July 12, 2024 • 19 mins
Join me as I share 14 common "warning labels" that might apply to your job, shedding light on the psychological hurdles, interpersonal dynamics, and the relentless nature of leadership tasks. Whether you're new to a job or an experienced leader, these insights will help you navigate your role with greater awareness and preparedness.
We also take a moment to savor a delightful Spayburn Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whiskey, offering a brief respite amidst the discussion. And don't miss the introduction to "The 1201 Project," a comprehensive study on the habits of successful leaders versus those who burned out.
Check out Dr. De's newest book on Amazon: The 1201 Project: Habits of Successful Leaders
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(00:00):
Well, the other day I ran across a warning label on some baby wipes that we
keep on hand at home for our youngest, still-toddler grandsons in diapers.
The warning label said, Warning! Do not flush.
Okay, that was interesting to me. But the label on the front of the wipes says,
(00:21):
clearly, Flushable baby wipes.
Well, alrighty then. I guess everything is flushable if you're determined enough. of.
Music.
(00:49):
Hi,
I'm Dee Hicks, and welcome to the School of Leadership, leverage lessons from high-impact leaders.
For the past 35 years, I've researched the disciplines, habits,
mental models, and assumptions of the most effective leaders in dozens of locations.
(01:12):
This podcast takes what I've learned from over 2,000 of these remarkable people
and distills it into practical tools and tips that you can use immediately.
So let's get started.
Music.
(01:38):
We have a stationary bike in our home gym as well.
There's a warning label on the post under the seat that says, A warning!
Do not ride without a seat.
Doing so could result in serious injury.
(01:59):
Oh, well, I guess so. But I guess only if you sit down and forget there's no seat. That's awkward.
Seeing those two odd warning labels calibrated my attention to see more warning
labels. It seems like they're everywhere.
While you and I are chatting today, I am sipping on a gift.
(02:19):
It's a Spayburn Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whiskey from Breeden,
Oroch, or however that's pronounced.
Those of you from Scotland, of course, please don't be offended.
I'm just guessing. And I've only sipped a little bit of it, so it's not affected me yet.
It's matured exclusively in American oak ex-bourbon casks.
(02:42):
This is a bright and light golden color, which is true, and it has a bright and vibrant flavor.
It says it's a refreshing single malt.
You know, after my first sip of this, I think I agree.
This is a delightful, refreshing, single malt. I like it a lot.
So turn the box over because it came in a nice box. I've got the bottle in front of me and the box.
(03:07):
And right there it says 40% alcohol by volume. Makes it 80 proof for those of
you who struggle with math.
And it says government warning. According to the Surgeon General,
women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risks it poses.
And number two, consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive
(03:32):
a car or operate machinery and may cause health problems.
Here's the point. This is a beautiful box, a beautiful bottle inside it.
And the font is gorgeous everywhere. but you have to turn this over,
look way down to the bottom, squint, get up close.
It's about eight point font and it's been kerned together so tightly that it's difficult to read.
(03:55):
I don't think they're doing this for us.
Oh, I'm so interested. There's a spray paint can in my garage and on the side
of the spray paint can, it says, do not spray toward your face.
I have a McDonald's coffee cup. Yes, I do go to McDonald's once in a while.
(04:20):
I'm not like those people who say, oh, I never go to McDonald's.
They're, of course, liars.
Just saying. But anyway, on this McDonald's coffee cup, it says,
warning, contents are hot.
Okay. Another warning label on a hair dryer says, don't use while bathing.
(04:41):
I'm chuckling because I'm wondering what prompted the creation of these warning labels.
There's another one, Hotel Coffee Pot recently.
I noticed that it had a tag left on the back of it that said,
don't leave plugged in for an extended period of time.
Funny, because it was in an extended stay hotel.
(05:04):
The irony was not lost on me. I actually saw a warning label on a brand new
wheelbarrow. I'm not kidding.
It was in Lowe's, and it was a red and white warning label on the bottom of the wheelbarrow.
