Quote by Eric Shinseki
I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they w

I have spent a lifetime watching kids make mistakes because they were not trained or well led or properly motivated to do well. I never faulted the kids rather, I saw opportunity to train, to motivate, to improve leadership – not to punish the individual. – Eric Shinseki

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