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«You don't know what you can get away with until you try.»
Author: Colin Powell
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get away
«Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.»
Author: Colin Powell
| About:
Management
| Keywords:
accomplish, attracting, deeds, endeavors, involved, management, organization, plans, theories
«Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.»
«Get mad, then get over it.»
«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.»
«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 stage, stimulates me. But once a decision has been made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.»
Author: Colin Powell
| About:
Team work
| Keywords:
at issue, debate, debated, debating, decision, disagreement, disagreements, end point, executes, executing, in disagreement, issue, issuing, like it, loyalties, loyalty, stage, stimulate, stimulated, stimulates, take issue
«Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.»
«Experts often possess more data than judgment.»
«The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.»
«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.»
Author: Colin Powell
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anticipate, balanced, corners, critically, ego, high energy, look for, loyalty
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