Colin Powell

Prior to reading these four chapters of It Worked for Me, I knew very little about the life of Colin Powell. I knew his name and heard it often throughout Black History Month, but reading an excerpt of this memoir granted me access to rather admirable part of his character. Colin Powell is a true leader with a great deal of understanding between both military experience and his reign as Secretary of State. This book shares what he has learned during his time of power and teaches its readers his best

Core Values and the War on Terror As I think back to the many military leaders who have taken the world stage. Not many leaders standout that have inspired or influence soldiers. Many have tried to put an end to the war on terror but have failed. The face of terror was first Al Qaeda when Osama bin Laden was relevant. Now the face on terror has a new name it 's called ISIS. Everyone who was old enough to remember remembers exactly where he or she was when the two planes hit the twin towers in New

allows a particular organization or institution to excel, will always be leadership.      Leadership is portrayed at its pinnacle in William Bratton’s Turnaround, Rudolph Giuliani’s book Leadership, Oren Harari’s book The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell, and David Lipsky’s book Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point. In each of these works, the author does an exceptional job of depicting the various traits and characteristics necessary for being a powerful and effective leader.

position I strive for but one that I find myself in. By living the Army Values and gaining confidence through experience, I have come to find that I have more responsibility, not only to myself, but to others who have come to trust me. General Colin Powell has 18 lessons in leadership principles, there are a few that stand out and have helped to prepare me for my new position as a Warrant Officer. The first one that I connect with is the General’s second lesson. It states “The day soldiers stop

I have learned many lessons from Jack Welch on leadership. Jack Welch has been with the General Electric Company (GE) since 1960. Having taken over GE with a market capitalization of about $12 billion, Jack Welch turned it into one of the largest and most admired companies in the world by the time he stepped down as its CEO 20 years later, in 2000. Jack Welch used his uncanny instincts and unique leadership strategies to run GE, the most complex organization in the world and increased its market

Colin Powell In the beginning Colin Powell always wanted to do his best every day, and after many days and years he finally made it to the top. Colin Powell’s life choices made him who he is now. Colin Powell attended the City College of New York, that’s also around the time that he joined the ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps). Since Powell joined the ROTC, he had worked hard every day, soon he earned the rank of commander of his ROTC unit, and graduated as a cadet colonel, the highest rank

Colin Powell has accomplished a lot in his lifetime. People know him for being a four star general in the us army,and for serving his country.Also by following this motto“what I really wanted to do my best I could every single day,by doing my best every day,day,day after day,year after year,i finally got to the top”.And he did get to the top by choosing the choices he made it change the outcome of his life. As Colin Powell grew up, he attended city college of New York,at this time he joined

prevent her from supplying us with our basic needs. She never used being a single mother as an excuse for not able to reach her goals, unlike most mothers in today society, always having excuses. Colin Powell stated in his essay, “Don’t use your particular distinction as an excuse to not do your best” (Powell, 193). In other words, don’t allow your difference from other successful people stop you from doing your best. Excuses are just a down fall from your goal in life. When I joined the military in

State General Colin Powell. Mr. Powell has experience many obstacles and understand the meaning of hard work. I personally try to accomplish his pervious goals, such as completing the ROTC program and hopefully attend George Washington University for my Master and Ph.D. General Colin Powell inspires me to do my best at UCF, ROTC and military career. A quote from General Powell said “success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence”. (Powell, 2005) Throughout

Moreover, heretofore, Colin Powell first dwelled in the life of a student, then a soldier, and finally a general. Colin’s parents, his role-models emphasized the priority of doing your fine. Ordinarily, Colin was a student at City College of New York. In the duration of attending college, he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps. As an after effect of being magnanimous and working hard every day, he accordingly earned the rank of commander in his unit. Unintelligent persons will verbalize