You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
COLIN POWELLThere is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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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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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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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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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life’s cycle and it’s from failure that you gain life experience.
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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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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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.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.
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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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If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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