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I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

Ben Horowitz

The person they’re working with, is going to be the person they’ll know more. So if that person leaves, they’re going to go – well, should have I left too? What did they get and how does that compare to my deal.
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Company Deal Leaves Management
You can take somebody’s job, you have to take their job, but you don’t have to take their dignity.
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Dignity Jobs Management
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
The right answer on raises is you have to be formal. You have to be formal to save your own culture.
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Answer Culture Management
In life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right.
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Decision Lonely Running
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.
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Planning Useless Valuable
I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.
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People Said Thinking
The bigger you get, the harder this gets because the more aggressive the people working for you are.
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Bigger Management People
It’s hard in daily life. It’s even harder in management because it’s the stress of the moment.
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Daily Life Management Stress
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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Baby Hours Motivation
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
For example, the vast majority of security break-ins occur as a result of problems with known fixes. With an automated system, you can keep up to date.
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Date Example Majority Problem Result
Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.
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Choice Courageous Decision

I think theres a lot to be said about just enjoying your work. It can be very contrived when people say their work is for the good of mankind.

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