Former SECDEF, Donald Rumsfeld, has recently released his new book, Rumsfeld's Rules. I bought a copy and am half-way through reading it. Unfortunately, many people will dismiss him out of hand immediately because of his political affiliation or his handling of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars from 2001-2006. He is a polarizing figure. But from what I've read so far, his list of "rules" is bounded in common sense; and while nothing new (Peter Drucker, Dale Carnegie et others have said similar things) the anecdotes he attaches to his rules and his plain spoken language is refreshing.
I thought it was interesting that he used a stand-up desk, though. It seems like it is a more productive method, and probably healthier way of getting a lot of paperwork done throughout out the day.
There's a lot of good stuff in there. More to follow in an upcoming post.
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