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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.

Donald Rumsfeld

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
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
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
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
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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Fact Lie People
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
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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Family Friendship Person Position Publicity
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
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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Expectation Improvement Inspect Measure Military Rule
With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Media Record
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
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
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Knowledge Weakness

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.

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