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Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Colin Powell

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Gift Greatness Love Myself Parents Value
Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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Earn Follow Leadership Mandatory Respect
We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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Art Leadership Management Possible Science
Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.
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Love Man Togetherness 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
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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Choice Friendship Himself Mirror Reflection
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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Balance Criticism Drive Ego Intelligence Judgement Loyalty
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
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
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
If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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Decision Execution Faith Ideas Oneself Person Trust
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Born Errors Experience Leadership Learning
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time

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