And it said, caution, not intended for highway use.
What the heck?
(05:27):
On a stroller, I saw one recently that said, caution, remove child before folding.
Maybe somebody was having too much of the
Spayburn Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Whiskey when they decided to take their grandchild out for a little stroll in
the stroller and then forgot to take the child out when they folded it up and
(05:52):
put it in the back of a wheelbarrow and went down the highway with a spray paint
can. I don't know. It doesn't make any sense.
We had jet skis for a while, and what fun.
They're so much fun. But on one of the jet skis, there was a warning right at
the gas tank that said, warning, do not use a lit match to check fuel levels.
(06:18):
I hope this is as ridiculously entertaining to you as it is to me.
So I think the purpose of a warning label used to be to protect people from
getting hurt. Maybe there's something about the product or the machinery or
the tool that was dangerous, but not readily apparent.
All right. It was a user customer focused warning label.
(06:41):
The purpose now seems to be to protect the manufacturer from liability.
So if they're drawn into a court battle, the manufacturer can say like your
grandmother of old, I told you so. Serves you right.
Some warn labels are actually helpful. But we have to look for those warning
labels and we have to pay attention to those warning labels.
(07:05):
Maybe on some dessert you're getting ready to eat, it says caution contains peanuts.
And if you have a peanut allergy, and I know there's like 11 people on the planet
who do, if you have a peanut allergy, it'd be kind of nice to know.
Maybe there's a choking hazard. Maybe it looks like that it's a toy that has
no parts that are removable, but it'd be nice to have someone say,
(07:26):
wait, wait, hey, we designed this to have fun with, but it may come apart,
might cause a choking hazard.
Pay attention, right? That's okay. Or here's another really cool warning label,
which we need. Slow down. Hazard ahead.
Sharp right turn. Slow down.
I've talked about that in one of my other podcasts and videos where I had a
piece of property up north that had highway heading up to it and the highway
(07:50):
was 35, 45, 50 miles an hour.
And then all of a sudden it slowed down to a sharp left-hand turn with nine
or 10 signs in a row and speed bumps and lights telling people to slow down.
But every time we went by there, there was a new hole in the guardrail or new
tire marks on the highway where people were ignoring that warning line.
(08:11):
Wouldn't it be nice if we had warning labels on things that really needed them? How about your job?
Wouldn't it be nice if the job you have had come with warning labels before you accepted it?
You may have still accepted it, but wouldn't Wouldn't it have been nice?
Well, a friend of mine recently said to me after a particularly frustrating
(08:33):
board meeting, it would have been nice to be warned about this job before I agreed to it.
I probably would have still taken the job, but think I would have been able
to prepare for it a little bit better.
Let's think about this for a minute. If you are considering,
or if you're new to a job, and if you've been considering taking this new job,
(08:54):
but maybe even if you've been in the job for a little while and you're wondering,
what the heck did I get into?
Maybe this will help. Here are some very common warning labels that may accompany your job.
We got 14 of them. They're super fast. See if any of them relate to you.
Number one, warning. The hard thing about the hard thing is overcoming your own psychology.
(09:21):
The hardest part of your job, warning, warning, warning, is going to be how
you approach it. It's your own psychology.
Nothing compares to how hard that will be.
Warning number two, warning, my strengths can work against me.
That's sometimes called the shadow strength or the shadow of the strength.
(09:42):
You're really good at something. thing. It's a strength. In fact,
that might be why you wanted the job in the first place. Maybe you're highly analytical.
Well, the shadow of somebody, for example, who is highly analytical as one of
their core strengths is that they don't make decisions when they can't analyze something.
And for your information, some things can't be analyzed and you still need to
(10:04):
make decisions. We can't analyze the future. It hasn't happened yet.
For example, warning number three, your Your relationships will change.
Doesn't mean they'll be worse. Some might be, depending on the maturity level
of the folks with whom you work.
Not your maturity level, of course, because you are exceptionally mature.
