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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

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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Communicate
Entire
Motivational
Leader
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Vision

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Let's not forget that Congress bears a lot of responsibility for many of the problems we have now
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Decision-making is lonely.
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In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at whether they are investing enough in the development of their human capital.
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Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.
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Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
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Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.
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I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.
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We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.
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Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.
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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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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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Don't just count your days, make your days count.
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Everybody makes bad decisions. I am sure I have made my share of them over 40 years of service. Or I have made good decisions and have been overruled. The real challenge, when you are overruled, is to remember who the boss is and don't take it personally.
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If everybody trusts one another, then the person who didn't prevail will faithfully execute the decision as if it was their idea.
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Let me blow that up for you again.
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It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.
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The president's personal staff has a unique role.
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