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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 goal achieving.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host

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<v Speaker 1>Paul fella Aledo.

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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 five thirty three today. I want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about a sentence that hits leaders in a deep place.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a sentence that sounds simple on the surface,

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<v Speaker 2>but when you say it out loud, it shakes something

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<v Speaker 2>awake inside of you. My vision is much bigger than

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<v Speaker 2>where I am.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me take you into a moment that every leader

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<v Speaker 2>eventually faces. It usually comes late at night, when the

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<v Speaker 2>world gets quiet. You look around at your life, your team,

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<v Speaker 2>your responsibilities, your routines, and you know you're not done.

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<v Speaker 2>You know you are not even close. This is not

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<v Speaker 2>the finish line, This is barely the starting point. You

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<v Speaker 2>can see a future so clear it almost feels like

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<v Speaker 2>a memory. You can see the better version of your organization.

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<v Speaker 2>You can see the team you want to build, You

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<v Speaker 2>can see the life you want to live. That vision

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<v Speaker 2>is so vivid that you almost get frustrated because your

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<v Speaker 2>present reality feels like it's taking its time catching up.

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<v Speaker 2>Every leader who has ever done anything worth remembering has

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<v Speaker 2>stood in this exact spot. And here's the tough truth.

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<v Speaker 2>When your vision is bigger than where you are right now,

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<v Speaker 2>it will feel lonely. It will feel like no one

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<v Speaker 2>else sees what you see. It will feel like you're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about a future that sounds crazy to everyone else.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me tell you something important. That doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>your vision is wrong. It just means that you're early.

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<v Speaker 2>Every breakthrough in history looked ridiculous the day before it happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Your job is not to convince everyone today. Your job

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<v Speaker 2>is to keep walking until the day your current reality

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<v Speaker 2>finally realizes it has to rise up to match the

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<v Speaker 2>size of your vision. Let me share a story that

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<v Speaker 2>leaders rarely tell out loud. There is a moment when

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<v Speaker 2>you look around at what you have built so far,

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<v Speaker 2>and instead of feeling proud, you feel restless. You're grateful,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're not satisfied, and that can feel confusing. People

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<v Speaker 2>around you will say, but look at how far you've come,

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<v Speaker 2>look at everything you've accomplished, and you do appreciate it,

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<v Speaker 2>you really do. But deep down you know something they

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<v Speaker 2>do not. You are supposed to go farther This is

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<v Speaker 2>the part of leadership that most people never see. They

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<v Speaker 2>see the titles, the results, the winds. They never see

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<v Speaker 2>the private battles nights when you stare at the ceiling

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<v Speaker 2>trying to figure out how to get from the life

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<v Speaker 2>you have to the life you know you're built for.

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<v Speaker 2>They never see the pressure you put on yourself to

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<v Speaker 2>turn that vision into something real. And here's the emotional part.

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<v Speaker 2>You have two choices. You can shrink your vision to

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<v Speaker 2>match your current reality, or you can expand your reality

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<v Speaker 2>to match your vision. Leaders choose the second one. Every

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<v Speaker 2>single time, your vision is supposed to make you uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>It is supposed to feel slightly out of reach. It's

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to stretch you. If your vision fits perfectly inside

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<v Speaker 2>the life you have right now, it's not a vision.

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<v Speaker 2>It's maintenance. There's something powerful that happens when you say

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<v Speaker 2>the words, my vision is much bigger than where I

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<v Speaker 2>am right now. You stop apologizing for wanting more, stop

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<v Speaker 2>playing small so other people feel comfortable. You stop holding

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<v Speaker 2>yourself back because you're afraid of outgrowing situations or people

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<v Speaker 2>who were only meant to be part of your early chapters.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the truth. The version of you who set

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<v Speaker 2>your original goals is not the same version standing here today.

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<v Speaker 2>You have changed, you have learned, you have lived, and

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<v Speaker 2>now your vision is expanding to match the leader that

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<v Speaker 2>you're becoming. So let me ask you this. What is

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<v Speaker 2>the vision you have been carrying around quietly because you're

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<v Speaker 2>afraid people won't understand it. What is the thing you

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<v Speaker 2>know you're supposed to build, but keep delaying until conditions

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<v Speaker 2>feel perfect. What is the dream you keep pushing into

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<v Speaker 2>the future because it feels too big for right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Because here's your reminder. You don't build the future once

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<v Speaker 2>the timing is perfect. You build it so the timing

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<v Speaker 2>comes perfect. Leaders don't wait for permission. They don't wait

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<v Speaker 2>for applause. They don't wait for guarantees. They move, They

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<v Speaker 2>take steps, they learn as they go, and slowly, but surely,

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<v Speaker 2>their presence starts shifting to match their future. Your vision

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<v Speaker 2>is not too big. Your current environment is just too small,

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<v Speaker 2>and it will grow the second you begin acting like

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<v Speaker 2>the leader the future requires. If you're listening to this

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<v Speaker 2>right now, I want you to remember something. You are

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<v Speaker 2>not behind, You are not stuck. You are in the

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<v Speaker 2>space between who you were and who you are becoming

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<v Speaker 2>in this space is where the real work happens. It's

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<v Speaker 2>where leaders are shaped. It's where your future starts tugging

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<v Speaker 2>at your sleeve, saying it's time. So say it proudly.

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<v Speaker 2>My vision is much bigger than where I am right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Then go build toward it. One day you'll look back

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<v Speaker 2>at this exact moment and you'll be so glad you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't lower your vision just because your reality had not

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<v Speaker 2>caught up yet. This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast,

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

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<v Speaker 1>For more, Paul Fell of Alito Podcasts, visit paulfellowalito dot

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