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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.

Colin Powell

You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.
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Happiness Kindness Necessary People Treat Worth 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
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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Art Leadership Management Possible Science
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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Earn Follow Leadership Mandatory Respect
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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Constitution Discrimination Origin Reason
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
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
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
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
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

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