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You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

Keep your eye on what you're responsible to and what you're responsible for, and that'll keep you right.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

A big part of finding the right resources is knowing what to look for and what to avoid.

My responsibility is to make judgments about hard, complex issues that I believe to be right.

You have to take control of your own career.

With wealth comes responsibility.

We have a responsibility to make sure that the limited resources we have are spent efficiently and effectively and that programs achieve their mission.

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.

You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about.