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Ben Horowitz
The most-loved lines from Ben Horowitz, drawn from 1 book in the library.
“Leadership is tested where every option damages something important.”
“A company can survive bad news faster than it can survive executives hiding reality.”
“The CEO job includes absorbing ambiguity without spreading panic.”
“Hard decisions should be communicated plainly because euphemism makes fear do the explaining.”
“Culture is revealed when pressure forces tradeoffs, not when values are printed on a wall.”
“Wartime leadership requires speed, truth, and enough emotional control to keep people moving.”
“There are no silver bullets, only lead bullets: unglamorous work aimed at the real constraint.”