Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
DONALD RUMSFELDIt is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Remember where you came from.
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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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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