You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
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You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
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I am living proof that if you catch prostate cancer early, it can be reduced to a temporary inconvenience, and you can go back to a normal life.
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
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From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.
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The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.
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To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak – you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
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Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.
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I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.
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It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
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Well, unfortunately, I have always regretted the fact that I have a temper, but I also have, you know, have great love and respect for all of the people that have worked for me. I think like everything else, this is one of those things that has been blown out of proportion.
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A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that’s not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn’t mean we’re not going to fight them.
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An awful lot has been written about my temper.
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Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can’t have both, opt for character.
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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
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I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
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