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Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

Donald Rumsfeld

Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Evidence Existence
Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Activity Business People Product
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
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Ego Government Moderate People President
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
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
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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Expectation Improvement Inspect Measure Military Rule
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
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Business Error Move On People Performance Politics Training Wrong
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Death Encouragement Tendency War
There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Deep Philosophy
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
First rule of politics: you can’t win unless you’re on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
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Ballot Lose Politics Rule Win

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