Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
DONALD RUMSFELDRemember where you came from.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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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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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 in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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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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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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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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The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don’t know.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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