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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.

Donald Rumsfeld

Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
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
Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Error Opportunity Serious
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Decision Guidance Lack Random
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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Criticism Publicity Receive
There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don’t know.
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Imagination Knowledge
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Leadership Money Option President
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
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
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
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.
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Ballot Lose Politics Rule Win
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Advice Rule
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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Lawyer Reduce Stream

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