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Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.

Donald Rumsfeld

Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Activity Business People Product
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.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Care Leadership Learm People Position
Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Decision Government Imperfection Knowledge Politics Reflection War
If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Knowledge Weakness
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Goals Head Obstacle Work
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
Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Appropriate Learn Often
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
The way to do well is to do well.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Inspirational One Liner
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
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Customer Distance Management Organization
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Ill Shoes Speak Success Walk

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