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

Colin Powell

You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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Image Job Position Yourself
Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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Care Goodness Organization People Right Yourself
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Accomplishment Latest Management Mission Team
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
Maybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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Allow Enough Experience Failure People Situation Young Yourself
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
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
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
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Country Journey Responsibility Togetherness Try
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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Change Discussion Friendship Ourselves Role
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself

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