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.
COLIN POWELLMaybe 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.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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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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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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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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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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