You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
COLIN POWELLI think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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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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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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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Always be looking for that which you do well and that which you love doing, and when you find those two things together — man, you got it.
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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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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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Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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