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Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The ‘Old Fritz’ had earned his affectionate nickname in a series of successive military victories (including against France in 1757), often leading his men into battle in person, putting himself in such danger that several horses were shot from under him.
Katja Hoyer • Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire
Ben Horowitz on Peacetime vs. Wartime CEOs:
Management literature is almost entirely written for peacetime CEOs. Everything you learn about decision-making and delegation and “don't micromanage”, all these things are very peacetime oriented in the sense that in peacetime, you're much more focused on the development of the people and the organization
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Jason Fried • Rework
“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.”
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe Of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
General Võ Nguyên Giáp, the Vietnamese MacArthur, the man who single-handedly defeated the Japanese, the French, the Americans, and the Chinese.
Phil Knight • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
is Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield.
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Fox Conner did not speak to Eisenhower about Napoleon or any other great commander of the past, nor did he discuss the importance of history to the development of a well-rounded military officer. Instead, Conner drew three novels from the shelves of his collection and handed them to his assistant. “You might be interested in these,” Conner suggeste
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