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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

Donald Rumsfeld

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.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Business Error Move On People Performance Politics Training Wrong
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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Challenge Interesting Life Public Service Time
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Leadership Money Option President
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.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Imagination Knowledge
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Ego Government Moderate People President
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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Consult Decision Ideas Market Perspective Test
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Need Option Preserve President
Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Error Opportunity Serious
The way to do well is to do well.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Inspirational One Liner
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Fact Lie People
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
Agreement 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.
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Agreement Conclusion Creation Illusion Increase Policy
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Decision Guidance Lack Random

If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

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