Speaker 1: Helping leaders motivate their people to a higher level of
Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building and goal of GV.
Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Fellavaledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode six seventy seven. Let me ask you something
Speaker 2: that might make you a little uncomfortable. If I could
Speaker 2: take the last thirty days of your leadership, record it
Speaker 2: and play it back for you like game film, what
Speaker 2: would it say about your future? Not what you hope
Speaker 2: your future looks like, not what your goals say, not
Speaker 2: what you tell your team and meetings. What would your
Speaker 2: actions say? Because here's the reality that most leaders miss.
Speaker 2: Your past is not behind you. It is actively building
Speaker 2: your future, one decision at a time. Every late follow up,
Speaker 2: every ignored issue, every conversation you avoided, every standard you lowered,
Speaker 2: every time you said I'll deal with that later, that
Speaker 2: is not gone. That is construction work. That is your
Speaker 2: future being built in real time. And here's the flip side.
Speaker 2: Every time you held the line, every time you made
Speaker 2: the hard call, every time you followed through when nobody
Speaker 2: was watching, every time you chose discipline over comfort, that
Speaker 2: is also construction. Your future is not something you arrive at,
Speaker 2: it is something you are already creating. And let me
Speaker 2: bring this into something real. Think about your team right now.
Speaker 2: Are they accountable? Are they engaged? Are they showing up
Speaker 2: ready to work? Or are they cutting corners, calling off,
Speaker 2: pushing limits, testing boundaries. Now ask yourself this question and
Speaker 2: answer it honestly. Did that behavior appear overnight or did
Speaker 2: it grow under your leadership? Because culture is not random,
Speaker 2: it is a mirror. What you tolerated last month is
Speaker 2: what you are managing today, and what you tolerate today
Speaker 2: is what you will be stuck with next quarter. This
Speaker 2: is where leaders get it wrong. They look at problems
Speaker 2: like they came out of nowhere. They act surprised when
Speaker 2: performance drops, when attitudes shift, when standards slipped. But if
Speaker 2: you rewind the tape, the signs were always there, amiss
Speaker 2: to check in a quiet conversation, you avoided there a
Speaker 2: moment where you let something slide because you were tired, busy,
Speaker 2: or didn't want the friction. That moment did not stay small,
Speaker 2: It grew. That is how the past works. It compounds,
Speaker 2: just like interest in a bank account. Your leadership decisions
Speaker 2: either build momentum or build problems. There is no neutral.
Speaker 2: Let me give you a quick aviation parallel. When you're flying,
Speaker 2: being a degree off course does not feel like much
Speaker 2: in the moment, you're still moving forward. Everything looks fine
Speaker 2: out the windshield. But give it time, and that one
Speaker 2: degree turns into miles, then dozens of miles. Then you
Speaker 2: are nowhere near where you plan to land. And leadership
Speaker 2: works the exact same way. Small deviations and discipline create
Speaker 2: massive gaps in outcomes. And here's where this gets personal.
Speaker 2: Your future as a leader is not based on your title.
Speaker 2: It's not based on your experience. It's not based on
Speaker 2: how long you've been doing this. It's based on your patterns.
Speaker 2: What you repeatedly do becomes who you are as a leader.
Speaker 2: If your past is filled with inconsistency, your future will
Speaker 2: be unstable. If your past is filled with avoidance, your
Speaker 2: future will be filled with problems you can't control. If
Speaker 2: your past is filled with strong standards, clear communication, and
Speaker 2: follow through, your future becomes predictable in the best way possible.
Speaker 2: This is not about beating yourself up. This is about awareness,
Speaker 2: because once you understand that your past is actively shaping
Speaker 2: your future, you gain something powerful control. You can't change yesterday,
Speaker 2: but you can absolutely decide what today looks like, and
Speaker 2: today becomes tomorrow's past. So here's what I want you
Speaker 2: to do. Take a few minutes after this episode and
Speaker 2: run your own leadership audit. Not the version you tell people,
Speaker 2: the real version. Ask yourself, where have I been inconsistent?
Speaker 2: What have I allowed that I should not have? Where
Speaker 2: have I avoided hard conversations? Where have I lowered the
Speaker 2: standard to make my day easier? Write it down? Then
Speaker 2: ask a second question, what would my future look like
Speaker 2: if I kept doing this for the next ninety days.
Speaker 2: That answer should hit you because now you're not guessing,
Speaker 2: you're projecting based on evidence. Now here's where the shift happens.
Speaker 2: Pick one thing, not ten, not a complete overhaul. One
Speaker 2: thing that you will tighten up starting today. Maybe it's
Speaker 2: holding people accountable immediately instead of letting it sit. Maybe
Speaker 2: it's following through on every commitment you make. Maybe it's
Speaker 2: addressing issues in real time instead of waiting. Whatever it is,
Speaker 2: lock it in, because that one change, repeated daily, starts
Speaker 2: to rewrite your future. That is the seven minute leadership mindset.
Speaker 2: Small intentional corrections that compound over time, not big speeches,
Speaker 2: not the big corporate buzzwords, no complicated systems, clear action,
Speaker 2: and let me leave you with this. Your past is
Speaker 2: not a life sentence. It is a report card, and
Speaker 2: report cards are meant to be reviewed, learned from, and improved.
Speaker 2: You do nothing, your future will look exactly like your past,
Speaker 2: only amplified. If you take control, your future can look
Speaker 2: completely different. The choice is not someday, it's today, Because
Speaker 2: your future is already being built. The only question is
Speaker 2: are you building it on purpose? So as you move
Speaker 2: through your day today, pay attention to the small moments,
Speaker 2: the conversations, the decisions, the standards you enforce or ignore.
Speaker 2: These are not isolated events. They are building blocks. Choose
Speaker 2: them carefully, act on them intentionally, and remember, seven focused
Speaker 2: minutes can change everything about where you are headed. This
Speaker 2: has been the seven Minute Leadership Podcast, and I thank
Speaker 2: you for listening.
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