Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellovledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode four seventeen. Today we're talking about something simple, quick,
Speaker 2: and powerful micro rituals. These are small, intentional habits you
Speaker 2: can build into your day to help reset your brain,
Speaker 2: refocus your energy, and boost your leadership performance. So let's
Speaker 2: start with a quick reality check. Most leaders are running
Speaker 2: through the day like their hairs on fire, meeting the meeting,
Speaker 2: problem to problem, message to message, and somewhere in the chaos,
Speaker 2: clarity dies, focus fades in performance dips not because you
Speaker 2: aren't a good leader, but because your brain never got
Speaker 2: a chance to breathe. That's where micro rituals come in.
Speaker 2: A micro ritual is a repeatable action you do daily
Speaker 2: or at specific moments to ground yourself, refocus, or mentally reset.
Speaker 2: These aren't thirty minute routines or wellness retreats. I'm talking
Speaker 2: about thirty second resets you can do between calls, before
Speaker 2: a tough meeting, or when you feel your energy slipping
Speaker 2: let me walk you through three categories of micro rituals
Speaker 2: that can immediately improve your leadership. Number one the mental
Speaker 2: reset ritual. These are quick mental switches that let you
Speaker 2: hit pause and clear the clutter. Here's one of my favorites,
Speaker 2: the one minute close your eyes reset. When your brain
Speaker 2: feels overloaded, step away, close your eyes, Breathe deep, and
Speaker 2: don't think about anything, no solving, no planning, Just breathe.
Speaker 2: Sixty seconds later, you're mentally clearer. Another is the doorframe pause.
Speaker 2: Every time you walk through your office door or step
Speaker 2: into a meeting room, take one deep breath and say
Speaker 2: to yourself, show up on purpose. That three second ritual
Speaker 2: changes how you enter the room. Not rushed, not distracted,
Speaker 2: but present. Number two is the energy boost ritual. Leadership
Speaker 2: is an energy sport. You're making decisions, managing emotions, influencing others.
Speaker 2: If your energy drops, everything drops. Try this the cold
Speaker 2: water reset. Keep a bottle of cold water at your desk,
Speaker 2: Chug it before a big task or a difficul called conversation.
Speaker 2: It's physical, it's alerting, and it tells your body we're
Speaker 2: gearing up. Another one you can try is the five
Speaker 2: second movement break stand stretch, shake out your hands, literally,
Speaker 2: shake off the tension. You're not being weird, You're being wise.
Speaker 2: Leaders with rituals move better, lead, sharper, and don't burn
Speaker 2: out as fast. Number three are things called focus anchors.
Speaker 2: These rituals keep your attention where it needs to be
Speaker 2: in the moment. One of the most effective notebook First,
Speaker 2: before opening your email, open your notebook. Write down the
Speaker 2: one thing you want to accomplish today that will make
Speaker 2: the biggest difference. You don't let your day start by reacting,
Speaker 2: you start by leading. Another is the post it on
Speaker 2: the monitor ritual stick a note that says why am
Speaker 2: I doing this right now? That question kills distraction, It
Speaker 2: forces purpose, and it will stop you from wasting thirty
Speaker 2: minutes doom scrolling on your phone. And let me pause
Speaker 2: here and say this. You already have rituals, they just
Speaker 2: might not be helping you. That morning phone scroll, that
Speaker 2: sigh before the meeting, that habit of checking email at
Speaker 2: red lights all rituals, all signals to your brain and body.
Speaker 2: The trick is to take control. Replace those default rituals
Speaker 2: with deliberate micro rituals that align with the leader you
Speaker 2: want to be. And remember these aren't just productivity hacks.
Speaker 2: These are leadership signals. When your team sees you pausing
Speaker 2: before decision, journaling before you speak, or taking a breath
Speaker 2: before or a meeting, they're not seeing weakness. They're seeing
Speaker 2: someone who leads on purpose. So here's how to get started.
Speaker 2: Pick one time of day you feel drained or unfocused,
Speaker 2: mid morning slump, end of day crash. Just choose it.
Speaker 2: Insert a micro ritual that fits. You don't need ten
Speaker 2: of them, just start with one. Do it every day
Speaker 2: for a week. Watch what happens. You'll be sharper, calmer,
Speaker 2: more present. That's real leadership power. So let me leave
Speaker 2: you with this. Big outcomes don't always come from big moves.
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's the ten second pause, the deep breath, the
Speaker 2: cold water, the reset before you roll into the next
Speaker 2: thing that changes everything. Leadership isn't just about what you
Speaker 2: do out there in the world. It's about what you
Speaker 2: do and hear inside your head when no one's watching.
Speaker 2: So build the rituals, own the moment, lead with intention.
Speaker 2: This has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I
Speaker 2: thank you for listening.
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