But you have a friend who might not be all that mature and might not have the
(10:26):
ability to manage that relationship well if you've stepped into a role where
they are in some way subordinate on an org chart to you. But your relationships will change.
Warning number four, the work doesn't end.
What? Maybe you had a job before you took this one where you would come to work,
leave at the end of the day, you could just leave it behind you because the work was done.
(10:50):
Not so with this job. You have to make your own stopping points,
your own endings, because the work itself is unending.
Warning, this is number five.
Interpersonal conflict will haunt you. You will take it home.
You will wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it.
It'll grab you by the throat sometimes.
(11:12):
It'll haunt you like an angry little dog.
And that won't be all the time. Hopefully.
It'll be once in a while, but there will be interpersonal conflict as a direct
relationship between where you are in this job and that person.
You'll take it home with you. So that means you're going to need to learn to deal with it quickly.
Warning number six, it's the middle that'll get you. Starting? That's fun.
(11:36):
Finishing? Wow, that's fun. The middle? really hard.
Usually it's just a grind. It is a mind-numbing grind.
Not all the time. Maybe not you. Maybe that's a friend of yours.
Warning number seven. Most of the time, people will talk about problems.
It's a never-ending river of problems. They're going to talk about problems
(11:59):
and that's what they're going to approach you with. That's what they're going to walk away with.
They won't go skipping up to you and talk about what's going really well.
Why would they do that? so it'll feel like everything's a problem.
Well, that's because that's the only feedback you're getting.
Warning number eight, most managers and supervisors don't get any training and
they end up hating their jobs because they have no training.
(12:23):
It's not inevitable, but it's very common because they were good at the job
they were in before and maybe well-trained for it.
And now they are a manager, a supervisor, or a leader in some way of people
doing that same job. there's a faulty assumption that that means they'll be
good at managing, leading, supervising. It's a different skill set.
(12:43):
To be a nurse or to be a manager of a nurse's, not the same job.
To be a dispatcher, to be a manager of dispatchers, not the same job.
You get the idea. Ninth warning.
This job will expose my insecurities.
Well, not yours, maybe a friend. You probably don't have any insecurities,
(13:05):
do you? But if you're awake, this job is going to expose your insecurities. Warning number 10.
I probably have picked up some bad habits from other leaders,
managers, supervisors, influencers around me without even realizing it.
Warning number 11. Most of the time, people can solve their own problems, but they don't want to.
(13:31):
Number 12. Most of us are mediocre.
We don't rise to the challenge. We sink to the level of our habits and of our character.
The corollary to that is that most people think of themselves as above average.
When asked, are you a good driver? They'll say, I'm an above average driver.
(13:53):
Are you a good supervisor?
Yeah, I'm an above average supervisor.
Are you a good parent? Same thing, right? If everyone is above average, somebody is bad at math.
Warning number 13, mediocre people do great things mostly because of the structure they are in,
(14:15):
Not because they somehow miraculously developed wings and superpowers and an
afterburner and extremely high levels of unselfishness and great motivation.
No, it's the structure. Last warning. Warning number 14.
People you lead know more than you do about some things, and they will know
(14:36):
it sooner. Warning, warning, warning.
Don't ignore what the people you lead know.
There we go. In summary, it's nice to know that there are some warning labels,
many of these 14, that may apply to you because the rules are different.
You stepped into this new job. The rules of engagement for you and those you
(14:58):
work with are different.
The relationships are different. Again, I'm not saying worse or better.
They're just different.
The rewards are different. That is, you get results through others and later.
Later and rarely do you get to sit back and feel good about your work as though
(15:19):
you did something all by yourself.
That might be why you crave woodworking when you get home or landscaping or
painting because it doesn't really rely on anybody else.
I get that. In summary, the rewards, not only are they different,
but they come later than in the job you're in now.
But you still want this job. You want to make a difference.
(15:42):
Leadership is hard, but don't make it harder than it needs to be by ignoring
the warning labels of your job.
