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How to Lead With Integrity (S5) S14:E5 · Inspirations for Your Life

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  Well, hey
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  guys, it is John C.
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  Morley here, Serial Entrepreneur.
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  It is great to be with you on
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  Inspirations for Your Life.
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  Today is April 1st.
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  Hopefully no one has fooled you yet today.
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  That is my hope for you.
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  I don't know if you're trying to fool
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  anyone, but it is April 1st and this
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  is 2026.
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  We've had a very good master topic, which
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  is continuing to take us through the rest
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  of the week.
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  So, you know, really grateful for that, ladies
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  and gentlemen.
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  And if this is your very first time
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  being with me here on the Inspirations for
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  Your Life show, I want to take the
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  opportunity to say, well, I want to say
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  welcome.
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  Welcome to the show.
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  And if you've been here many times before,
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  well, then of course, you know what I
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  want to say.
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  I want to say welcome back.
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  It is always great to have everyone with
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  me that really enjoys, you know, improving the
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  quality of their lives so very, very much.
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  So, you know, when we think about, you
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  know, what goes on in our life and
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  we think about different things happening, sometimes, you
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  know, we want to make a change.
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  Right.
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  But that change is something that for whatever
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  reason, we just don't make it immediately.
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  And I think that's a problem for, you
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  know, a lot of people.
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  They don't realize that we can make these
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  changes and we can make them pretty easily,
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  guys.
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  They're not hard changes, you know, to make.
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  But I think a lot of people, you
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  know, a lot of people, they get stuck.
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  because, you know, they're doing one thing and
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  how to do the next step.
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  They just don't know what to do next.
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  And a lot of times, you know, we're
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  thinking of things.
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  It's what's stopping us.
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  Right.
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  What's appearing to stop us.
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  And so, you know, understanding this is, I
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  think, a big challenge for a lot of
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  people because, you know, they get stuck in
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  this this doldrum way, this way that says,
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  you know, I can't really do anything.
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  And, you know, and that's a that's a
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  problem for a lot of people because, you
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  know, they're believing something and then for whatever
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  reason, it just doesn't go the way they
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  with all of you here.
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  If you're thirsty, if you're hungry, feel free
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  to go grab something and come on back
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  to the show.
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  So this is series five.
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  It is show 14 and this is episode
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  number five.
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  The master topic is owning your focus, clarity,
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  courage and, of course, momentum.
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  We'll get to that granular in just a
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  moment.
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  We're going to be talking more about focusing
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  on the strength.
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  I'm John C.
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  Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
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  podcast host, coach, keynote speaker, graduate student and
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  a passionate lifelong learner.
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  And pretty soon, guys, in just a few
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  weeks, I'll be a published author.
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  Really looking forward to that moment.
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  So this episode of Inspirations for Real Life
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  is all about sharpening your focus, acting decisively
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  and building momentum through intentional choices.
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  Now, small actions today can compound into unstoppable,
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  basically personal growth.
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  In case you guys didn't know, this is
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  Wednesday.
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  It is April 1st, 2026.
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  Hopefully no one's gotten fooled.
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  And how to lead with integrity.
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  So this is very important, guys, how we
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  can lead with integrity and how we can
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  make these just in our life.
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  So honesty builds trust.
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  OK, being truthful attracts loyalty.
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  And of course, you know what else it
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  attracts?
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  It attracts respect.
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  So that's a very important point.
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  I think that many people like they just
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  don't understand.
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  They don't get.
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  Number two, guys, ethics.
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  Yes.
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  Guides are decisions.
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  Let principles shape every choice you make.
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  And I think that's a point that we
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  all should work from, whether it's today or
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  any other day.
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  We have to be rooted in our core
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  values.
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  I mean, if we don't do that, guys,
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  then we're going to be completely, completely lost.
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  All right.
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  And that's a that's a very important thing.
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  Number three, guys.
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  Transparency strengthens credibility.
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  Transparency strengthens credibility.
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  I think that's another important one that many
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  of us miss is that we can do
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  that if we believe that we can.
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  So owning our focus and one part of
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  that is how to lead with integrity.
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  So transparency, number three, strengthens credibility and clarity
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  and action amplifies the influence that we're already
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  exerting.
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  Number four, guys, consistency reinforces reputation.
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  Repeated good actions, guys, define who you are.
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  Number five, values create direction.
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  Your core principles chart your path forward.
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  And I think that's something that we have
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  to realize is that we become this way
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  because of how we are reacting in our
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  life.
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  And I think that's a very important thing
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  to understand.
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  And hopefully that will make sense for you
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  and for everyone else around.
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  So our values create direction.
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  Your core principles chart your path forward.
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  So where you are today has been charted
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  from what was going on yesterday and the
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  days before.
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  Number six, guys, integrity improves influence.
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  People follow those who act honorably.
