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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.

Colin Powell

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Politician
Soldier
New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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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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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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Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
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Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.
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Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.
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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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The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.
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