"Effective leaders are made, not born. They..." - Quote by Colin Powell
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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“Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips us, and can train to operate through and in spite of our fear. If, on the other hand, we don't understand that fear is normal and has to be controlled and overcome, it will paralyze us and stop us in our tracks. We will no longer think clearly or analyze rationally. We prepare for it and control it; we never let it control us. It if does, we cannot lead.”
“The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.”
“The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.”
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“Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.”
“The Presidency is not merely an administrative office. Thats the least of it. It is more than an engineering job, efficient or inefficient. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership. All our great Presidents were leaders of thought at times when certain historic ideas in the life of the nation had to be clarified.”
“Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.”
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“We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity, it has to take a lot of work to remain ignorant.”
“If we cannot learn wisdom from experience, it is hard to say where it is to be found.”
“If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.”