Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
DONALD RUMSFELDThink ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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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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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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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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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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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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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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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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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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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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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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