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Agreement can always be reached by increasing the generality of the conclusion; when this is done, the form is generally preserved but only the illusion of policy is created.
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Agreement Conclusion Creation Illusion Increase Policy
Whatever your position, reach out to those who know more than you do, and have been around longer than you have. Find those people. Listen carefully. And learn.
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Care Leadership Learm People Position
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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Fact Lie People
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Decision Guidance Lack Random
Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.
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Evidence Existence
There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
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Deep Philosophy
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Government Human Being Politics
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
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Business Error Move On People Performance Politics Training Wrong
The way to do well is to do well.
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Inspirational One Liner
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Leadership Money Option President
First rule of politics: you can’t win unless you’re on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
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Ballot Lose Politics Rule Win
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
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Army War

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