Colin Powell
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestselling Author
Colin Powell, one of America's most admired public figures, reveals the unique lessons that shaped his life and career
It Worked for Me is a collection of lessons and personal anecdotes that shaped four star-general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell's legendary career in public service. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules,"—notes he accumulated
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the public service career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules"--Notes he gathered over the years and that now form the basis of his leadership presentations given throughout the world. Powell's short but sweet rules -- among them, "Get mad, then get over it" and "Share credit"--are illustrated...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©1995
Language
English
Description
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history--Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm--but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished...