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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.

Colin Powell

You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country – to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Country Division Ourselves Person Rejoice Togetherness
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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Care Choice Yourself
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Generation Important Need Success
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Depression Fall Intensity Leadership Passion Start Yourself
Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.
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Failure People Success
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Focus Future Mirror Review
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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Clothes Himself Organization Rebel Tolerance
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
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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Allow Enough Experience Failure People Situation Young Yourself

Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.

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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.

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