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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.

Colin Powell

There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
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
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
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Attention Experience Information Intuition Pay 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
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Attitude Leadership Role Thinking Win
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
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Country Division Ourselves Person Rejoice Togetherness
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
The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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Follow Forever Important Learning Personal Soldier
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
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

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