Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golachieving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellavaledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode six eighty six. Let me ask you something
Speaker 2: right out of the gate. Do you run your week
Speaker 2: or does your week run you? Because most leaders walk
Speaker 2: into Monday already behind in box full fires, already burning,
Speaker 2: people already waiting, and by Friday they feel like they
Speaker 2: survived instead of lead. And that's not leadership, that is reaction.
Speaker 2: So today I'm giving you five rules to win your week.
Speaker 2: Not theory, not corporate buzzwords, real usable rules you can
Speaker 2: apply starting today and if you follow these, you will
Speaker 2: not only feel different, your team will feel it too.
Speaker 2: So let's get into it. Rule number one, win Monday
Speaker 2: in the first thirty minutes. Most leaders waste the most
Speaker 2: important part of their week. They walk in, grab coffee,
Speaker 2: check emails, drift into conversations, and suddenly an hour is gone.
Speaker 2: And you cannot afford that your first thirty minutes on
Speaker 2: Monday sets the tone for everything. So here's what you
Speaker 2: do instead, sit down, no distractions, no phone, no email.
Speaker 2: Ask yourself three things. What are the three outcomes that
Speaker 2: must happen this week? Who needs my attention the most
Speaker 2: this week? What problem is already sitting out there that
Speaker 2: I need to get ahead of and write those down? Now?
Speaker 2: Your week has direction. You're not guessing, you are leading.
Speaker 2: If you do nothing else from this episode, do this.
Speaker 2: Rule number two. Control your calendar or it will control you.
Speaker 2: Your calendar is not a schedule. It is a reflection
Speaker 2: of your priorities. If your calendar is filled with other
Speaker 2: people's requests, meetings that go nowhere, and random interruptions, then
Speaker 2: your leadership is being outsourced, and that is dangerous. So
Speaker 2: here's the move. Block your time before anyone else can
Speaker 2: take it. Blocking time for thinking, Block time for your team,
Speaker 2: block time for your most important work. And when someone
Speaker 2: tries to take that time, you don't automatically say yes.
Speaker 2: You evaluate it is this worth trading for for what
Speaker 2: I already committed to? If not, it waits. Strong leaders
Speaker 2: protect their time because they understand something most people miss.
Speaker 2: Time is leadership currency. Spend it wisely. Rule number three.
Speaker 2: Attack one problem early, don't carry it all week. Every
Speaker 2: week has a problem, a staffing issue, a performance issue,
Speaker 2: a conflict, a decision you've been avoiding. And here's what
Speaker 2: most leaders do. They carry it, they think about it
Speaker 2: all week, they talk around it, they delay it, and
Speaker 2: it drains them. Stop doing that. Pick one problem early
Speaker 2: in the week and go straight at it. Have the conversation,
Speaker 2: make the decision, set the expectation. You will feel the
Speaker 2: weight come off your shoulders immediately, and your team will
Speaker 2: see something even more important. They will see a leader
Speaker 2: who does not avoid reality, and that builds trust ust
Speaker 2: faster than anything you can say. Rule number four, Create
Speaker 2: one intentional leadership moment every day. You don't need a
Speaker 2: full day to lead. You need a moment. This is
Speaker 2: where your entire philosophy lives. Seven intentional minutes every single day.
Speaker 2: Create one moment where you lead on purpose. It could
Speaker 2: be pulling someone aside and recognizing their work, coaching someone
Speaker 2: through a mistake, setting a clear expectation, checking in with
Speaker 2: someone who's been quiet. One moment that is it. But
Speaker 2: here's the key. You do it intentionally, not when it's convenient,
Speaker 2: not when you remember you plan it, because those moments
Speaker 2: stack and over time, those small moments build culture, trust
Speaker 2: and credibility. This is where average leaders separate from great ones.
Speaker 2: They don't wait for leadership opportunities, they create them. Rule
Speaker 2: number five. End your week like a leader, not like
Speaker 2: a survivor. Friday is where most leaders lose everything they
Speaker 2: built during the week. They rush out, they shut down,
Speaker 2: They say I'll deal with it next week, and then
Speaker 2: Monday hits them like a wall. So here's the rule.
Speaker 2: Before you end your week, take ten minutes and ask
Speaker 2: yourself what went well this week? What didn't go well?
Speaker 2: Who do I need to follow up with? What needs
Speaker 2: to be ready for Monday? And write it down, Send
Speaker 2: the follow up message, close the loop, set the next step.
Speaker 2: Now you're not starting Monday from zero, you're starting from control.
Speaker 2: That is how leaders create momentum, not by working more,
Speaker 2: but by finishing strong. So let me bring this all
Speaker 2: together for you. Winning your week is not about doing more.
Speaker 2: It's about being intentional. It's about starting strong, protecting your time,
Speaker 2: facing problems head on, creating daily leadership moments, and finishing
Speaker 2: with purpose. This is not complicated, but it does require discipline.
Speaker 2: And here is what I will leave you with. If
Speaker 2: you don't control your week, something else will, and it
Speaker 2: will not care about your goals, your team, or your standards.
Speaker 2: That responsibility belongs to you. So when you walk in
Speaker 2: this Monday, don't drift into the week. Step into it
Speaker 2: like a leader who knows exactly what they're doing. Because
Speaker 2: your team is watching and they're taking their cues from you.
Speaker 2: So this week, pick one of the three rerules and
Speaker 2: execute it with precision. Don't try to do everything at once.
Speaker 2: Build the habit, then stack the next one. That's how
Speaker 2: you win weeks, and that's how you build leadership that
Speaker 2: people trust and follow. Show up with intention, lead on purpose,
Speaker 2: and take control of your time before it takes control
Speaker 2: of you. This has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast,
Speaker 2: and I thank you for listening.
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