Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goalachieving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul
Speaker 1: Fello Aledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode four oh five, and let me hit you
Speaker 2: with a truth right out of the gate. Most of
Speaker 2: what's holding you back in leadership isn't your team, your budget,
Speaker 2: your schedule, or your boss. It's you. You're the roadblock.
Speaker 2: You're the delay, You're the reason you're not where you
Speaker 2: want to be. And it's time we talk about how
Speaker 2: to stop getting in your own way. And I talk
Speaker 2: a little bit about this a few weeks back and
Speaker 2: receive some good feedback from some listeners asking me to
Speaker 2: go even deeper on this topic. So here we go.
Speaker 2: Number One, if you wait for perfect conditions, you're holding
Speaker 2: out for the right time to start that initiative, Give
Speaker 2: that feedback or take that leap. Leadership doesn't live in
Speaker 2: perfect timing. It lives in right now. There's no perfect moment.
Speaker 2: The only moment you control is this one. Stop waiting
Speaker 2: for all the lights to turn green before you leave
Speaker 2: the driveway. Number Two, you overthink everything, You replay conversations
Speaker 2: in your head, stress about making the wrong decision, and
Speaker 2: waste precious time analyzing instead of acting. Leadership is about movement,
Speaker 2: not always perfect movement, but forward momentum. If your gut
Speaker 2: tells you something's off, trust it. If a decision has
Speaker 2: to be made, make it. Indecision is a decision, and
Speaker 2: it's almost always the wrong one. Number three, you confuse
Speaker 2: activity with progres. You fill your calendar with meetings, You
Speaker 2: check boxes, you shuffle papers, you reply to emails like
Speaker 2: a machine. But none of that guarantees growth or progress.
Speaker 2: If you're always busy but never better, then you're getting
Speaker 2: in your own way. Real leaders work on things that
Speaker 2: move the needle. That's strategy, that's vision, that's the hard stuff.
Speaker 2: Number four, you don't ask for help. You think you
Speaker 2: have to do it all that asking for help makes
Speaker 2: you look weak. That's pride, that's ego, and it's hurting you.
Speaker 2: You're surrounded by people who can make you sharper, stronger,
Speaker 2: and more effective. Use them. There's no prize for burning
Speaker 2: out alone. There's no leadership badge for suffering in silence.
Speaker 2: Number five, you avoid the mirror. It's easier to blame
Speaker 2: the team, or the market or the industry. But if
Speaker 2: your results are off, your team's morale is low, or
Speaker 2: your systems aren't working, it starts at the top. You've
Speaker 2: got to own it self. Awareness is a non negotiable
Speaker 2: in leadership, and sometimes the hardest feedback to accept is
Speaker 2: the truth we already know deep down. Number six, you
Speaker 2: don't execute. You've got a list of ideas, strategies, plans,
Speaker 2: and goals, but none of them see daylight. Execution beats inspiration.
Speaker 2: Every time people don't follow your intentions, they follow your actions.
Speaker 2: Stop saying you'll do it. Do it messy, imperfect, but done.
Speaker 2: Number seven, you fear discomfort. Leadership is uncomfortable. You'll have
Speaker 2: hard conversations, make unpopular calls, and push into unknown territory.
Speaker 2: But if you spend your leadership life trying to stay
Speaker 2: safe or liked, you'll play small and stay stuck. Growth
Speaker 2: and comfort cannot ride the same bus, so make sure
Speaker 2: you pick one. So I hope this deeper explanation helps
Speaker 2: explain this mindset better. It's hard to look in the
Speaker 2: mirror and admit you might be the roadblock, or finally
Speaker 2: come to the realization you're not growing as a leader.
Speaker 2: So ask yourself this question today, where am I getting
Speaker 2: in my own way? And be honest, write that down,
Speaker 2: name it, confront it, and then act on it. And remember,
Speaker 2: progress and leadership doesn't come from doing more. It comes
Speaker 2: from getting out of your own way so you can
Speaker 2: lead without the weight of self sabotage. This has been
Speaker 2: the seven minute Leadership podcast and I thank you for listening.
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