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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Colin Powell

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
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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Goodness Leadership Move Success
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
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
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Children Failure Imitation Ourselves
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
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
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Depression Fall Intensity Leadership Passion Start Yourself
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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Art Leadership Management Possible Science

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