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  Accountability drives action.
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  Owning your choices multiplies effectiveness.
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  So accountability is the name of the game.
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  But a lot of people miss accountability because
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  of other short time immediate gratifications.
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  Could be money, could be other types of
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  pleasure, but they miss the long term benefits.
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  So accountability drives action.
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  Owning your choices multiplies the effectiveness.
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  Number eight, trust attracts opportunity.
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  Reliable behavior opens doors naturally.
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  Number nine, moral courage creates respect.
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  Standing for rightness earns admiration.
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  And I think a lot of people over
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  time will be like, you know, hey, this
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  is something that I believe in very strongly.
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  It's something that I think a lot of
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  people would do because they want to get
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  a pat on the back.
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  But don't do something to have a pat
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  on the back, OK?
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  Don't do that because what you're going to
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  find is that you're going to miss the
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  trueness of who you are and it's going
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  to slip right through your fingers.
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  Number 10, guys, characters shape leadership.
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  I've said that leadership is not born, it's
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  made.
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  The person you are directs the team form
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  with you're on or you're part of.
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  Number 11, guys, align actions with the principles,
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  align the actions with the principles.
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  Congruence strengthens authority, right?
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  We've learned this in geometry many years back.
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  But knowing how this works, I think, is
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  something pretty crazy.
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  And so when we can understand this, we
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  can say, hey, you know what?
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  Now I get what my alignment is.
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  Number 12, guys, ethical choices compound advantage.
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  Good decisions stack over time.
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  They sure do.
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  Number 13, integrity reduces mistakes.
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  Honesty avoids costly errors.
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  Honesty avoids the costly errors.
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  Uphold standards.
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  Number 14, daily, small, consistent adherence builds strength.
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  Those small actions you take make the difference
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  to who you really are and who you're
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  becoming.
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  Number 15, guys, lead by example.
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  Leading by example is not something to be
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  taken lightly, because I think when we can
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  understand where something is coming from and how
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  something is being, that can change us.
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  Well, it could change us overnight, right?
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  Because a lot of people just look at
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  the face value.
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  They don't look at everything in between.
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  So lead by example, your behavior sets the
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  cultural tone.
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  All right.
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  All right.
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  So number 16, decisions reflect values.
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  Every choice communicates who you are.
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  Every choice, every choice.
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  That's important, guys, every choice you make now
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  and in the past.
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  Number 17, guys, principles guide strategy.
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  Long term alignment beats the short term gain.
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  I know the short term gain sounds like
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  something you want to get because it's so
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  quick.
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  It's so easy.
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  But trust me, there are going to be
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  downfalls to grabbing that quickness to going for
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  the short term gravitation instead of the long
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  term gravitation.
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  Number 18, guys, integrity amplifies results.
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  Trust accelerates collaboration, integrity amplifies results, IAR, and
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  TAC, integrity amplifies results, IAR, and trust accelerates
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  collaboration.
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  Number 19, authenticity builds loyalty.
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  Genuine behavior inspires fellowship, right?
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  And people to follow, often called followership, followership,
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  I should say.
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  People don't follow because they have to.
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  They follow because of a reason, a gut
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  they get.
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  I think that's the difference between somebody just
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  saying, hey, you know, come on board and
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  do this, to wait a minute, this is
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  what we should be doing, right?
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  What we should be doing.
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  Number 20, guys, consistent ethics drive culture.
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  Consistent ethics drive culture.
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  Repeated good conduct sets the norms, sets the
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  norms.
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  And so it gets to a pattern and
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  it gets people to think, well, what do
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  I need to do, right?
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  What do I need to do?
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  Number 21, guys.
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  Transparency fosters alignment.
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  Open communication avoids confusion.
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  It avoids confusion.
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  That's it.
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  That's a key, guys.
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  Real key.
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  Number 22, character sustains influence.
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  Your reputation is your leverage.
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  So who you're becoming and what you're doing
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  makes a big, big difference in life.
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  Number 23, guys, accountability means and maintains momentum.
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  Responsibility keeps progress steady.
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  So when we get ownership and we get
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  accountability, we get consistent progress.
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  Doesn't just happen today or happen tomorrow.
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  It happens every single day of our life
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  because we're on a trajectory in a system.
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  Number 24, guys, honesty strengthens teams.
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  Truthful interactions improve cohesion, how they come together,
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  how they bond, how they assimilate information back
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  and forth, how they're collaborating.
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  Number 25, ethical focus shapes our identity.
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  Ethical focus.
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  So ethical deals with.
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  One part, right, we have moral and we
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  have ethical, right?
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  So moral is what we feel is right
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  or wrong.
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  Ethical basically is what's right or wrong based
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  on SOP standard operating procedures, based on rules,
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  based on guidelines that have been set previously
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  for us.
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  That's important.
