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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.

Colin Powell

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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Disappointment Expectation Failure Greatness Himself Problem Word
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
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
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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Country Racism Wrong
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
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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Balance Criticism Drive Ego Intelligence Judgement Loyalty
One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Development Greatness Oneself Recognition Talent
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust 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
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
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
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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Hard Work People Play Serious Work
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

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