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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.

Donald Rumsfeld

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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Improvement Performance President Value Wonder
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
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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Imagination Knowledge
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Advice Rule
Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Activity Business People Product
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.
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Deliver Failure President Price Truth
Remember where you came from.
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History One Liner Past Remember
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
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
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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Fact Lie People
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
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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Consult Decision Ideas Market Perspective Test

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