What did Martin Luther King Jr, Eleanor Rossevelt and Thomas Jefferson
have in common?
The following is taken from Tom Peters recent book The Brand You 50
They had these things in common:
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Committed
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Determined to make a difference
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Focused
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Passionate
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A risk seeker
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Made lots of people mad
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Creative, quirky, peculiar
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In the establishment's face, flouted chain of command
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Irreverent, disrespectful
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Thrived on chaos
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Asked forgiveness rather than permission
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'Bone honest'
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Flawed
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Tuned into followers' needs and aspirations
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'Damned good' at what they did