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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 golajving. This

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

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<v Speaker 2>Hello everyone, and welcome to this seven minute leadership podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's episode three seventy four, and let me start this

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<v Speaker 2>episode with a quote. Life always offers you a second chance.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called tomorrow, and that one hits differently for leaders

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<v Speaker 2>because leadership is messy. We say the wrong thing, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't always show up the way we should, We miss cues,

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<v Speaker 2>we delay action, and we sometimes let our emotions lead

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<v Speaker 2>the conversation instead of our experience. And when that happens,

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<v Speaker 2>we walk away from the day, replaying it in our

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<v Speaker 2>head on a loop, saying I should have done that differently.

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<v Speaker 2>That loop is called growth, and tomorrow is your opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to apply it. So let's talk about leadership's second chance tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow is where course corrections are made, it's where apologies

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<v Speaker 2>get delivered, it's where bad decisions from today can be

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<v Speaker 2>acknowledged and reversed, and it's where leaders earn trust back.

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<v Speaker 2>Because leadership isn't about perfection, It's about the willingness to

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<v Speaker 2>grow in real time with real people watching. Let's go

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<v Speaker 2>practical here for a minute. Did you overreact to something today?

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<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow is your chance to own it, calm the storm,

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<v Speaker 2>and recenter your team. Did you ignore an issue that's

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<v Speaker 2>been festering. Tomorrow is your chance to step into a

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<v Speaker 2>conflict and lead it toward a resolution. And did you

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<v Speaker 2>fail to recognize someone for going above and beyond? Tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>is your opportunity to say I saw it and I

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it. The beautiful part of leadership is this. Every

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<v Speaker 2>single day, you get a blank sheet. What you write

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<v Speaker 2>on it is up to you. The person you were

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday is not chained to who you'll be tomorrow unless

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<v Speaker 2>you choose not to change. But let me give you

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<v Speaker 2>a warning here. Tomorrow is a second chance, not a guarantee.

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<v Speaker 2>Some leaders waste that second chance thinking they'll always get

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<v Speaker 2>another one. That's a dangerous mindset because teams don't stick

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<v Speaker 2>around forever. Morale has a shelf life, and respect has

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<v Speaker 2>a limit when you keep making the same mistakes without

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<v Speaker 2>showing any effort to improve. So if you need to

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<v Speaker 2>make a pivot, don't wait until next week, do it tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>If you need to rebuild trust, don't wait for a

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<v Speaker 2>performance review, do it tomorrow. And if you need to

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<v Speaker 2>lead better, don't wait for a crisis. Start tomorrow. The

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<v Speaker 2>strongest leaders I know are not the ones who get

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<v Speaker 2>it right the first time. They're the ones who recognize

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<v Speaker 2>when they got it wrong and show up the next

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<v Speaker 2>day ready to make it right. And I'll leave you

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<v Speaker 2>with this thought, what if you started treating tomorrow like

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<v Speaker 2>the most important meeting on your calendar, not just another day,

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<v Speaker 2>but a do over, a redemption, a restart, Because life

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<v Speaker 2>does offer second chances, and leadership begins again every morning.

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<v Speaker 2>This has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I

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<v Speaker 2>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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