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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Colin Powell

One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Development Greatness Oneself Recognition Talent
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
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
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 let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
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Ego Position Yourself
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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Achievement Attitude Development Excellence Yourself
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
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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Deal Experience Failure Learning Life Yourself
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
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
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.
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Ability Let Go Try Yourself
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
Pissing people off doesn’t mean you’re doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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People Perspective Right Yourself

Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

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