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Colin Powell discusses his new book 'It Worked for Me'
- Duration 2:53
- Date May 23, 2012
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Hello people I'm -- gives you with the -- splash for this Wednesday.
If you want good leadership -- a four star general is a great place to start former secretary of state Colin Powell.
We'll be sharing many of his life experiences that have shaped his impressive career in his brand new book called.
He worked for me -- -- -- -- leadership he sat down with its earlier on the curvy couch to tell us about it.
I jotted down over the years as I had experiences -- screwed something up when I broke down you.
Right and that's -- -- war and -- for 22 years.
Question we have been sending them out.
And so when I started this next book the book out now I just sort of dissembling stories.
And I had to explain finally why I think those thirteen rules and a -- first -- -- look -- -- But there's nothing.
Cohesive -- that he can jump in anywhere really anywhere you want.
There's no index you can't -- yourself out.
A lot of that quite know what that's like a hundred number one.
Think -- your life by beating his -- did you think it will look better in the morning but that number to get mad but didn't get over -- -- can you tell a story in the book about how that.
Develop -- guy from France you wanted to strangle -- -- -- adult -- get going to have found -- French foreign minister and I had terrible fights in 2000 history of the United Nations.
And Americans were furious with the French you know what I'm gonna call French Fries anymore when I had a drink French -- And that I was as an added -- dominated anybody we have a lot arguments but I had to remember that I might need.
Domonique dynamite in the French so he was an adversary but don't recommend me that's the lesson and that's right have adversaries have fights but don't.
Avoid making -- don't make an adversary and enemy when you can make an emissary at the same -- It worked for me in life and leadership is on this store shelves right now go bypassing.
And just call them a bunch of party -- -- guy arrested after trying to bring up very and a zebra into a -- Not kidding and it's not the punchline to a -- -- the exotic pets in the front seat yeah Gerald readers pick up -- girlfriend says that's just a normal night.
In Iowa.
-- like going to relax and I.
They're just part of the family here.
We don't have these little kids here so these are our kids.
Really the bar would not allow the animals inside but that didn't stop reader from -- -- a couple of drinks on his own.
We -- cocktail police showed up just as he was leave and it wasn't him that -- -- -- during drive.
With the parent and the zebra riding shotgun.
And -- it.
-- like I'm in the wild.
I'm surrounded by animals and that's your -- -- him.