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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.

Colin Powell

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Accomplishment Latest Management Mission Team
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Opportunity Optimistic Yourself
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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Dirty End Tools Yourself
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
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
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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Children Failure Imitation Ourselves
Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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People Responsibility
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Attitude Leadership Role Thinking Win
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
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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Blood Death Expert Judgement Reality World
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 essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself

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