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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 Fellavaledo.

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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 seven to ten. I want you to picture

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<v Speaker 2>a leader, high performer, always moving, always solving problems, always available,

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<v Speaker 2>always on their phone, never stops their mind, never shuts off.

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<v Speaker 2>Their calendar is packed, their team depends on them for everything,

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<v Speaker 2>and on paper, they look unstoppable until one day they're not.

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<v Speaker 2>They snap in a meeting, they make a bad decision

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<v Speaker 2>they normally would never make. They start avoiding conversations, They

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<v Speaker 2>lose patience with their best people, their energy drops, their

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<v Speaker 2>clarity disappears, and everyone around them is thinking the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened. Here's what happened. They never learned how to rest. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>before you tune out, I'm not talking about taking a

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<v Speaker 2>vacation or getting more sleep. That's part of it, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's not the full picture. High level leadership demands more

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<v Speaker 2>than physical recovery. It demands strategic recovery because there are

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<v Speaker 2>different types of exhaustion, and if you only fix one.

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<v Speaker 2>The others will quietly take you down. So let's break

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<v Speaker 2>this down in a way you can actually use this

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<v Speaker 2>starting today. First is mental rest. This is your brain

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<v Speaker 2>being overloaded from NonStop decision making, problem solving and information intake.

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<v Speaker 2>You know you need this when your thoughts feel cluttered,

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<v Speaker 2>you reread the same email three times, or you sit

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<v Speaker 2>there staring at a problem that should be simple. Mental

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<v Speaker 2>rest is not scrolling your phone. Mental rest is clearing

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<v Speaker 2>your head, write everything down, get it out, give yourself

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<v Speaker 2>ten minutes of silence, take a walk without your phone,

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<v Speaker 2>slow your breathing. Leaders who don't protect their mental space

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<v Speaker 2>start making reactive decisions instead of intentional ones. And the

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<v Speaker 2>second one is physical rest. This is the one most

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<v Speaker 2>people think they understand, but most leaders ignore it. If

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<v Speaker 2>your body is exhausted, your leadership is compromised. Your patience,

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<v Speaker 2>your tone, your presence, all of it is affected. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't need to become a fitness expert overnight. You need consistency, sleep, stretch,

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<v Speaker 2>move your body. Take a short break instead of grinding

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<v Speaker 2>through exhaustion. You cannot lead at a high level if

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<v Speaker 2>your body is running on fumes. The third sensory rest.

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<v Speaker 2>This one is crushing leaders right now, constant notifications, screens everywhere,

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<v Speaker 2>noise alerts, meetings, messages. Your brain is never getting a

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<v Speaker 2>break from input. You know this feeling. You check your

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<v Speaker 2>phone without even thinking, You open apps with no purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>You feel wired but not productive. You need to shut

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<v Speaker 2>it down, turn off notifications, sit in a quiet room,

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<v Speaker 2>step away from screens for a few hours. If you

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<v Speaker 2>never disconnect, you will lose your ability to focus deeply,

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<v Speaker 2>and leadership requires deep focus. Fourth is social rest. This

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<v Speaker 2>one hits leaders harder than most people realize. You are

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<v Speaker 2>constantly around people, conversations, problems, expectations, but not all interactions

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<v Speaker 2>give you energy. Some drain you. Social rest means being

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<v Speaker 2>intentional about who you spend time with. Spend time with

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<v Speaker 2>people who recharge you, set boundaries with those who don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Learn to say no to things that pull your energy

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<v Speaker 2>in the wrong direction. You are not required to be

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<v Speaker 2>available to everyone all the time, so protect your circle.

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<v Speaker 2>The fifth is creative rest. Leaders are expected to think, innovate, solve,

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<v Speaker 2>and adapt, but creativity doesn't come from pressure, it comes

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<v Speaker 2>from space. If you are always in execution mode, your

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<v Speaker 2>ability to think differently starts to disappear. Creative rest means

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<v Speaker 2>stepping away from your routine. Try something new, go somewhere different,

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<v Speaker 2>Listen to something that makes you think, give your brain

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<v Speaker 2>something fresh to work with. Some of your best leadership

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<v Speaker 2>ideas will not come from your desk. They will come

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<v Speaker 2>when you step away from it. Sixth is emotional rest.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the one leaders avoid the most. You carry stress,

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<v Speaker 2>you absorb, pressure, you manage conflict, You deal with frustration

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<v Speaker 2>from every direction, and most leaders keep it all inside

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<v Speaker 2>and that builds up. Emotional rest means processing what you

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<v Speaker 2>are dealing with, write it down, talk to someone you trust,

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<v Speaker 2>set boundaries with situations that drain you. You don't need

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<v Speaker 2>to carry everything alone, and if you do, it will

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<v Speaker 2>show up in your leadership whether you want it to

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<v Speaker 2>or not. And finally, spiritual rest, This is not about religion.

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<v Speaker 2>This is about purpose. Why are you doing what you're doing,

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<v Speaker 2>What do you stand for? Who are you helping? When

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<v Speaker 2>leaders lose connection to purpose, everything starts to feel like

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<v Speaker 2>a grind. Spiritual rest means reconnecting to something bigger than

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<v Speaker 2>your daily tasks. Help someone reflect on your values, take

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<v Speaker 2>a moment to appreciate what you've built in who you've impacted.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Leadership without purpose turns into burnout. Now here's the

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<v Speaker 2>part I want you to really hear. You don't need

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<v Speaker 2>all seven of these every day. You need awareness. Most

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<v Speaker 2>leaders are trying to fix the wrong type of exhaustion.

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<v Speaker 2>They think they're tired because they need sleep, when what

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<v Speaker 2>they really need is quiet. They think they need time

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<v Speaker 2>off when what they really need is a boundary. They

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<v Speaker 2>think they've lost motivation when what they really lost is

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<v Speaker 2>connection to purpose. If you can identify what type of

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<v Speaker 2>rest you actually need, you can recover faster and lead better.

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<v Speaker 2>So here's your move. Take the next seven minutes. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at your current state. Ask yourself one question. Where am

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<v Speaker 2>I actually drained right now? Is it mental, physical, sensory, social, creative, emotional, spiritual?

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<v Speaker 2>Pick one? Then do something about it today, not next week,

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<v Speaker 2>and not when things slow down. Do it today, because

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<v Speaker 2>the leader who learns how to recover becomes the leader

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<v Speaker 2>who can sustain performance, And the leader who can sustain

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<v Speaker 2>performance becomes the leader everyone depends on. Not because they

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<v Speaker 2>grind harder, because they recover smarter. So leadership is not

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<v Speaker 2>about how long you can go without stopping. It is

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<v Speaker 2>about how well you can reset so you can keep

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<v Speaker 2>going when it matters the most. Protect your energy, protect

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<v Speaker 2>your clarity, and protect your ability to lead at a

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<v Speaker 2>high level. That is how you win long term. And

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<v Speaker 2>start using today. This has been the seven minute leadership

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<v Speaker 2>podcast and I thank you for listening.

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