The '13 rules' Colin Powell says he lived by, according to his memoir
Colin Powell, the first black U.S. Secretary of State who has died from COVID-19 complications, is being remembered for his impact on U.S. diplomacy—but also for a collection of life rules he published in one of his memoirs.
where he wrote that they originated as"a couple dozen snippets of paper shoved under the glass cover on my desktop—quotes and aphorisms that I had collected or made up over the years.""To my great surprise—the Thirteen rules caught on," he wrote, noting their impact. Here are the rules Powell lived by.3. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.6. Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.8.
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