Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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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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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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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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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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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.
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