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Ready 4 Pushback
Nik Fialka
4.8 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we explore the power of humility in leadership—how standing with others rather than above them transforms teams, fosters growth, and creates lasting success. True leadership isn’t about control; it’s about service. When you lead with humility, you empower those around you, build stronger relationships, and inspire people to do their best work. We break down the key traits of humble leaders—listening before speaking, embracing vulnerability, and guiding with empathy and integrity. By showing that you don’t have all the answers, you encourage collaboration and create a culture of trust and innovation. Whether you're leading a team, mentoring others, or striving for personal growth, this episode will equip you with actionable strategies to lead with humility and make a lasting impact.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why humility is a leadership superpower and how it drives success How serving others brings out the best in your team The importance of listening before speaking to value others' ideas Why showing vulnerability makes you a stronger leader How humility empowers and builds future leaders The role of empathy, integrity, and commitment in leadership If you're ready to become a stronger, more impactful leader, this episode is for you!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, pilot, welcome back to Ready for Pushback. I'm Nick Fialca. It's a solo show. It's a great day. I hope you are having an awesome day because you're listening to my show. I certainly am. |
| 0:15.7 | Most pilots don't understand what career opportunities are available in the world of aviation. |
| 0:22.0 | They're making career decisions based on advice from friends or posts on internet forums, |
| 0:27.7 | meaning they are taking huge risks with their livelihood without having all the details. |
| 0:32.9 | This podcast was created to help you understand the aviation industry so you can find your dream job. |
| 0:39.7 | Let's get ready for pushback. |
| 0:42.0 | Here's your host and my dad, Nick Fialca. |
| 0:45.8 | I want to revisit my series on Virtue because I think that's fun and cool. |
| 0:52.5 | And today's conversation is a really crazy, difficult one for pilots. |
| 0:57.9 | It's all about humility. |
| 1:01.0 | Man, humility. |
| 1:03.3 | Wouldn't you know the thing that we are not known for? |
| 1:06.8 | We always like to talk about ourselves. |
| 1:10.0 | But, you know, it's actually a really important part of aviation because it's all about having a modest view of yourself and being able to encourage others. |
| 1:23.8 | And the reason that's important is because the more you can encourage, the more opportunity |
| 1:30.9 | you will have to pull out the best part of another person. And that is just a fantastic, |
| 1:40.0 | fantastic opportunity that you have. A lot of people think about leadership and what leadership is |
| 1:48.0 | and humility doesn't usually come into that word, does it? Right. People think it's all about |
| 1:54.7 | being on top, standing above others, but really what it is is standing with others because when you are with somebody you can help |
| 2:07.6 | lift them to greater height you can serve people people all like it becomes cliche |
| 2:15.5 | with the term servant leadership. |
| 2:19.0 | There's some, there's actually really funny video of some captain going on the microphone on a plane and telling everybody he's their servant leader, which is the exact opposite. |
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