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Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes.

Colin Powell

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
But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you’ve got to compromise. You’ve got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
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Arrival Compromise Constitution Country Start Writing Yourself
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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Balance Criticism Drive Ego Intelligence Judgement Loyalty
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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Born Errors Experience Leadership Learning
If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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Dirty End Tools Yourself
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
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
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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Decision Fact Goodness Stand Way
Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Hold Move Togetherness Trust
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
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Country Journey Responsibility Togetherness Try
Experts often possess more data than judgment.
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Data Expert Judgement Possession
A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.
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Choice Friendship Himself Mirror Reflection

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