There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
COLIN POWELLLeaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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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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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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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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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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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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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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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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Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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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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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn’t prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Get mad, then get over it.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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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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