Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and golajiving. This
Speaker 1: is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellovliedo.
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 1: It's episode three seventy five. Today's episode is about three
Speaker 1: simple but powerful words that can completely reshape how you lead. Desire, faith, action.
Speaker 1: Let's start with desire. Desire is the ignition switch. It's
Speaker 1: the internal fire that pushes you out of bed at
Speaker 1: five am, makes you stay late when everyone else clocks out,
Speaker 1: and keeps you going when the results haven't shown up yet.
Speaker 1: In leadership, desire isn't just about wanting the corner office
Speaker 1: or the title. It's about the craving to do things better,
Speaker 1: to lead people smarter, to leave things stronger than how
Speaker 1: you found them. But let me be clear, not all
Speaker 1: desire is created equal. Some people want success the way
Speaker 1: they want a new car, something to show off. That's
Speaker 1: not leadership desire. True leadership desire is wanting to serve, grow,
Speaker 1: and solve problems even when no one is watching. If
Speaker 1: desire is the spark, then faith is the fuel. Faith
Speaker 1: means believing in the process, even when the process isn't
Speaker 1: paying off yet. It's the deep trust that your leadership
Speaker 1: choices will make a difference even when the data says
Speaker 1: otherwise and the team is dragging. Faith isn't just spiritual,
Speaker 1: it's strategic. You need faith in yourself, faith in your mission,
Speaker 1: and most importantly, faith in your people, because leadership without
Speaker 1: faith turns into micromanagement, and right micromanagement is the fast
Speaker 1: track to burning out your team. So I want you
Speaker 1: to remember this, doubt kills more leadership dreams than failure.
Speaker 1: Ever will have the kind of faith that says we're
Speaker 1: not there yet, but we will be. Then comes the
Speaker 1: third part. Action. Desire and faith are meaningless without action.
Speaker 1: And I don't mean big, flashy action. I'm talking consistent,
Speaker 1: every day, grind it out kind of action. Action means
Speaker 1: having the tough conversations. It means showing up when it's uncomfortable.
Speaker 1: It means making decisions when everyone else is hesitating. Action
Speaker 1: is what builds credibility. Desire gives you purpose, faith gives
Speaker 1: you stability, but action gives you results. You can want
Speaker 1: it all day long, you can believe in it with
Speaker 1: your whole heart. But if you don't put your boots
Speaker 1: on the ground and move nothing changes. That's where most
Speaker 1: leaders get stuck. They think planning is the same as progress.
Speaker 1: It's not. Here's the formula I want you to write
Speaker 1: down and tape to your wall. Desire plus faith plus
Speaker 1: daily action equals leadership momentum. Now let me give you
Speaker 1: a real world example. Years ago, I had a leadership
Speaker 1: idea that everyone thought was unnecessary, a plan to rewrite
Speaker 1: how our internal communications worked. I had the desire to
Speaker 1: fix it because I saw it holding people back. I
Speaker 1: had faith that if we stuck with it, morale and
Speaker 1: performance would improve. And then I acted on it every day,
Speaker 1: every meeting, every system update. It wasn't flashy, it took months,
Speaker 1: but the outcome was a high functioning, connected team that
Speaker 1: started crushing goals. And it didn't happen overnight, but it
Speaker 1: did happen. So here's your leadership challenge this week. What
Speaker 1: do you really desire right now as a leader? Be honest?
Speaker 1: Is it recognition, impact, simplicity? Write that down and where
Speaker 1: is your faith week? Is it in yourself, your team,
Speaker 1: your plan? Identify it and start rebuilding it. And what's
Speaker 1: one action you've been avoiding the thing you identify needs
Speaker 1: to be done, the one step that's been sitting on
Speaker 1: your to do list way too long, Get out there
Speaker 1: and do it. Desire faith action. That's the three legged
Speaker 1: stool that holds up every great leader. This has been
Speaker 1: the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank you for listening.
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