The Management Book That Did Not Lie to Me
Most management books describe leadership as a series of thoughtful decisions made by calm people with good information. Ben Horowitz describes something closer to the truth: decisions made fast, with incomplete data, while people are scared and the outcome is uncertain. I keep this book on my desk because it is the only one I have found that prepares you for the part of leadership no one talks about.
Horowitz is most useful when you are in the middle of something difficult.
"In good times you should do things that would be hard to do in bad times.
"Ben Horowitz
Reading The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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This is not a book about success. It is a book about surviving the parts of building a company that are so difficult most founders do not talk about them honestly.