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““DECA prepares emerging DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in leaders and entrepreneurs in

marketing, finance, hospitality marketing, finance, hospitality and management.”and management.”

DECA’s ValuesDECA’s Values

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“In any place work is done, you cannot accept anything less than competence if you want high quality.”

-William Glasser

“…competence-that is the life that is best worth living.”

-Mark Twain

“Competence goes beyond words. It’s the leaders ability

to say it, plan it, and do it in such a

way that others know that you know how and know that they want to follow

you.”

- John C. Maxwell

“Competence is first and foremost. You want to be seen doing something well.”

- Will Smith

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“Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.”

-Bill Gates

“Just as energy is the basis of life itself, and ideas the source of innovation, so is innovation the vital spark of all human change, improvement and progress”

-Ted Levitt

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make

mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly,

and get on with improving your other

innovations.”

- Steve Jobs

“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.”

-William Pollard

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“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself…Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty but humility.”

-Nelson Mandela

“Winning is nice if you do not lose

your integrity in the process.”

- Arnold Horshak

“Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do”

-Don Galer

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“Great teamwork is the only way we create breakthroughs that define our careers.”

- Pat Riley

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

- Michael Jordan

“Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.”

-Brian Tracy

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