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
Speaker 1: fella Aledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute leadership podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode four twenty nine. Let's talk about hate because
Speaker 2: this episode isn't going to be about the fluffy stuff.
Speaker 2: This one's about the raw fire that makes someone get
Speaker 2: out of bed and show up. A few weeks ago,
Speaker 2: I was having a discussion with one of my lieutenants
Speaker 2: and he said something that stopped me in my tracks.
Speaker 2: During a conversation about poor performance on his shift. He
Speaker 2: wanted to know how does he convey this message to
Speaker 2: his team. I want you to hate losing. I want
Speaker 2: you to hate not giving your best. I want you
Speaker 2: to hate not going the extra mile. I want you
Speaker 2: to hate not giving a damn. Now, before you get
Speaker 2: turned off by the word hate, let's break this down
Speaker 2: because this isn't about spreading negativity. It's about building a
Speaker 2: mindset that refuses to settle for average. So let's go
Speaker 2: line by line. I want you to hate losing. Not
Speaker 2: everyone is wired to be competitive, but in leadership, you
Speaker 2: better learn to be. This isn't about scoreboard watching or
Speaker 2: trying to beat your coworkers. It's about losing time, losing opportunity,
Speaker 2: losing momentum, and most of all, losing trust. When you
Speaker 2: accept a loss without reflection or fire in your gut,
Speaker 2: you're telling your team that losing is a part of
Speaker 2: the culture. But when you hate it, when you analyze it,
Speaker 2: own it, and vow to never feel it again, that's leadership.
Speaker 2: I want you to hate not giving your best. Let's
Speaker 2: be honest, there are days when we coast, days when
Speaker 2: we just show up and do the bare minimum, but
Speaker 2: that mindset adds up. You don't drift into greatness. You
Speaker 2: don't accidentally build a winning team. If your name is
Speaker 2: on the schedule, if you're being paid to show up,
Speaker 2: then your best should walk through that door with you.
Speaker 2: Anything less that should eat at you because your standard
Speaker 2: is what sets the tone for the whole team. I
Speaker 2: want you to hate not going the extra mile. We've
Speaker 2: all seen it, the trash left on the floor of
Speaker 2: the customer or patient left waiting the shift change with
Speaker 2: zero communication. Going the extra mile doesn't always show up
Speaker 2: in your paycheck, but it always shows up in your reputation.
Speaker 2: In leadership, the extra mile is never crowded because most
Speaker 2: people quit at mile one, But that second mile, that's
Speaker 2: where respect is earned, Teams are built, and leaders are remembered.
Speaker 2: I want you to hate not giving a damn. This
Speaker 2: might be the most powerful line of all, because if
Speaker 2: you don't care, if you're indifferent, than you're a liability,
Speaker 2: not just to the company but to the people who
Speaker 2: count on you. Not giving a damn doesn't just damage performance,
Speaker 2: It damages trust, culture, momentum, and it spreads like wildfire.
Speaker 2: When a leader says I want you to hate not
Speaker 2: giving a damn, they're saying we need people who care
Speaker 2: so much that it physically bothers them to underperform. People
Speaker 2: who take pride in their name, their station, their responsibility.
Speaker 2: People care loudly. Let me bring this back around. Every
Speaker 2: organization has people at different levels of effort. There are
Speaker 2: rock stars, there are passes, and then there are anchors.
Speaker 2: And you know what, sometimes the anchor doesn't even realize
Speaker 2: they're dragging the boat. They've normalized average, they've built comfort
Speaker 2: in low expectations. But a great leader shakes that loose.
Speaker 2: A great leader challenges that person with fire. Not handholding.
Speaker 2: Sometimes leadership isn't gentle. Sometimes it's direct, it's uncomfortable, and
Speaker 2: it sounds like I want more from you. I want
Speaker 2: you to be better, I want you to care. If
Speaker 2: you're in a leadership role and you've got someone on
Speaker 2: your team going through the motions, it might be time
Speaker 2: to use this exact script. I want you to hate losing.
Speaker 2: I want you to hate giving anything less than your best.
Speaker 2: I want you to hate not going the extra mile.
Speaker 2: I want you to hate not giving a damn those
Speaker 2: four sentences. That's a standard, that's a culture, that's a mindset,
Speaker 2: and that, my friend, friends, is leadership. This has been
Speaker 2: the seven minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.
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