Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
DONALD RUMSFELDEvery day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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What you measure improves.” A corollary rule in the military is that “You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Remember where you came from.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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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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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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