If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
COLIN POWELLIf 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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Maybe we don’t put our young people in situations often enough where they’re allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don’t fail as often.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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Get mad, then get over it.
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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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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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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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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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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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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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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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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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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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