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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Powell

Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
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
The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.
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Follow Forever Important Learning Personal Soldier
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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Image Job Position 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
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
I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote.
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Difficult Encouragement Myself Policy
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
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
Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Attitude Excellence Prevail
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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Goodness Leadership Move Success
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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Action Condition Destiny Energy Fulfillment Health Organism
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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Accomplishment Follow Job Medal Reward Tools Training Yourself

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