If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
DONALD RUMSFELDAgreement 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.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
DONALD RUMSFELDPrune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
DONALD RUMSFELDThink ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
DONALD RUMSFELDPreserve the President’s options. He may need them.
DONALD RUMSFELDLearn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
DONALD RUMSFELDKnow that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
DONALD RUMSFELDDon’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
DONALD RUMSFELDThere are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
DONALD RUMSFELDLet’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
DONALD RUMSFELDWhatever 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.
DONALD RUMSFELDEveryone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
DONALD RUMSFELD