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  To understand that whole concept, number 26, guys,
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  values reinforce vision and clarity in priorities ensures
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  direction.
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  Let me say that again.
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  Values reinforce vision.
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  Clarity in priorities ensures direction and ensures direction.
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  Values reinforce vision and clarity reinforces the priorities
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  to ensure direction.
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  Values reinforce vision.
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  Clarity in the priorities ensures the direction you
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  want to go.
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  But it doesn't happen once.
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  We have to keep feeding this, right?
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  Just like if you eat something now and
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  you don't eat for a while, you're going
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  to be hungry.
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  So you have to keep feeding this over
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  and over and over again.
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  Repetition, right?
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  Number 27, guys, leadership requires integrity.
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  Authority is empty without ethics.
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  So what is that saying?
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  Somebody who's in power doesn't have.
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  True power without integrity.
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  So you could appear to have authority because
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  you're yelling and screaming or because you're head
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  of something or you have control or something,
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  but really that power is because of your
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  position and not because of you as a
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  leader.
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  Let me see if I can give an
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  example.
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  Let's say you were appointed the president of
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  the PTA, Parent Teachers Association, and you have
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  the ability to move things through.
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  But if you do things without the board's
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  approval, you're eventually going to be impeached.
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  So it's important that the board knows that
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  you're going to work on the concept of
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  integrity, that you're going to be someone who
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  has integrity.
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  If you don't, the board's not going to
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  get along with you very well.
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  And you're going to have this issue about,
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  you know, what do we do?
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  What do we say?
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  And I think those are I think those
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  are important things to understand that ethics, integrity,
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  authority, they go together.
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  But don't think authority is just somebody standing
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  up on a chair, having a megaphone and
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  yelling and screaming.
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  That's not authority.
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  That is somebody who has been placed in
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  a position.
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  So there's something called positional authority.
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  OK, but that means that when you leave
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  that position, that authority is gone.
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  If your authority is rooted in ethics and
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  integrity, when you leave the position, you will
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  still have, if not most or all of
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  that authority that was assigned to you from
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  the position because of the respect that you
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  have earned.
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  And I think a lot of people miss
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  that whole concept that respect is not something
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  we do because it's today's latest fad.
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  No, no, no.
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  Respect is something we do daily so that
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  we can become a better version of ourselves.
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  We can help others become better versions of
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  themselves, but also so that we can.
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  Move things forward.
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  When we don't operate within a certain continuum,
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  the cycle ends.
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  Sometimes abruptly, sometimes slowly, but it ends regardless
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  of how we how we want to think
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  about it.
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  Number 28, guys, integrity multiplies trust.
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  Integrity multiplies trust.
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  Credibility grows exponentially.
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  Let me say that again.
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  Integrity multiplies trust.
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  Credibility grows exponentially.
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  Integrity multiplies trust.
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  Credibility grows exponentially.
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  That's powerful, guys.
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  Really, really powerful.
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  Number 29, ethical actions create stability.
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  Sound decisions prevent chaos.
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  Sound decisions prevent chaos.
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  That's somebody who's making decisions based on, not
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  emotion, they're basing it on logical things, based
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  on rules, guidelines, based on data or data,
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  right?
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  If somebody's operating outside of that spectrum, then
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  they're not really using the tools they were
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  given, and that's going to make them a
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  bad leader.
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  Number 29, guys, ethical actions create stability.
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  Sound decisions prevent chaos.
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  I want to say that again because I
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  don't think it hit home with everyone.
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  Ethical decisions are doing things, meaning you're following
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  the rules, and when you follow the rules,
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  you have a structure.
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  Let's think about this for a moment.
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  Traffic lights, right?
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  We all follow traffic lights because it's a
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  rule, but not just because it's a rule,
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  because it can affect our safety and everyone
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  else's safety.
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  We could get hit.
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  Somebody could get severely injured or killed.
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  So when something has that severe of an
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  impact, it's like everybody wakes up, but when
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  it doesn't have an impact, it's like, oh,
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  my gosh, what do I do?
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  What do I do in this situation?
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  That might sound like something that's putting you,
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  let's say, at bay, but really what it's
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  teaching you is a very important lesson.
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  What is that lesson?
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  The lesson is simple.
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  The lesson is have a structure.
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  Some people say to me, hey, John, when
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  I have a structure, I feel like I'm
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  limited.
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  Actually, it's just the opposite.
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  When you have a structure in place, you
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  actually have more freedom to move about.
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  It seems like you're being stifled, but that's
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  an illusion.
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  You've got to stay within the lines, but
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  you have quite a bit of freedom now.
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  Again, a lot of people out there will
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  miss that whole concept.
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  Why?
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  Because they believe everything should be their way.
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  If you didn't agree in, let's say, the
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  rules of traffic lights, what would happen to
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  you?
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  I'm going to tell you.
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  You would most likely get a ticket.
