Empower your people:

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Empower your people.

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Give them hope.

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Give them motivation.

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Give them guidance.

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As you ascend in life, it’s less about you.

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It’s about the people you keep around you.

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Those at home and at work.

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Empower them.

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Be in their corner.

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Root for their success.

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Help them find their way.

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We all need great leaders in our life.

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Those who push us.

Who challenge us.

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Who support us through it all.

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Because life ain’t a cakewalk.

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It isn’t a straight line up and to the right.

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Many times it’ll be down.

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Those great leaders help you turn it around.

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They lend a helping hand.

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They ask you about a new solution.

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They show you a new perspective.

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You don’t know where they’ll come from.

Maybe it’s from work.

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Maybe it’s not.

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It’s been different people throughout my life.

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Tim Ferris.

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Gary Vee.

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Jordan Peterson.

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Joe Rogan.

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Naval.

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Kobe.

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Great role models in their own right.

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They’re far from perfect.

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But they keep showing up.

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They keep trying.

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They keep speaking their mind and their truth.

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We need more of these people.

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People for men and women to look up to.

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Our idols have become athletes.

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Not great scientists.

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Or speakers.

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Or authors.

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They have become reality TV stars.

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And TikTok dancers.

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And has-been celebrities.

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You have some great leaders in business.

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But I wonder how few and far between it is.

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Satya Nadella comes to mind.

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Sundar Pichai.

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Warren Buffet.

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Are these great men?

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Are they great role models?

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Are they great leaders?

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Are they people we should aspire to be?

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Yes.

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But their stories aren’t told.

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They’re not heard of by the masses.

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We focus too much on the distractions.

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On the bullshit.

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On the news story that’ll disappear tomorrow.

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I hope great leaders emerge this next decade.

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We need them.

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We need those who stand-up when things get hard.

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Because they will get much harder than we can conceive.

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‘Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times.’

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We’re in the 2nd part of that quote.

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We need men and women who can lead.

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Who can inspire their followers.

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To be better.

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Stronger.

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More purposeful individuals.

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We need those leaders in our life.

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We need those people to guide us.

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We need the best.

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The best know the only way up is to empower their people.

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