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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

Donald Rumsfeld

Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Ill Shoes Speak Success Walk
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 necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
Remember where you came from.
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History One Liner Past Remember
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Leadership Money Option President
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
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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Imagination Knowledge
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Evidence Existence
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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Army War
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
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
Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
The way to do well is to do well.
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Inspirational One Liner
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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Challenge Interesting Life Public Service Time

If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

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