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Don’t just count your days, make your days count.

Colin Powell

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
One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Care Element Important Leadership Oneself
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
Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Break Greatness Hard Time Tension Time
Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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Hard Work People Preparation
Don’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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Advantage Afraid Challenge
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
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Failure Hard Work Inspirational Learning Preparation Result Secret Success
If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.
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Depression Fall Intensity Leadership Passion Start Yourself
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is “no.” That’s not America.
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Country Racism Wrong
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
Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don’t mean necessarily “buddy-buddy”, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they’re with you.
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Happiness Kindness Necessary People Treat Worth Yourself
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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Battle Courage Fight Man Yourself
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
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
When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty.
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Animal Dirty End Fight Yourself
First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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Accomplishment Follow Job Medal Reward Tools Training Yourself

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