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In life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right.

Ben Horowitz

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
A lot of it is on the job training, combined with excellent mentorship.
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Excellent Job Lot Mentorship Training
You know what the difference between a vision and a hallucination is? They call it a vision when other people can see it.
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Differences People Vision
Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups.
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Billionaire Black Loyal Wife
In Silicon Valley, when you’re a private company, the entrepreneur can do no wrong.
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Company Entrepreneur Valleys
A manager can’t act like a role model. They need to BE a role model.
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Manager Models Needs Role
If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?
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Done Jobs never Want
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
One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
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Building Great People Things
When raising money, you want to look through the lens of ‘What happens when things go wrong?’
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Lenses Looks Want
In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.
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Decision Goal Made
As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.
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Baby Hours Motivation
There are no silver bullets.
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Bullets Growth No Silver
Business ends up being very dynamic and situational.
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Business Dynamic Ends Situation
Breakthrough ideas usually come from guys who look like they’re hallucinating
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Guy Hallucinating Ideas Looks
There is no silver bullet. There are always options and the options have consequences.
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Bullets Consequences Silver

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