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“If what I’m about to do appeared on the front page of the Washington Post tomorrow, would I be proud or embarrassed? If”
― D. Michael Abrashoff, It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

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“Articulating the feelings that your people are afraid to speak is a large part of what leaders, including ship captains, do for a living.”
― D. Michael Abrashoff, It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

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“Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both the thoughts and actions; they never walk alone!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

tags: act, acting, actions, coward, cowardice, cowards, crazily, crazy, do-it, do-something, food-for-thought, insane, israelmore-ayivor, never-walk-alone, thinking, thoughts, you-can-do-it

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“The timeless challenge in the real world is to help less-talented people transcend their limitations.”
― D. Michael Abrashoff, It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

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“If your bosses see you lifting burdens off their shoulders, and they find out they can trust you, they stay out of your face. And that gives you the freedom you need to operate independently and improve your ship.”
― D. Michael Abrashoff, It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

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