it so many times that when it matters, there is

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<v Speaker 1>no hesitation. And leadership is no different. Your team does

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<v Speaker 1>not need a current leader, They need a proficient Onefficiency

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<v Speaker 1>does not come from annual reviews, leadership steminars, or a

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<v Speaker 1>stack of books on your shelf. It comes from daily reps, small, intentional,

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<v Speaker 1>repeated reps. It comes from having a difficult conversation instead

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<v Speaker 1>of avoiding it. It comes from giving real feedback instead

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<v Speaker 1>of surface level comments. It comes from making a decision

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<v Speaker 1>when it would be easier to delay it. Those are

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<v Speaker 1>your leadership. Touch and goes every day gives you a

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<v Speaker 1>pattern to fly. Every interaction is an approach. Every conversation

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<v Speaker 1>is a landing. Every decision is a throttle push forward

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<v Speaker 1>to get back into the air. And here's where most

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<v Speaker 1>leaders get it wrong. They think leadership happens in big moments,

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<v Speaker 1>the major incident, the big meeting, the crisis. That is

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<v Speaker 1>not where leadership is built. That is where leadership is revealed.

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<v Speaker 1>Leadership is built in the quiet repetitions that nobody see.

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<v Speaker 1>The extra five minutes you spend preparing for a conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>the way you handle a small mistake from an employee,

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<v Speaker 1>the tone you use when you're tired, frustrated and stretched thin.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are your reps. Those are your touch and goes.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you skip them. You only show up when

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<v Speaker 1>it's required. If you rely on being current instead of

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<v Speaker 1>working towards proficiency, you will feel it, your team will

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<v Speaker 1>feel it, and when the moment comes that actually matters,

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<v Speaker 1>you will not have the confidence or the control that

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<v Speaker 1>comes from repetition. You will hesitate, you will second guess,

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<v Speaker 1>you will default to whatever habit you have built, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's good or bad. So here's the question I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to sit with today. Are you practicing leadership or

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<v Speaker 1>are you only showing up for it? Because those are

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<v Speaker 1>two very different things. One creates growth, the other creates stagnate.

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<v Speaker 1>And here's the good news. You don't need hours. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't need a perfect plan, you don't need a classroom.

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<v Speaker 1>You need intention seven minutes a day, seven minutes where

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<v Speaker 1>you consciously decide, I'm going to get one rep better today.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's how you start your shift, Maybe it's how

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<v Speaker 1>you close out your day. Maybe it's one conversation you

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<v Speaker 1>handle differently. That is your pattern work, that is your

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<v Speaker 1>leadership flight training. And over time, those small reps compound.

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<v Speaker 1>You get smoother, you get sharper, you get more confident.

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<v Speaker 1>You stop reacting and start leading, You stop guessing. And

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<v Speaker 1>start knowing. You move from being current too proficient. And

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<v Speaker 1>that is where real leadership lives, not in the title,

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<v Speaker 1>not in the position, not in the annual review. It

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<v Speaker 1>lives in the daily discipline of showing up and practicing

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<v Speaker 1>the craft. So tomorrow, when your day starts, I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to think about that runway. You are not there

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<v Speaker 1>to survive the day, were there to get better, take off,

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<v Speaker 1>fly the pattern, make the landing go again. Because the

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<v Speaker 1>leaders who commit to daily reps are the ones who

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<v Speaker 1>show up ready when it counts. And if you take

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<v Speaker 1>nothing else from today, I want you to remember this

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<v Speaker 1>currency keeps you in the seat. Proficiency makes you someone

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<v Speaker 1>worth following. Put in the reps every single day. This

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<v Speaker 1>has been the seven minute Leadership podcast. I thank you

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