Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
COLIN POWELLAlways be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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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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Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.
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One of the fondest expressions around is that we can’t be the world’s policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.
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My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‘we have a problem, let’s go and get it’.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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