Well, even though this wonderful spay burn has a warning label on the back of
it, I'm not going to heed that.
I'm not going to drive my car or ride my motorcycle or fly my airplane or operate
any other machinery after I drink this spay burn.
(16:06):
This actually is just one shot. It's a very small amount. No cigar today,
because I'm not in a studio that has great cigar-worthy ventilation.
But I'm thinking about having a cigar.
Hey, friends, I really enjoy thinking about you and many of you I'm thinking
about specifically as I record this podcast, and I enjoy making these for you.
(16:29):
So I hope it works well for you.
If it does, why not share it with somebody?
Speaking of sharing with somebody, the 1201 Project is finished.
The book has been published. I'm going to scoot back here and grab one. There it is.
The 1201 Project is an in-depth study of the habits of 1,201 leaders who succeeded
(16:54):
and a bunch of them who didn't.
This is the result of seven years of study where we looked at the actual literal
habits of leaders to see if those who have had sustained effectiveness and success
for decades have different habits than those who had success for decades.
(17:15):
A little bit of time and then crashed and burned afterwards.
So we have two groups we studied, one called the Achievers Group and one called the Burnout Group.
And so we talk about in this book the results of this seven-year-long study of 1,201 leaders.
You can find this on Amazon. It's now available in Kindle or in paperback.
(17:40):
I personally prefer holding a book when I read it. If I can't do the audible one, I prefer to hold it.
So this book is all about that stuff that we found.
And I think you might really, really enjoy it. Anyway, the 1201 Project,
an in-depth study of the habits of 1,201 leaders who succeeded and those who
didn't. Buy yours truly.
(18:01):
You can find it on Amazon under the 1201 Project.
Might enjoy it. I would appreciate it if you give it a look and it'd be fun
to engage with you about this as time goes on.
Anyway, there we go. So much fun. There's no warning label attached to this book, by the way.
Maybe there should be, but there wasn't one attached to this book.
All right, my friends, we need you to succeed. Keep up the good work. Take care.
(18:23):
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(18:44):
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(19:07):
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Music.
Well, the other day I ran across a warning label on some baby wipes that we
keep on hand at home for our youngest, still-toddler grandsons in diapers.
The warning label said, Warning! Do not flush.
Okay, that was interesting to me. But the label on the front of the wipes says,
(00:21):
clearly, Flushable baby wipes.
Well, alrighty then. I guess everything is flushable if you're determined enough. of.
Music.
(00:49):
Hi,
I'm Dee Hicks, and welcome to the School of Leadership, leverage lessons from high-impact leaders.
For the past 35 years, I've researched the disciplines, habits,
mental models, and assumptions of the most effective leaders in dozens of locations.
(01:12):
This podcast takes what I've learned from over 2,000 of these remarkable people
and distills it into practical tools and tips that you can use immediately.
So let's get started.
Music.
(01:38):
We have a stationary bike in our home gym as well.
There's a warning label on the post under the seat that says, A warning!
Do not ride without a seat.
Doing so could result in serious injury.
(01:59):
Oh, well, I guess so. But I guess only if you sit down and forget there's no seat. That's awkward.
Seeing those two odd warning labels calibrated my attention to see more warning
labels. It seems like they're everywhere.
While you and I are chatting today, I am sipping on a gift.
(02:19):
It's a Spayburn Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whiskey from Breeden,
Oroch, or however that's pronounced.
Those of you from Scotland, of course, please don't be offended.
I'm just guessing. And I've only sipped a little bit of it, so it's not affected me yet.
It's matured exclusively in American oak ex-bourbon casks.
(02:42):
This is a bright and light golden color, which is true, and it has a bright and vibrant flavor.
It says it's a refreshing single malt.
You know, after my first sip of this, I think I agree.
This is a delightful, refreshing, single malt. I like it a lot.
So turn the box over because it came in a nice box. I've got the bottle in front of me and the box.
