With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
DONALD RUMSFELDIf you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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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 the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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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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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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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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Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
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Remember where you came from.
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