There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
DONALD RUMSFELDReduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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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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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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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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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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Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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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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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
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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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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.
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