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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.

Colin Powell

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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Love Man Togetherness Yourself
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
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
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
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
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
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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Attention Experience Information Intuition Pay 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
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
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
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
Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
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Ego Position Yourself
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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Happiness Kindness Necessary People Treat Worth 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
Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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People Perspective Right Yourself
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
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
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
The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Gift Greatness Love Myself Parents Value
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself

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