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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.

Donald Rumsfeld

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Government Human Being Politics
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
Amidst 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.
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Goals Head Obstacle Work
If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Decision Guidance Lack Random
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
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Business Error Move On People Performance Politics Training Wrong
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
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
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
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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Evidence Existence
Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Appropriate Learn Often
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
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
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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