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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

Colin Powell

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
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Command Evidence Prove Right Wrong
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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Deal Experience Failure Learning Life 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
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
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Age Bad Improvement News Wine
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
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself
Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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Kindness Necessary Need Yourself
A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
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Determination Dreams Hard Work Magic Reality Sweat
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
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
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
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
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team

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