Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
COLIN POWELLYou 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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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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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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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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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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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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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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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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The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
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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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Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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