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Best Advice I Ever Got

CNNMoney.com recently asked a host of influential leaders to share some wise words that have changed their lives forever. Here is what they said.

Tiger Woods: Keep it simple
Jim Sinegal: Show, don’t tell
Mort Zuckerman: Do what you love
Lloyd Blankfein: Empower
Mohamed El-Erian: Push beyond your comfort zone
David Axelrod: Ignore conventional wisdom
Tory Burch: Trust your instincts
Jim Rogers: Read everything
Scott Boras: Be effective, not popular
Mika Brzezinski: Use failure to motivate yourself
Colin Powell: Focus on performance, not power
Shai Agassi: Take advice from smart people
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy: Make an impression
Eric Schmidt: Hire a coach
Meredith Whitney: Set realistic goals
Lauren Zalaznick: Listen
Julian Robertson: Don’t talk shop
Thomas Keller: Treat it like it’s yours
Robin Li: Underpromise and over deliver
Miles White: Don’t pursue titles and dollars
Aaron Patzer: Self-doubt is normal
Niklas Savander: Be nice to people

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Imitation is often wiser than innovation. Three times Paul said, “Imitate me.” If you say, “I’ll be original or nothing” you’ll be both.

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—	Rick Warren

What’s your answer to this question?

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

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Jim Rohn

May you learn from a child today and try not to teach the world a lesson bathed in selfish ambitions.

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—	Carlos Whittaker

Good ideas have lonely childhoods.

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—	Hugh Macleod

Most of us can forgive and forget, we just don’t want the other person to forget that we forgave.

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—	Ivern Ball

Be the change you want to see in the world.

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Ghandi

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

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—	Thomas A. Edison

To be simple you have to eliminate the unnecessary. Most of the things you eliminate will be good things. The key is to choose the best.

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—	Simple Church