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Donald Rumsfeld Quote - 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.

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.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Remember where you came from.
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History One Liner Past Remember
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Appropriate Learn Often
It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Criticism Mistake Principle Task
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Decision Guidance Lack Random
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Advice Rule
Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.
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Evidence Existence
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Knowledge Weakness
Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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Family Friendship Person Position Publicity
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
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
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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Agreement Conclusion Creation Illusion Increase Policy
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
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Ill Shoes Speak Success Walk
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
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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Care Leadership Learm People Position
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
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.
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Decision Government Imperfection Knowledge Politics Reflection War
Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Error Opportunity Serious

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