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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

Colin Powell

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Born Errors Experience Leadership Learning
But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
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Arrival Compromise Constitution Country Start Writing Yourself
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Development Greatness Oneself Recognition Talent
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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Difficult Face Organization People
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
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Attention Experience Information Intuition Pay Yourself
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Command Evidence Prove Right Wrong
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
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence Yourself
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
Maybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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Allow Enough Experience Failure People Situation Young Yourself
It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Enemy Kill Thinking Yourself

You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

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