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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.

Colin Powell

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
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value 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
Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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Average Sign Yourself
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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Important Influence Life Live Touch Value
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
Leadership is all about people. It is not about organizations. It is not about plans. It is not about strategies. It is all about people-motivating people to get the job done. You have to be people-centered.
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Job Leadership Motivational Organization People Planning Strategy
You know you’re a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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Curiosity Goodness Leadership People
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Best Watch Yourself
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
The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method.
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Best Method Obstacle Team
I have never seen a good organization where the standards weren’t high.
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Goodness High Myself Organization Standard
There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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Important Organization Person Value Worth
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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Bond Essence Leadership Organization Trust Yourself
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism

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