Never Hire Anyone You Can’t Fire.

Don't Speak Ill Of Your Predecessors Or Successors. You Didn't Walk In Their Shoes.

Reduce The Layers Of Management. They Put Distance Between The Top Of An Organization And The Customers.

Our Task, Your Task... Is To Try To Connect The Dots Before Something Happens. People Say, 'well, Where's The Smoking Gun?' Well, We Don't Want To See A Smoking Gun From A Weapon Of Mass Destruction.

Freedom's Untidy, And Free People Are Free To Make Mistakes And Commit Crimes And Do Bad Things.

Most Of The 50 Or So Invitations You Receive Each Week Come From People Inviting The President's Chief Of Staff, Not You. If You Doubt That, Ask Your Predecessor How Many He Received Last Week.