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“Myself I’d trust him to the end of the Earth,” said Ford. “Oh yes,” said Arthur, “and how far’s that?” “About twelve minutes away,” said Ford, “come on, I need a drink.”
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“A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two”
― The Chosen
― The Chosen

“Great CEOs face the pain. They deal with the sleepless nights, the cold sweats, and what my friend the great Alfred Chuang (legendary cofounder and CEO of BEA Systems) calls “the torture.” Whenever I meet a successful CEO, I ask them how they did it. Mediocre CEOs point to their brilliant strategic moves or their intuitive business sense or a variety of other self-congratulatory explanations. The great CEOs tend to be remarkably consistent in their answers. They all say, “I didn’t quit.”
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

“One of the most important management lessons for a founder/CEO is totally unintuitive. My single biggest personal improvement as CEO occurred on the day when I stopped being too positive.”
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

“You’ve got to enjoy yourself. The evening’s the best part of the day. You’ve done your day’s work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it. That’s how I look at it. Ask anybody, they’ll all tell you. The evening’s the best part of the day.”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day

“humans, particularly those who build things, only listen to leading indicators of good news.”
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
― The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

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