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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

You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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Spirit Tragedy Yourself
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence Yourself
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
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
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
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Clothes Himself Organization Rebel Tolerance
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Failure Hard Work Inspirational Learning Preparation Result Secret Success
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
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
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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Dirty End Tools Yourself
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
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

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