Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
COLIN POWELLDon’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Get mad, then get over 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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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.
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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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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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A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
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The best way to create a winning team is to train them, give them everything they need to get the job done and second, make sure they know what the job is and what the job will be. So you connect strategy to resources.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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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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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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Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.
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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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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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