The 7 Minute Leadership Handbook

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Paul Falavolito. The 7 Minute Leadership Handbook

Introduction

The 7 Minute Leadership Handbook

Challenge 1 (Look in the Mirror)

Challenge 2 (Meditation)

Challenge 3 (Grooming and Attire)

Challenge 4 (Nutrition or Meal Planning)

Challenge 5 (Rehearsing)

Challenge 6 (Study Other Businesses That Inspire You)

Challenge 7 (Study Other Leaders That Inspire You)

Challenge 8 (Study Leadership)

Challenge 9 (Brainstorming)

Challenge 10 (Stop Procrastinating)

Challenge 11 (Relaxation)

Challenge 12 (Find Your Inspiration)

Challenge 13 (Balance Your Life)

Challenge 14 (Inspire Someone)

Challenge 15 (Remember the Job)

Challenge 16 (Read the News)

Challenge 17 (Get Control of Your Workflow)

Challenge 18 (Goals, Goals, Goals)

Challenge 19 (Measure Your Successes and Failures?)

Challenge 20 (Think Things Through)

Challenge 21 (Celebrate Your Employees)

Challenge 22 (Make Time for Your Employees)

Challenge 23 (Be Kind)

Challenge 24 (Go to the Gym in Your Mind)

Challenge 25 (Be Prepared)

Challenge 26 (Don't Waste Your Time)

Challenge 27 (Stand Out from the Pack)

Challenge 28 (Monitor Social Media)

Challenge 29 (Be Prepared to Take Some Shots)

Challenge 30 (Never Stop Training)

Challenge 31 (Define Your Success)

BONUS CONTENT. Show notes from my favorite. 7 Minute Leadership. Podcast episodes. Episode 65 – Getting the Most Out of Your Team

Episode 63 – Making an Impact

Episode 60 – Mental Leadership for You

Episode 58 – Applying SWAT Team Leadership to Everyday Business

Episode 57 – If you’re telling your staff that you expect 100% effort every day, you’re living in a fantasy world

Episode 56 – Why do great teams fail?

Episode 54 – Leadership When You Can’t See the Tools

Episode 53 – Sewing the Threads of Leadership

Episode 52 – Leading with an Elite Mindset

Episode 48 – Optimize Your Cell Phone for an Optimal Day

Episode 47 – How Leadership Survives in Today's Digital World

Episode 46 – What's the naughty word in the business industry?

Episode 39 – What's the one thing the world needs right now?

Episode 38 – What's the one tip that might make your day a little bit easier as managers?

Episode 37 – Why Developing Managers Should Be Like a Slow Paced Marathon, Not a Sprint

Episode 34 – What are the three things you must do right now and every day as a leader?

Episode 33 – Low Morale and Poor Work Performance in the Workplace

Episode 32 – What's the #1 thing leaders need to realize?

Episode 30 – Do you allow past employees the chance to work for you again?

Episode 29 – Why One Bad Manager is Like Nine Bad Employees

Episode 27 – How a Hockey Team Can Influence Leadership and Motivate Your Employees

Episode 26 – You Hit Send and Wish You Didn't

Episode 25 – Are you prepared to deal with the media when they show up at your front door?

Episode 23 – The leadership toolbox – what's in yours?

Episode 22 – What are the two biggest mistakes you can make to destroy your team?

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Each day, pick one of the items from this list to focus on for seven minutes. When you get to the end of the list, add some areas to focus on that are not mentioned that are specific to you, and repeat. That's the daily 7 Minute Leadership Challenge.

The 7 Minute Leadership Handbook is meant to expand upon the lessons learned in the 7 Minute Leadership Podcast series. These are the small things that matter that will help you not only as a person, but also as a leader. While the list is not all-encompassing, it is a great place to start to develop your inner leader. Take a picture of this page with your cell phone and use this to help you remember to take a few minutes each day for the small things that matter.

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Congratulations, you may not have realized it, but setting goals is one of the fundamental core concepts for all leaders.

Later on, I will tell you the story of how Garth Brooks inspired my love for photography. He also inspired my love of music and achieving my personal goal of learning to play the guitar. I didn't like the person I saw when I looked in the mirror back then and needed an inspiration. I was out of shape and suffered from chronic back pain and had no real motivation to do anything. I purchased my first acoustic guitar almost immediately following my first Garth concert in 1997. I didn't even know how to hold the guitar properly. My EMT partner at the ambulance base was a professional musician and had the musical gift. He could sing, write, and play guitar like you couldn't believe. I can remember the day when I walked into the ambulance station carrying my guitar and showing it to him. He said, "What are you planning on doing with that thing?" I laughed and said, "You are going to teach me how to play it." We both had a few minutes of laughter and then he broke the bad news to me: "I can show you the basics, but you are going to suck for two years." That wasn't the news I wanted to hear, but it was true. I would spend the next two years plucking strings, hacking, and beating on this guitar. It was hard. In fact, it was painful at times. I started to pick up certain strumming patterns and became steadily more comfortable. We would write parody songs that were specific to EMS and play them for our fellow first responders. We had some great times playing and creating music during some very difficult shifts together. Somewhere around year three of my guitar lessons, we thought it would be a great idea to go to a recording studio and record a few of the EMS songs just for fun. I got busy on the phones trying to find a place that would accommodate us. After a week or so, I found a studio and we saved up our money and went to our first recording session. We had no hopes and dreams of hitting it big or doing anything other than just laying some tracks on a CD for our friends and family. The guy who owned the recording studio was a pretty famous musician here in Pittsburgh. In fact, he was part of a band that had written songs for Kenny Rogers, Hank Williams, Jr., and Alabama. He was the real deal!

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