Work isn’t war
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Work isn’t war
Like war, meetings are a last resort. The Modern Meeting is a special instrument, a sacred tool that exists for only one reason: to support decisions.
Al Pittampalli • Read This Before Our Next Meeting: How We Can Get More Done
There comes a time in every company’s life where it must fight for its life. If you find yourself running when you should be fighting, you need to ask yourself, “If our company isn’t good enough to win, then do we need to exist at all?”
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Peacetime CEO strives for broad-based buy-in. Wartime CEO neither indulges consensus building nor tolerates disagreements.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Whether it’s articulated or not, every business is driven by one of two philosophies. A company is either competition-driven or story-driven.