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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.

Colin Powell

You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
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
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
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
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
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 the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Accomplishment Art Leadership Management Possible
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
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
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
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
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

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