When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
Our goal is to defend the American people, and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and to liberate the Iraqi people.
Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.
Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or in the Executive Branch, that are their views. And that's the way we live. We're a free people. And that's the wonderful thing about our country.