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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Colin Powell

The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself
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
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Generation Important Need Success
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Day Leadership Problem Soldier Yourself
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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Afraid Best Leadership Pick Replacement Yorself
It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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Change Discussion Friendship Ourselves Role
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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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Opportunity Optimistic Yourself
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself

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