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The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
Age: 99 †
Born: 1910
Born: October 14
Died: 2010
Died: May 26
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Military Officer
Hall
Indiana
John Robert Wooden
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Leadership
Personal
Example
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Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
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I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I'm going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.
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First, do not betray yourself. Second, do not betray those you lead.
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Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.
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I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.
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