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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.

Colin Powell

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
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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Choice Friendship Himself Mirror Reflection
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility
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
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
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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Best Connection Creation Job Resources Team Training Way Yourself
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
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
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
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

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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