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Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'

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

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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

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

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in...

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a...

Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not...

When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to...

See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't 'sail' anyway. Send it back for further...

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.

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.

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

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

Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.

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