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An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.

Colin Powell

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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Hard Work People Play Serious Work
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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Blood Death Expert Judgement Reality World
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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Disappointment Expectation Failure Greatness Himself Problem Word
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
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
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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Detail Double Leadership Mindset
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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Deal Experience Failure Learning Life Yourself

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