(03:07):
And right there it says 40% alcohol by volume. Makes it 80 proof for those of
you who struggle with math.
And it says government warning. According to the Surgeon General,
women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risks it poses.
And number two, consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive
(03:32):
a car or operate machinery and may cause health problems.
Here's the point. This is a beautiful box, a beautiful bottle inside it.
And the font is gorgeous everywhere. but you have to turn this over,
look way down to the bottom, squint, get up close.
It's about eight point font and it's been kerned together so tightly that it's difficult to read.
(03:55):
I don't think they're doing this for us.
Oh, I'm so interested. There's a spray paint can in my garage and on the side
of the spray paint can, it says, do not spray toward your face.
I have a McDonald's coffee cup. Yes, I do go to McDonald's once in a while.
(04:20):
I'm not like those people who say, oh, I never go to McDonald's.
They're, of course, liars.
Just saying. But anyway, on this McDonald's coffee cup, it says,
warning, contents are hot.
Okay. Another warning label on a hair dryer says, don't use while bathing.
(04:41):
I'm chuckling because I'm wondering what prompted the creation of these warning labels.
There's another one, Hotel Coffee Pot recently.
I noticed that it had a tag left on the back of it that said,
don't leave plugged in for an extended period of time.
Funny, because it was in an extended stay hotel.
(05:04):
The irony was not lost on me. I actually saw a warning label on a brand new
wheelbarrow. I'm not kidding.
It was in Lowe's, and it was a red and white warning label on the bottom of the wheelbarrow.
And it said, caution, not intended for highway use.
What the heck?
(05:27):
On a stroller, I saw one recently that said, caution, remove child before folding.
Maybe somebody was having too much of the
Spayburn Speyside Single Malt Scotch
Whiskey when they decided to take their grandchild out for a little stroll in
the stroller and then forgot to take the child out when they folded it up and
(05:52):
put it in the back of a wheelbarrow and went down the highway with a spray paint
can. I don't know. It doesn't make any sense.
We had jet skis for a while, and what fun.
They're so much fun. But on one of the jet skis, there was a warning right at
the gas tank that said, warning, do not use a lit match to check fuel levels.
(06:18):
I hope this is as ridiculously entertaining to you as it is to me.
So I think the purpose of a warning label used to be to protect people from
getting hurt. Maybe there's something about the product or the machinery or
the tool that was dangerous, but not readily apparent.
All right. It was a user customer focused warning label.
(06:41):
The purpose now seems to be to protect the manufacturer from liability.
So if they're drawn into a court battle, the manufacturer can say like your
grandmother of old, I told you so. Serves you right.
Some warn labels are actually helpful. But we have to look for those warning
labels and we have to pay attention to those warning labels.
(07:05):
Maybe on some dessert you're getting ready to eat, it says caution contains peanuts.
And if you have a peanut allergy, and I know there's like 11 people on the planet
who do, if you have a peanut allergy, it'd be kind of nice to know.
Maybe there's a choking hazard. Maybe it looks like that it's a toy that has
no parts that are removable, but it'd be nice to have someone say,
(07:26):
wait, wait, hey, we designed this to have fun with, but it may come apart,
might cause a choking hazard.
Pay attention, right? That's okay. Or here's another really cool warning label,
which we need. Slow down. Hazard ahead.
Sharp right turn. Slow down.
I've talked about that in one of my other podcasts and videos where I had a
piece of property up north that had highway heading up to it and the highway
(07:50):
was 35, 45, 50 miles an hour.
And then all of a sudden it slowed down to a sharp left-hand turn with nine
or 10 signs in a row and speed bumps and lights telling people to slow down.
But every time we went by there, there was a new hole in the guardrail or new
tire marks on the highway where people were ignoring that warning line.
(08:11):
Wouldn't it be nice if we had warning labels on things that really needed them? How about your job?
Wouldn't it be nice if the job you have had come with warning labels before you accepted it?
You may have still accepted it, but wouldn't Wouldn't it have been nice?
