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 RUMSFELDBe able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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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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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don’t know.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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