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It's important in any organization that if visions have any reality at all, it's because the organization believes that the vision is right and that they share in it. Otherwise, it becomes the good idea of one person, and that even more importantly contributes to the sense that it will not survive the departure of that individual.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Any Because Becomes Believes Departure Even Good Good Idea Idea Important Importantly Individual More Organization Otherwise Person Reality Right Sense Share Survive Vision Visions Will

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If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Around Big Biggest Block Bold Brigade Change Face Get Go Going Guy His Make Making Sense Stand Started Then Up Walk You

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It's tough never being right.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Being Never Right Tough

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The magnificent army that fought in Desert Storm is a great army, and it still is a magnificent army today. But it was one we designed for the Cold War, and the Cold War has been over for ten years now.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Army Been Cold Cold War Desert Designed Fought Great Magnificent Now Over Still Storm Ten Ten Years Today War Years

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Well, let's assume the world is linear. If we required a certain amount of troops per 25,000 population in the Balkans, if the world is not radically different, something of the same extent is going to be needed in Iraq.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Amount Assume Balkans Certain Different Extent Going Iraq Linear Needed Per Population Radically Required Same Something Troops Well World

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I am an armor officer.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Am Armor Officer I Am

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I am an armor officer. I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army back in 1980s. It's still a magnificent tank, and we designed it for the Cold War and Central Europe.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Am Armor Army Back Central Cold Cold War Designed Europe Field Grew Helped Magnificent Officer Part Still Tank Team Up War I Am 1980S

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An army that fought and won a war decisively finds it even more difficult to undergo change.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Army Change Difficult Even Finds Fought More Undergo War Won

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In the army, we do two things every day. We train our soldiers, and then we grow them into leaders, because frankly, we don't hire out. We grow our own leaders.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Army Because Day Every Every Day Frankly Grow Hire Leaders Our Out Own Soldiers Them Then Things Train Two

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More importantly, if you are in a position to hire, hire a veteran. They will be the best employees you have.

~Eric Shinseki

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: November 28th, 1942

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