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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.

Colin Powell

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Clothes Himself Organization Rebel Tolerance
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
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
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
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
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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Blood Death Expert Judgement Reality World
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
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
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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Earn Follow Leadership Mandatory Respect
First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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Accomplishment Follow Job Medal Reward Tools Training Yourself
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

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