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Donald Rumsfeld

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.
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Goals Head Obstacle Work
Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Activity Business People Product
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Government Human Being Politics
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
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Need Option Preserve President
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
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
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Advice Rule
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Criticism Mistake Principle Task
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Leadership Money Option President
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

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