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I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories.
Colin Powell
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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Soldier
New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced out of power and a new regime brought in, a new leadership brought in, I am confident it will be some combination of people inside the country and outside the country.
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Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.
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There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.
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In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.
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Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.
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I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.
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There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.
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Sometimes what my analytical mind says to me is not what I'll do.
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I regret that the presentation I made at the UN turned out to be wrong. It was wrong on the stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, but pretty much right on intentions and capabilities.
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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