Remember where you came from.

If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

The dead-enders are still with us, those remnants of the defeated regimes who'll go on fighting long after their cause is lost.

A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.

It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.

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.