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Everybody's got an opinion. Leaders are paid to make a decision. The difference between offering an opinion and making a decision is the difference between working for the leader and being the leader.

Bill Walsh

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One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent.
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Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
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Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.
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I have a sense of humor. I usually come off as very serious, but I definitely have a dry sense of humor.
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For me the starting point for everything - before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience - is work ethic. Without one of significant magnitude, you're dead in the water.
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We all know gifs are pronounced jifs, right? Their creator says so, damn it!
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People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in a personal way... you can make a point without being personal. Don't insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less
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Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.
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A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
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Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.
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Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.
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To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.
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A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
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Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.
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Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
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Champions behave like champions before they are champions
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Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
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By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.
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The ability to help the people around me self-actualize their goals underlines the single aspect of my abilities and the label that I value most—teacher.
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