Well, a friend of mine recently said to me after a particularly frustrating
(08:33):
board meeting, it would have been nice to be warned about this job before I agreed to it.
I probably would have still taken the job, but think I would have been able
to prepare for it a little bit better.
Let's think about this for a minute. If you are considering,
or if you're new to a job, and if you've been considering taking this new job,
(08:54):
but maybe even if you've been in the job for a little while and you're wondering,
what the heck did I get into?
Maybe this will help. Here are some very common warning labels that may accompany your job.
We got 14 of them. They're super fast. See if any of them relate to you.
Number one, warning. The hard thing about the hard thing is overcoming your own psychology.
(09:21):
The hardest part of your job, warning, warning, warning, is going to be how
you approach it. It's your own psychology.
Nothing compares to how hard that will be.
Warning number two, warning, my strengths can work against me.
That's sometimes called the shadow strength or the shadow of the strength.
(09:42):
You're really good at something. thing. It's a strength. In fact,
that might be why you wanted the job in the first place. Maybe you're highly analytical.
Well, the shadow of somebody, for example, who is highly analytical as one of
their core strengths is that they don't make decisions when they can't analyze something.
And for your information, some things can't be analyzed and you still need to
(10:04):
make decisions. We can't analyze the future. It hasn't happened yet.
For example, warning number three, your Your relationships will change.
Doesn't mean they'll be worse. Some might be, depending on the maturity level
of the folks with whom you work.
Not your maturity level, of course, because you are exceptionally mature.
But you have a friend who might not be all that mature and might not have the
(10:26):
ability to manage that relationship well if you've stepped into a role where
they are in some way subordinate on an org chart to you. But your relationships will change.
Warning number four, the work doesn't end.
What? Maybe you had a job before you took this one where you would come to work,
leave at the end of the day, you could just leave it behind you because the work was done.
(10:50):
Not so with this job. You have to make your own stopping points,
your own endings, because the work itself is unending.
Warning, this is number five.
Interpersonal conflict will haunt you. You will take it home.
You will wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it.
It'll grab you by the throat sometimes.
(11:12):
It'll haunt you like an angry little dog.
And that won't be all the time. Hopefully.
It'll be once in a while, but there will be interpersonal conflict as a direct
relationship between where you are in this job and that person.
You'll take it home with you. So that means you're going to need to learn to deal with it quickly.
Warning number six, it's the middle that'll get you. Starting? That's fun.
(11:36):
Finishing? Wow, that's fun. The middle? really hard.
Usually it's just a grind. It is a mind-numbing grind.
Not all the time. Maybe not you. Maybe that's a friend of yours.
Warning number seven. Most of the time, people will talk about problems.
It's a never-ending river of problems. They're going to talk about problems
(11:59):
and that's what they're going to approach you with. That's what they're going to walk away with.
They won't go skipping up to you and talk about what's going really well.
Why would they do that? so it'll feel like everything's a problem.
Well, that's because that's the only feedback you're getting.
Warning number eight, most managers and supervisors don't get any training and
they end up hating their jobs because they have no training.
(12:23):
It's not inevitable, but it's very common because they were good at the job
they were in before and maybe well-trained for it.
And now they are a manager, a supervisor, or a leader in some way of people
doing that same job. there's a faulty assumption that that means they'll be
good at managing, leading, supervising. It's a different skill set.
(12:43):
To be a nurse or to be a manager of a nurse's, not the same job.
To be a dispatcher, to be a manager of dispatchers, not the same job.
You get the idea. Ninth warning.
This job will expose my insecurities.
Well, not yours, maybe a friend. You probably don't have any insecurities,
(13:05):
do you? But if you're awake, this job is going to expose your insecurities. Warning number 10.
I probably have picked up some bad habits from other leaders,
managers, supervisors, influencers around me without even realizing it.
Warning number 11. Most of the time, people can solve their own problems, but they don't want to.
(13:31):
Number 12. Most of us are mediocre.
