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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

Donald Rumsfeld

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
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
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
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
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
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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Consult Decision Ideas Market Perspective Test
Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Appropriate Learn Often
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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Family Friendship Person Position Publicity
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
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Death Encouragement Tendency War
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
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

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