I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
COLIN POWELLDon’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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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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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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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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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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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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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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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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One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Respect for leaders by followers can’t be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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