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Get mad, then get over it.

Colin Powell

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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Follow Forever Important Learning Personal Soldier
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Generation Important Need Success
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Born Errors Experience Leadership Learning
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Country Division Ourselves Person Rejoice Togetherness
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Day Leadership Problem Soldier Yourself
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Children Failure Imitation Ourselves
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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Country Racism Wrong
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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Image Job Position Yourself

Get mad, then get over it.

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