Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
DONALD RUMSFELDPresidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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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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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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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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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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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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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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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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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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