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" As our leaders in Washington confront tough decisions about our budget priorities, I urge them to continue federal funding for public broadcasting. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Budget
Decisions
Tough
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" If every soldier is authorized to make one mistake, then we lose the war. "
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Lose
Make
" In June 2010, after more than 38 years in uniform, in the midst of commanding a 46-nation coalition in a complex war in Afghanistan, my world changed suddenly - and profoundly. An article in 'Rolling Stone' magazine depicting me, and people I admired, in a manner that felt as unfamiliar as it was unfair, ignited a firestorm. "
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" Defeat the Taliban. Secure the population. "
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Secure
Population
" I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. "
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Want
American
Defeat
" I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency. "
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" Leadership contains certain elements of good management, but it requires that you inspire, that you build durable trust. For an organization to be not just good but to win, leadership means evoking participation larger than the job description, commitment deeper than any job contract's wording. "
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Good
Commitment
Job
" When you go through some controversy and you see your face on the news in a negative way for 48 hours... you doubt yourself. And your friends make the difference. They become a safety net that come in and say, 'That's not the case.' And the relationships that you've built... come to the fore. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
You
Yourself
Safety
" I knew from history that war comes with frightening regularity, often fought over the same ground and similar causes as previous conflicts. "
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Ground
Same
Over
" I think my biggest achievement was being part of a team of outstanding, entrepreneurial military leaders and civilians who helped change the way in which America fights by transforming a global special operations task force - Task Force 714 - that I commanded. "
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Change
Achievement
Way
" Like leaders in many walks of life, my business has been to serve with, and for, others. "
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Life
Business
Like
" You can get knocked down, and it hurts and it leaves scars. But if you're a leader, the people you've counted on will help you up. And if you're a leader, the people who count on you need you on your feet. "
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Help
Need
Leader
" A year of service has the power to bring young people together from different races, ethnicities, incomes, faiths, and political backgrounds to work on pressing problems facing U.S. society today. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Service
Work
Together
" Our bureaucracy had excelled at compartmentalizing intelligence - we had a 'need to know' system - but by 2004, it was impossible to foresee what elements of our organization would and would not need to know a given piece of information. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Organization
Impossible
Intelligence
" Over my career, I'd watched senior leader visits have unintended negative consequences. Typically, schedules were unrealistically overloaded and were modified during the visit to cancel parts of the plan. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Plan
Leader
Consequences
" If you sit down with British officers or British senior NCOs, they understand the sweep of history. They know the history of British forces not just in Afghanistan but the history of British successful counter-insurgencies - Northern Ireland, Malaysia. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
You
Successful
Down
" In an organization that is unwilling to change, find the opportunity to talk and interact with people - figure out why they don't want to change. It could be habits. It could be people's personal equities and reputations are defined by the role they're in or the process they've mastered. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Opportunity
Change
Process
" By nature, I tended to trust people and was typically open and transparent... But such transparency would go astray when others saw us out of context or when I gave trust to those few who were unworthy of it. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Nature
Go
Trust
" Public television works hard to engage young learners and build the skills needed for a jump-start on life. We need our youngest to be curious, resilient and empathetic, and prepared for the jobs of the future. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Future
Television
Need
" Many leaders are tempted to lead like a chess master, striving to control every move, when they should be leading like gardeners, creating and maintaining a viable ecosystem in which the organization operates. "
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Organization
Control
Creating
" Change is painful, and people are always reticent to accept a lot of pain. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Pain
Change
Always
" Soldiers fighting a daily battle under frightening conditions can feel their leaders are far removed from their reality. There's no magic cure for this challenge, and soothing words that aren't backed up by action encourage cynicism. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Challenge
Words
Magic
" Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization. "
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Organization
Build
Trust
" What I'm trying to do is teach people how to actually get individuals in organizations to do the kinds of things to make a difference. It starts with not just studying the mechanics but really understanding how people operate. "
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Make A Difference
Understanding
People
" I find that if the day is terrible but I worked out, at the end of the day I can go, 'Well, I had a good workout'. Almost no matter what happens. "
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End Of The Day
I Can
Good
" My very identity as a soldier came to an abrupt end. I'd been soldiering as long as I'd been shaving. Suddenly I'd been told I could no longer soldier, and it felt as though no one really cared if I ever shaved again. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Shaving
Soldier
Long
" I resolved to try to steer clear of politics. That wasn't easy. "
Stanley A. McChrystal
Try
Politics
Easy
" I said if you want me to go back to Afghanistan and work, I'm happy to do that. If you think accepting my resignation is best for the cause and for the nation, then I have no complaint with that. "
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Think
You
Work
" Americans enjoy the exciting, cinematic vision of a squad of muscle-bound Goliath boasting Olympian speed, strength, and precision - a group whose collective success is the inevitable consequence of the individual strengths of its members and the masterful planning of a visionary commander. "
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Vision
Strength
Success
" In our society, I see public media as a lever. It pushes people by elevating them and their sights. It brings them into more thinking and understanding, and it brings us together. "
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See
Together
Society