Donald Rumsfeld

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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