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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Colin Powell

I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
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
Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
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Ego Position Yourself
Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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Age Bad Improvement News Wine
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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Image Job Position Yourself
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
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
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign 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
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
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
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession

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