Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
DONALD RUMSFELDBe precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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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.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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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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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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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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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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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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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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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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Agreement can always be reached by increasing the generality of the conclusion; when this is done, the form is generally preserved but only the illusion of policy is created.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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