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. Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute
Speaker 1: Leadership Podcast. It's episode three oh nine. Today's episode is
Speaker 1: called rest is Progress. So let's take a moment to
Speaker 1: think about something we've been taught since we were kids.
Speaker 1: Work hard, hustle, grind and push through ensure. Those things
Speaker 1: have value, But at some point they can start to
Speaker 1: work against us if we're not careful. We confuse being
Speaker 1: busy with being productive and we forget that rest. Real
Speaker 1: rest is not the opposite of progress. It is progress.
Speaker 1: As leaders, we carry a lot decisions, people, plans, problems,
Speaker 1: and sometimes the weight of it all tricks us into
Speaker 1: thinking that if we're not constantly doing something, we're falling behind.
Speaker 1: But here's the truth. If you're always on, you're actually
Speaker 1: putting your performance, decision making, and leadership at risk. Rest
Speaker 1: is where recovery happens. It's where clarity gets restored, It's
Speaker 1: where creativity is reborn. You ever notice how your best
Speaker 1: ideas don't come when you're staring at a screen, or
Speaker 1: sitting in a meeting. They come in the shower, on
Speaker 1: a walk, in the quiet moments when your brain finally
Speaker 1: has the space to breathe. When we talk about rest,
Speaker 1: I don't just mean sleep, though that's critically important. I
Speaker 1: mean intentional pauses, real breaks, saying no to another task
Speaker 1: so you can say yes to your own energy. Think
Speaker 1: about this. If your phone battery completely dies, black screen,
Speaker 1: what do you do? You plug it in and wait.
Speaker 1: You don't keep swiping and tapping hoping that it magically
Speaker 1: powers back on. Yet we often treat ourselves like we
Speaker 1: can run on empty and still deliver excellence. So let's
Speaker 1: put this into a leadership lens. If you're burned out,
Speaker 1: what do your team members see? A tired leader, a
Speaker 1: frustrated one, a short tempered boss. You set the tone,
Speaker 1: and if your tone is chaos, exhaustion, and burnout, it
Speaker 1: will ripple throughout your team, whether you realize it or not.
Speaker 1: Now imagine instead being the leader who says I'm taking
Speaker 1: a day to rest and recharge, and I encourage you
Speaker 1: to do the same. That's not weakness, that's leadership. That's
Speaker 1: modeling a healthy, sustainable pace. That's showing your people that
Speaker 1: we're not machines. We're humans, and humans do their best
Speaker 1: work when we are all well. And let's be honest,
Speaker 1: when you take time to rest, you come back better,
Speaker 1: more focused, more creative, more present. That difficult conversation you've
Speaker 1: been putting off, you'll handle it better after rest. That
Speaker 1: strategy meeting next week, you'll walk in sharper, clearer, more confident.
Speaker 1: That's not slowing down, that's preparing to speed up in
Speaker 1: the right direction. So how do you build rest into
Speaker 1: your leadership? Start simple, schedule it, don't wait for rest
Speaker 1: to find you. Block it off like you would any
Speaker 1: other meeting, and protect it if it's on your calendar.
Speaker 1: Treat it like it matters because it does, and encourage it.
Speaker 1: Tell your team that rest is not only allowed, it's expected.
Speaker 1: So let me say this a different way. Rest is
Speaker 1: not the reward for great work. It's the foundation of
Speaker 1: great work. It's critical that you believe and plug into
Speaker 1: that concept. So if you're feeling worn down, stretched thin,
Speaker 1: or like you're spinning your wheels, hit pause, step back,
Speaker 1: take a breath. Rest isn't the enemy of progress, it's
Speaker 1: part of the process. And remember, your leadership will never
Speaker 1: be stronger than your personal well being. Rest like it matters,
Speaker 1: because it does. This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast,
Speaker 1: and I thank you for listening. For more Paul fell
Speaker 1: of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot com