Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
DONALD RUMSFELDThe 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.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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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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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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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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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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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Remember where you came from.
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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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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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