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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.

Donald Rumsfeld

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Decision Guidance Lack Random
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
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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Decision Government Imperfection Knowledge Politics Reflection War
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
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Media Record
Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
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Challenge Interesting Life Public Service Time
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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Care Leadership Learm People Position
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
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
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
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
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence

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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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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