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Donald Rumsfeld

If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Fact Intelligence
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
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
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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Decision Government Imperfection Knowledge Politics Reflection War
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
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
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Lawyer Reduce Stream
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
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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Decision Doubt President
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
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Decision Guidance Lack Random
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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Improvement Performance President Value Wonder
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax

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