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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.

Donald Rumsfeld

Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Appropriate Learn Often
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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Criticism Publicity Receive
With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Media Record
There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don’t know.
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Imagination Knowledge
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
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
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
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
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
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
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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Family Friendship Person Position Publicity
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

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