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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Donald Rumsfeld

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
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Challenge Interesting Life Public Service Time
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
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
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.
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Evidence Existence
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
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
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
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
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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Ego Government Moderate People President
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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Agreement Conclusion Creation Illusion Increase Policy
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Advice Rule
Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Error Opportunity Serious
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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