Bill Clinton Reveals 12 Simple Rules for Surviving Politics: Read Them Here
In advance of the former president's new book 'Citizen,' out Nov. 19, he shares his advice for anyone looking to get into government
Citizen: My Life After the White House, out Nov. 19
For years, going back to my days in Arkansas, I kept handy a list of “Clinton’s Rules of Politics” that I used to explain, enlighten and lighten up political conversations:
1.Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make them go (Sam Rayburn told LBJ that).
2.Never drink in public — you might act like yourself.
3.Whenever you hear, "It’s nothing personal,” brace yourself.
4.When someone can shift the heat from himself to you, prepare to be barbecued.
5.Everyone is for change in general but often against it in particular — it depends on whose ox is being gored.
6.When people say, “It’s not a money problem,” they’re always talking about someone else’s problem.
7.If you see a turtle on a fence post, it didn’t get there by accident
8.When you start to have a good time, you’re supposed to be somewhere else.
9.You’re always most vulnerable when you feel invulnerable or when you’re angry and exhausted.
10. Take criticism seriously, but not personally (one I got from Hillary and well explained by Don Miguel Ruiz in The Four Agreements).
11.If you want to bring your feelings to work, get in another line of work.
12.Don’t give up on people — if you dig long enough, there’s almost always still a person down there somewhere.
The 2016 election forced me to go to a baker’s dozen with a new rule: “If you’re ever in the room with someone who says ... but you’re going to win anyway,’ smile, thank them for their time and get out of that room as fast as you can.” They may want you to win, but they don’t want to speak up for you for fear of criticism or punishment. “Anyway” is the tell word. When you hear it, get ready to move.
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