You can’t make someone else’s choices. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours.
COLIN POWELLDon’t just count your days, make your days count.
More Colin Powell Quotes
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Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.
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It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends.
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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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If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.
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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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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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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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You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
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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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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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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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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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