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Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.

Colin Powell

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Change Future Inspirational Ourselves Past
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
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
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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Attention Experience Information Intuition Pay Yourself
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
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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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence Yourself
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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Country Racism Wrong
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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Ego Position Yourself
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
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
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
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
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Expression Need Policemen World
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
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
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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Detail Double Leadership Mindset
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
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
As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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Communication Leadership Team Vision Yourself

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