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  You would get a ticket.
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  It's not just a fine.
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  It's not just for the police to make
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  money.
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  It's because of the severe impact that riding
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  will have, riding through a red light.
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  Because you didn't follow the rules and everyone
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  else is, you put their lives in jeopardy.
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  No one's expecting you to go through a
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  red light.
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  So we presume that you're going to follow
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  the lights.
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  That's like the norm.
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  When you don't, we've got to be impulse
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  to be able to get out of the
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  way.
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  But we're pretty much assuming that if you're
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  a driver, you're probably going to pay attention
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  to traffic lights.
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  It's not an emotional decision.
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  It's an SOP.
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  But we're also following it because we know
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  that if we don't follow it, we could
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  get seriously hurt or we could hurt others,
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  not to mention all the consequences that can
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  have.
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  And so that has a double entendre.
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  It has the concept of doing what's right.
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  Okay.
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  So we have the moral thing, but we
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  also have the ethical thing, which is doing
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  what's right based on the rules or the
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  law.
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  So we don't get a ticket.
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  So don't get in trouble with the law.
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  Okay.
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  So that's how, that's how that works.
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  Number 30, guys, lead with unwavering integrity.
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  Your choices leave a lasting mark on people
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  and the world.
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  And I don't say this to scare you.
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  I say this to tell you that the
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  decisions you make affect people every single day,
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  every single day.
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  And that every single day is not something
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  most people are going to say, gee, you
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  know, I think I'll do it today.
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  I'm going to follow the traffic lights today
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  because the weather is nice.
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  No, you're going to follow the lights every
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  single day that you're on the road, because
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  you know that when you follow the traffic
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  lights, you're going to be able to most
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  likely drive safely.
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  If somebody doesn't follow the traffic lights, of
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  course you get all upset and mad, but
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  that's not going to do anything.
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  You need to make sure that you are
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  a defensive driver.
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  Somebody goes to a red light, you want
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  to prevent them.
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  You want to swerve.
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  That's a normal year practice, but you're doing
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  it because they're not following the rules.
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  So as number 30 says, lead with unwavering
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  integrity.
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  Your choices leave a mark, not just a
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  mark, guys, a lasting mark on the world.
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  That's a very powerful statement.
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  Because I chose to hold the door for
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  somebody, that person may choose to hold the
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  door for someone else.
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  Now, is that a rule?
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  No, it's a common courtesy, but common courtesies
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  can get other people to extend the same
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  action or something similar because people value what
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  you've done.
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  I want to use the example when we
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  think about this integrity concept of somebody in
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  a crowd, right?
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  And they yell something like, um, fire, which
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  you never want to do.
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  And they yell this and everybody gets up
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  and goes out of the building.
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  Guess what?
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  There's no fire.
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  If you run out of the building, people
• 24:53
  come back and there's no fire and they're
• 24:55
  not happy with this guy.
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  So next time he calls fire, they run
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  out again and they do it again.
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  Finally, we were like, you know what?
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  Enough's enough.
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  Like, we're not following you.
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  I was in a school building a few
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  weeks back and we just got an announcement
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  over the, um, the alarm PA system, the
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  fire alarm PA system saying that we're working
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  on the alarm.
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  If you hear the alarm going off, please
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  disregard it.
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  We are testing the system.
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  So we're off a couple of times and
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  then about a half hour later, a cop
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  on campus walks in.
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  The alarm is going, why are you people
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  not leaving?
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  This is a fire alarm.
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  And I said to him, I said, well,
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  officer, I said, I'm not sure if you
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  know, they're working on the and they actually
• 25:48
  told us twice not to leave the building
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  until, uh, they've told us, uh, to do
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  that because right now they said they're just
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  working on it and the alarms don't really
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  mean anything.
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  He goes, oh, well, they never told us.
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  So sometimes the situational awareness that we need,
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  we're not given.
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  And sometimes we have to relay that situational
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  awareness to other people.
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  Otherwise they're like, what are you doing?
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  Like, this is nuts.
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  Absolutely nuts.
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  So when we think about leading, I don't
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  care whether we're thinking about leading a small
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  group, uh, a larger group, or completely huge,
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  uh, crowd leading starts with the concept that
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  I'm doing this.
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  I'm not telling you to do this.
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  I'm suggesting if it's something more of a
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  life situation, then of course people hopefully will
• 26:50
  follow on to that, that track, right?
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  They'll follow on to it.
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  But I think a lot of people don't
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  get like the reason to why they're following.
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  They don't understand why they follow or what
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  makes them not follow.
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  Um, I think that's an important piece to,
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  you know, really, um, understand how that really
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  works.
• 27:20
  So ladies and gentlemen, um, I do want
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  to thank you for joining me today on
• 27:24
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• 27:41
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• 27:53
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• 27:54
  Morley, a serial entrepreneur.
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