Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
DONALD RUMSFELDYour 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.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Remember where you came from.
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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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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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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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