Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
DONALD RUMSFELDArguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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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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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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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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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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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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Remember where you came from.
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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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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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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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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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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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Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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