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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.

Colin Powell

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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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
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
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
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
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
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
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
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
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
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
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
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Accomplishment Art Leadership Management Possible
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
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

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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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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