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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.

Donald Rumsfeld

Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Appropriate Learn Often
If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Knowledge Weakness
You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
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Army War
With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Media Record
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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Lawyer Reduce Stream
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
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
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Ill Shoes Speak Success Walk
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
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
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Leadership Money Option President
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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Goals Head Obstacle Work

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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