We don't rise to the challenge. We sink to the level of our habits and of our character.
The corollary to that is that most people think of themselves as above average.
When asked, are you a good driver? They'll say, I'm an above average driver.
(13:53):
Are you a good supervisor?
Yeah, I'm an above average supervisor.
Are you a good parent? Same thing, right? If everyone is above average, somebody is bad at math.
Warning number 13, mediocre people do great things mostly because of the structure they are in,
(14:15):
Not because they somehow miraculously developed wings and superpowers and an
afterburner and extremely high levels of unselfishness and great motivation.
No, it's the structure. Last warning. Warning number 14.
People you lead know more than you do about some things, and they will know
(14:36):
it sooner. Warning, warning, warning.
Don't ignore what the people you lead know.
There we go. In summary, it's nice to know that there are some warning labels,
many of these 14, that may apply to you because the rules are different.
You stepped into this new job. The rules of engagement for you and those you
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work with are different.
The relationships are different. Again, I'm not saying worse or better.
They're just different.
The rewards are different. That is, you get results through others and later.
Later and rarely do you get to sit back and feel good about your work as though
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you did something all by yourself.
That might be why you crave woodworking when you get home or landscaping or
painting because it doesn't really rely on anybody else.
I get that. In summary, the rewards, not only are they different,
but they come later than in the job you're in now.
But you still want this job. You want to make a difference.
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Leadership is hard, but don't make it harder than it needs to be by ignoring
the warning labels of your job.
Well, even though this wonderful spay burn has a warning label on the back of
it, I'm not going to heed that.
I'm not going to drive my car or ride my motorcycle or fly my airplane or operate
any other machinery after I drink this spay burn.
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This actually is just one shot. It's a very small amount. No cigar today,
because I'm not in a studio that has great cigar-worthy ventilation.
But I'm thinking about having a cigar.
Hey, friends, I really enjoy thinking about you and many of you I'm thinking
about specifically as I record this podcast, and I enjoy making these for you.
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So I hope it works well for you.
If it does, why not share it with somebody?
Speaking of sharing with somebody, the 1201 Project is finished.
The book has been published. I'm going to scoot back here and grab one. There it is.
The 1201 Project is an in-depth study of the habits of 1,201 leaders who succeeded
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and a bunch of them who didn't.
This is the result of seven years of study where we looked at the actual literal
habits of leaders to see if those who have had sustained effectiveness and success
for decades have different habits than those who had success for decades.
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A little bit of time and then crashed and burned afterwards.
So we have two groups we studied, one called the Achievers Group and one called the Burnout Group.
And so we talk about in this book the results of this seven-year-long study of 1,201 leaders.
You can find this on Amazon. It's now available in Kindle or in paperback.
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I personally prefer holding a book when I read it. If I can't do the audible one, I prefer to hold it.
So this book is all about that stuff that we found.
And I think you might really, really enjoy it. Anyway, the 1201 Project,
an in-depth study of the habits of 1,201 leaders who succeeded and those who
didn't. Buy yours truly.
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You can find it on Amazon under the 1201 Project.
Might enjoy it. I would appreciate it if you give it a look and it'd be fun
to engage with you about this as time goes on.
Anyway, there we go. So much fun. There's no warning label attached to this book, by the way.
Maybe there should be, but there wasn't one attached to this book.
All right, my friends, we need you to succeed. Keep up the good work. Take care.
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Music.
Thanks for joining me in today's School of Leadership.
I know your time is valuable, and I appreciate the opportunity to spend a little
bit of it with you. If this podcast has been helpful, perhaps you could consider
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sharing it with a friend.
And maybe you want to check out the dozens of videos that we've created for
you on our YouTube channel.
Just look for HILT Academy, H-I-L-T Academy.
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And if you want to check out our in-depth leadership management and supervisory
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courses, head on over to hiltacademyatthinkific.com and see what we have to offer there.
Once again, thanks for taking a little bit of time and spend it with me.
Music.
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