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Donald Rumsfeld Quote - If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.

If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.

Donald Rumsfeld

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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Criticism Inspirational
Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Activity Business People Product
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
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
Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Customer Distance Management Organization
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Advice Rule
First rule of politics: you can’t win unless you’re on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Ballot Lose Politics Rule Win
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Improvement Performance President Value Wonder
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Edge Leadership Necessary
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
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.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Agreement Conclusion Creation Illusion Increase Policy
If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Decision Doubt President
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Lawyer Reduce Stream
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Blame Boss Enough Problem

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