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Donald Rumsfeld Quote - Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.

Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Need Option Preserve President
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
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Ego Government Moderate People President
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
What you measure improves.” A corollary rule in the military is that “You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
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Expectation Improvement Inspect Measure Military Rule
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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Decision Doubt President
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
If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Knowledge Weakness
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Activity Business People Product
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
Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Government Human Being Politics
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
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.
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Deliver Failure President Price Truth
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking

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