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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 golajiving. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host Paul Fellavoldo.

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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 six eighty seven. I want you to stop

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<v Speaker 2>what you're doing for a second and really hear this.

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<v Speaker 2>Every single day you walk into your workplace, you are

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<v Speaker 2>not just doing a job. You are shaping lives. You

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<v Speaker 2>are setting the tone for someone's entire day, maybe their

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<v Speaker 2>entire career, maybe even their entire belief system about what

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<v Speaker 2>leadership is supposed to look like. Here's the part you

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<v Speaker 2>might miss. You will never fully see the impact you make.

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<v Speaker 2>You won't get a report at the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>week that says, hey, that conversation you had on Tuesday

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<v Speaker 2>at ten fourteen am changed someone's confidence forever. You won't

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<v Speaker 2>get a notification that says that moment where you chose

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<v Speaker 2>patience instead of frustration kept someone from quitting. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>get those alerts, but they are happening right now every

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<v Speaker 2>single day. Leadership is not loud. Most of the time,

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<v Speaker 2>it is quiet. It is in the way you respond

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<v Speaker 2>when things go wrong. It's in the way you look

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<v Speaker 2>at someone when they're struggling. It's in whether you choose

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<v Speaker 2>to build someone up or break them down. And here's

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<v Speaker 2>where I want to push you a little bit today,

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<v Speaker 2>because this is where great leaders separate themselves from average ones.

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<v Speaker 2>Average leaders think their job is to manage tasks. Great

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<v Speaker 2>leaders understand their job is to shape people. You are

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<v Speaker 2>not running a schedule. You are not running a report.

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<v Speaker 2>You are not running a meeting. You are running influence.

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<v Speaker 2>You are running energy. You are running belief. Every person

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<v Speaker 2>on your team is watching you, not when you are

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<v Speaker 2>at your best. They are watching you when you're tired.

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<v Speaker 2>They're watching you when you're frustrated. They're watching you when

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<v Speaker 2>things are not going your way. That is when leadership

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<v Speaker 2>becomes real. That is when the mask comes off. That

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<v Speaker 2>is when your team decides is this someone I want

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<v Speaker 2>to follow or is this someone I have to tolerate.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me take you into a moment. You walk

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<v Speaker 2>into the room. The energy is low, people are dragging,

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<v Speaker 2>morale is not where it should be. You have two choices.

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<v Speaker 2>You can match that energy or you can change it.

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<v Speaker 2>That is leadership. That is the moment, not the big speech,

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<v Speaker 2>not the annual meeting, not the perfectly planned strategy session.

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<v Speaker 2>It is that moment right there where you decide, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to raise the standard. Because here's the truth. Your

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<v Speaker 2>team will rarely rise above your energy level, discipline, and belief.

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<v Speaker 2>If you show up flat, they go lower. If you

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<v Speaker 2>show up sharp, they come up. If you show up focused,

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<v Speaker 2>they lock in. If you show up like it matters,

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<v Speaker 2>they start to believe it matters. Leadership is contagious, so

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<v Speaker 2>is apathy, and every single day you're spreading one of

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<v Speaker 2>the two. Now let's take it even deeper. There is

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<v Speaker 2>someone on your team right now who is on the edge.

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<v Speaker 2>You may not even know it. They are questioning themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>they are their role, They are questioning if they even

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<v Speaker 2>belong there. And you might be one conversation away from

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<v Speaker 2>changing that one. That's it. One moment of recognition, one

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<v Speaker 2>moment of belief, one moment where you say, I see you,

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<v Speaker 2>you matter, keep going, and that person might carry that

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<v Speaker 2>moment for years. That is the weight of leadership. That

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<v Speaker 2>is the privilege of leadership. And that is why this

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<v Speaker 2>matters so much, because you don't get to turn leadership

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<v Speaker 2>on and off. Once you accept the role. You are

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<v Speaker 2>always on stage, not in the fake way, in a

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<v Speaker 2>real way. People are learning from you, whether you realize

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<v Speaker 2>it or not. So the question becomes what are you teaching?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you teaching resilience or are you teaching excuses? Are

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<v Speaker 2>you teaching accountability or or are you teaching blame? Are

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<v Speaker 2>you teaching effort or are you teaching minimum standards? Because

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<v Speaker 2>your team is watching, and more importantly, they are copying.

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<v Speaker 2>They are becoming what you consistently show them. Now, let

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<v Speaker 2>me bring this home for you. Think about a leader

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<v Speaker 2>you had in your life that made an impact on you. You

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<v Speaker 2>can picture them right now, you can hear their voice,

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<v Speaker 2>you can remember how they made you feel. And I

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<v Speaker 2>guarantee you it wasn't because of a spreadsheet they created.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't because of a policy they wrote. It was

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<v Speaker 2>because of how they showed up. It was because of

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<v Speaker 2>how they treated you. It was because of how they

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<v Speaker 2>made you believe in yourself. That is your opportunity. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>that is your responsibility. Now you are that person for

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<v Speaker 2>someone else right now, and you don't even realize how

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<v Speaker 2>big that is. This is not about being perfect. This

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<v Speaker 2>is about being intensional. Seven minutes a day, seven focused

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<v Speaker 2>minutes where you say I'm going to lead on purpose today,

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<v Speaker 2>seven minutes where you check your attitude, seven minutes where

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<v Speaker 2>you decide how you're going to show up, seven minutes

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<v Speaker 2>where you commit to being the leader your team deserves.

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<v Speaker 2>Because small moments, repeated daily, create massive impact over time.

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<v Speaker 2>That is how culture is built. That is how trust

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<v Speaker 2>is built. That is how leaders are made, not overnight,

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<v Speaker 2>not in a seminar, in the day to day, in

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<v Speaker 2>the grind, in the moments no one is clapping for.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the part I want you to carry with

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<v Speaker 2>you when this episode ends. You matter more than you think.

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<v Speaker 2>Your words matter, your tone matters, your presence matters, and

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<v Speaker 2>your leadership, whether you realize it or not, is shaping

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<v Speaker 2>people in ways you may never fully see. So today,

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<v Speaker 2>when you walk into your workplace, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>walk in with purpose. I want you to walk in

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<v Speaker 2>like it matters, because it does more than you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And as you go through your day, remember this. Someone

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<v Speaker 2>is watching you to decide what leadership looks like. Make

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<v Speaker 2>sure they see something worth following, make sure they feel

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<v Speaker 2>something worth remembering. Make sure they experience leadership that changes

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<v Speaker 2>them for the better, because that is the legacy of

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<v Speaker 2>a real leader, not what you accomplished, but who you

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<v Speaker 2>built along the way. This has been the seven minute

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

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