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A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.

Ben Horowitz

As companies move to web-based computing they get a lot more servers, which are difficult to manage and control. All kinds of problems can arise – security, quality and worms.
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Kind Moving Quality
Sometimes an organization doesn’t need a solution; it just needs clarity.
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Clarity Needs Organization
It’s quite possible for an executive to hit her goal for the quarter by ignoring the future.
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Executive Goal Quarters
Yeah, I became a successful entrepreneur… Eventually
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Become Entrepreneur Successful
A CEO needs great intelligence and great courage. And I always found my courage was tested more.
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Entrepreneur Found Needs
In my experience as CEO, I found that the most important decisions tested my courage far more than my intelligence.
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Decision Found Important
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
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
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
I believe in strength over lack of weakness.
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Believe Strength Weakness
It’s pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want to spend it on.
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Clear Customer Want
As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
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Challenges Communication Company
To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.
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Losing Succeed Technique
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
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
A key thing in being a leader is you’ve got to pause yourself.
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Keys Leader Management

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