Jefferson Fisher

I'm telling you this because I know you can handle it.

I'm telling you this because I know who you are.

I'm telling you this because I know your work ethic.

You see how it's like a shortcut to saying, hey, I could go through the

I'm going to say rigmarole.

I could go through all the legalese of sound more corporate, sound like supervisor, but I know you and you know me.

And I'm telling you this because I know who you are.

And I want to have a conversation about X, Y, and Z. It's like you saying, hey, I'm just going to cut through.

I'm going to cut all the fluff here and just get right to the point.

Cool?

So I'm telling you this because it helps get right to the point.

Number two,

There should also be this aspect of y'all are there for a job, all right?

And yes, you can be friends and friendly and you're going to want to keep that.

And that has a lot to do with your tone and behavior, which it sounds like, Dalen, that's exactly what you're trying to achieve.

It's how do you take it from friendship to also saying, okay, we need to structure this in a way where we still get the job done.

done.

Here, I want you to rely on language around teamwork, language around organization, teamwork around direction.

So what I like to tell new leaders like yourself, the more you can use words like alignment, direction,

Those are words that a captain would use, right?