Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
DONALD RUMSFELDThe way to do well is to do well.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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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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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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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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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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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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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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You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
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