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Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

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
The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.
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Day Leadership Problem Soldier Yourself
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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Follow Leadership Mission Primary Purpose Role Vision
Don’t be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.
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Blood Death Expert Judgement Reality World
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
Get mad, then get over it.
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Let Go Mad One Liner
What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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Generation Important Need Success
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
Don’t just count your days, make your days count.
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Count Days Yourself
Don’t bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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Help Myself People Problem Solve
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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Care Goodness Organization People Right Yourself
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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Goodness Leadership Move Success
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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Expression Need Policemen World
The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Best Freedom Willing Yourself
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Force Multiply Optimism
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Core Execution Leadership Value Yourself

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