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Donald Rumsfeld Quote - Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.

Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.

Donald Rumsfeld

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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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Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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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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Agreement Conclusion Creation Illusion Increase Policy
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
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
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
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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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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Challenge Interesting Life Public Service Time
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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