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Speaker 1: This is the seven minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul fella Aledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute leadership podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode four fifty nine and today I want to
Speaker 2: share a baseball analogy that translates perfectly into leadership. The
Speaker 2: phrases this, yesterday's hits won't win today's game. Think about
Speaker 2: baseball for a moment. A team can have an incredible
Speaker 2: offensive performance one day, knocking out ten runs, crushing homers,
Speaker 2: and just dominating their opponent. But when the next game starts,
Speaker 2: the scoreboard resets to zero. Yesterday's runs don't carry over.
Speaker 2: Yesterday's highlights don't guarantee today's success. The only thing that
Speaker 2: matters is how you show up for this game right now.
Speaker 2: Leadership is the exact same way. Too many leaders fall
Speaker 2: into the trap of leaning on what they did instead
Speaker 2: of what they're doing. You may have landed the big
Speaker 2: contract last quarter. You may have solved a crisis six
Speaker 2: months ago. You may have been the hero who pulled
Speaker 2: the team through a challenge last year. Those were your
Speaker 2: hits and they mattered then, but those hits don't automatically
Speaker 2: help you win today. The people you lead want to
Speaker 2: know what are you doing for the team right now?
Speaker 2: How are you helping them hit today's goals, solve today's problems,
Speaker 2: and prepare for tomorrow's challenges. If you only rely on
Speaker 2: yesterday's accomplishments, you risk becoming a leader who lives in
Speaker 2: the past, and when that happens, you lose credibility in
Speaker 2: the present. And I've seen this play out way too
Speaker 2: many times. A leader talks about how they started the company,
Speaker 2: how they built the brand, how they carried the weight
Speaker 2: early on, and all of that is good and worth respecting.
Speaker 2: But if you're not actively leading today, mentoring your people,
Speaker 2: setting the vision, solving problems, you've become like a retired
Speaker 2: ballplayer who still brags about the game where they hit
Speaker 2: three home runs. The crowd politely collapse, but the game
Speaker 2: has already moved on. So what does swinging the bat
Speaker 2: today look like? In leadership? Here are a few practical takeaways.
Speaker 2: Reset the scoreboard every morning, ask yourself, what does my
Speaker 2: team need from me today, not yesterday, not last week. Today.
Speaker 2: That keeps you focused on the here and now and
Speaker 2: keep taking swings. In baseball, a hitter can't step up
Speaker 2: once get a single and then say I'm good for
Speaker 2: the rest of the game. Leadership works the same way.
Speaker 2: You need to keep showing up, making decisions, communicating and
Speaker 2: encouraging your people every single day, and celebrate the wins,
Speaker 2: but don't camp out there. A good leader pauses to
Speaker 2: high five the team after a victory, but then you
Speaker 2: reset and get ready for the next challenge. If you're
Speaker 2: stuck staring at yesterday's highlight reel, you're not preparing for
Speaker 2: the next pitch and lead with consistency. In baseball, it's
Speaker 2: not the one hit wonder that defines a career. It's
Speaker 2: the player who shows up game after game, season after season.
Speaker 2: Your team wants to see that you're steady, not just
Speaker 2: when you deliver a grand Slam moment, but you're in
Speaker 2: the daily grind. And here's the truth. Yesterday's leadership's wins
Speaker 2: don't give you a pass today. They give you momentum,
Speaker 2: but you still have to step up and play. So
Speaker 2: I'll leave you with this challenge. Think about your own
Speaker 2: leadership game. Are you living off yesterday's hits or are
Speaker 2: you stepping up to the plate each day, ready to
Speaker 2: swing again. Your team needs you in the present. They
Speaker 2: need you to focus on this game, today's scoreboard, and
Speaker 2: the opportunities right in front of you, because, just like baseball,
Speaker 2: leadership resets daily and yesterday's hits won't win today's game.
Speaker 2: This has been the seven minute Leadership Podcast and I
Speaker 2: thank you for listening.
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