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Donald Rumsfeld Quote - It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

Donald Rumsfeld

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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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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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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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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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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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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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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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