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Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.
Colin Powell
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Colin Powell
American
Statesman
Born:
Apr 5
,
1937
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Wayne Dyer
Life
You
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Illusion
Backwards
Become
Living
Way
Only
Prevent
Self
True
Idea
Knowing
Identity
True Self
False
Very
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Letting
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Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.
Robin S. Sharma
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Game
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About
Lead
Name
Without
Contest
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Door
Title
Your
Popularity
Popularity Contest
The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
Patrick Lencioni
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Humble
People
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Strong
Smart
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Way
Focusing
Hungry
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Determined
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Intellectually
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Get
Any
Done
Being
Little
Personally
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Meaning
Ethic
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Who
Teams
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Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.
Robin S. Sharma
Work
Great
Morning
You
Ego
Better
Will
Job
Few
Every
Some
Feel
Make
Great Work
Leave
Truly
Than
Few Things
Done
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Door
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Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
Paramahansa Yogananda
God
Man
Ego
Personality
Problems
Made
Important
Sense
Constant
Only
He
Importance
His
Source
Affirmation
Body
Image
Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.
Chris Lowe
You
Arrogance
Ego
Stupidity
Will
Long
Way
Long Way
Combined
Huge
Get
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
Alan Watts
Ego
Focus
Nothing
Other
Attention
Than
Conscious
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