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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 goalagiving. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the seven minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellovledo.

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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 four forty one and let's get right into

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<v Speaker 2>it with a powerful quote. Six months from now, you'll

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<v Speaker 2>either have six months of excuses or six months of progress.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not just a quote, that's a mirror. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>hard look in the face of time and ownership. Now

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<v Speaker 2>take a second and think about what you've been planning

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<v Speaker 2>to do as a leader. Maybe it's fixing your teams culture.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it's improving communication with your upper management. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 2>finally writing that business plan, documenting your SOPs, or hiring

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<v Speaker 2>that one position you keep putting off. Now ask yourself

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<v Speaker 2>if I had started six months ago, where would I

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<v Speaker 2>be right now? And let me just hit you with this.

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<v Speaker 2>Leadership is not measured by intentions. It's measured by forward motion.

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<v Speaker 2>This episode is about calling out the stall, the stall

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<v Speaker 2>that happens in leadership when we wait for more time

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<v Speaker 2>for things to settle down, for someone else to notice

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<v Speaker 2>the problem. For a better moment or for the perfect plan.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need more time, you need more urgency. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>how this breaks down in real life. Excuses are time traps.

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<v Speaker 2>Every excuse sounds reasonable in the moment, we're short staffed,

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<v Speaker 2>we're transitioning right now, we're just too busy. But six

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<v Speaker 2>months later those excuses have stolen half a year of

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<v Speaker 2>your leadership impact. Progress doesn't have to be perfect. We

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<v Speaker 2>think making progress means launching something massive. It doesn't. Progress

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<v Speaker 2>is a fifteen minute meeting that didn't exist yesterday. It's

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<v Speaker 2>one policy rewritten, one conversation you've avoided. Progress is gritty,

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<v Speaker 2>it's uncomfortable, but its movement. Time will pass no matter what.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the part that gets most leaders. The clock

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<v Speaker 2>is ticking, whether you're acting or not. Six months will

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<v Speaker 2>go by, and the question is did you lead forward

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<v Speaker 2>or did you manage excuses? And let me give you

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<v Speaker 2>a visual picture two folders. One is labeled excuses and

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<v Speaker 2>the other is labeled progress. Now, every day you either

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<v Speaker 2>add a page to one or the other. By the

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<v Speaker 2>end of six months, you've got a thick stack. Which

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<v Speaker 2>folder are you you carrying around? Because here's the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Excuses way more they weigh on your confidence, your reputation,

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<v Speaker 2>your team's trust in you. But progress, it builds momentum,

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<v Speaker 2>it builds credibility. So what can you do starting today?

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<v Speaker 2>Let me give you a quick three step challenge. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>pick one goal something you've been putting off. Doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to be huge, it just has to matter. Step two,

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<v Speaker 2>break it down. Six months equals roughly one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>eighty days. If you worked on it for five minutes

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<v Speaker 2>a day, that's fifteen hours of focused progress. You think

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<v Speaker 2>you can't make a dent, you can build a whole

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<v Speaker 2>new system with fifteen hours and track it honestly. At

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<v Speaker 2>the end of each week, ask did I make progress

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<v Speaker 2>or did I make excuses? That weekly reflection is your

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<v Speaker 2>accountability anchor. So this isn't a motivational speech, it's leadership

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<v Speaker 2>reset because six months from now you're going to show

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<v Speaker 2>up somewhere, You're going to be in a meeting, making

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<v Speaker 2>a decision, dealing with a crisis, and your past six

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<v Speaker 2>months will either have prepared you or exposed you. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not here to tell you it's easy. I'm here to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you it's possible. Six months, twenty six weeks, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and eighty opportunities to lead with purpose or one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and eighty moments where you handed the wheel to comfort, fear,

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<v Speaker 2>or procrastination. This has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>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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