Remember to stay grounded. It doesn't matter how successful you've become. Remember where you've started. And if you really want to lead, you need to learn how to lead with humility.

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Let's get ready for pushback.

Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca.

Hey, pilot solo show. Here we are. We're here. It's ready for pushback. You tuned in on another episode because you want a little bit of inspiration. You want a little bit of conversation.

You want to expand your mind. And today we're doing that. Our conversation today is about one of the

tenants of crew resource management, which is leadership. Leadership is one of the most important

things that you will do as a pilot.

There are a lot of things at hand, but it boils down to how well you lead.

Literally, your survival could depend on your leadership.

But leadership is not about standing above others and knowing that you are in charge of the plane, that you are

the captain, that you are whatever. It's not about standing above others. It's about standing

with them. And if you really want to lead, you need to learn how to lead with humility.

And I want to talk about that.

And I want to give you an example.

I used to work in the Pentagon.

And I was a government contractor and I was nobody.

I would sit in these meetings with all of these high-ranking generals and admirals,

people that made decisions for the nation's defense. And one of the people that was usually in the

room was General Jim Mattis. And this is General, the Marine Corps general, not the Secretary of Defense,

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