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You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

Colin Powell

There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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Accomplishment Latest Management Mission Team
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
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
Don’t take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
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Advice Counseling Fear Voice Yourself
It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Enemy Kill Thinking Yourself
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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Love Man Togetherness Yourself
Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Opportunity Optimistic Yourself
An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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Difficult Face Organization People
Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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Essence Leadership Trust
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
You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
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Choice Control Yourself
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Command Evidence Prove Right Wrong

You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.

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