Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
DONALD RUMSFELDAgreement 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.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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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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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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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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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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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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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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