Rahm Emanuel
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We would take a walk around the south a couple times around the south lawn, around the driveway.
And he's rolled up the to-do list and rolled up in my hand.
And Michelle used to say, oh, the boys are going for the walk.
And we were to-do list people.
And we would have our to-do list for the week, for the year, for the term.
And I kept that.
I've always had that tradition.
But I kept it as mayor and I kept it as chief of staff and I keep it now.
Yeah.
We had different views on things, but yes, very aligned on the sense of order, keeping people on task, don't get distracted, make sure the goal is set so we know what we've accomplished.
Not a business card.
It was a... Oh, like a little small notebook.
Kind of like a two-by-four.
And I have a... The kids joke because they framed each of the business, you know, the chief of staff card, the ambassador card, the mayor card, the Congress card.
And I have, yeah, those little cards made.
And I keep them and I rewrite them each week, Saturday and Sunday, going over the weekly reports from the week before by each of the cabinet members.
Why are you laughing, Rob?
Because of us, only one went to business school.
The other went to law school and the other one went to classical rhetorical school.
I'm sure that that's exactly.