Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
DONALD RUMSFELDAmidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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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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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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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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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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Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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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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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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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.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
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