Great decisions come from CEOs who display an elite mixture of intelligence, logic, and courage. - Ben Horowitz

The difference between being mediocre and magical is often the difference between letting people take creative risk and holding them too tightly accountable. Accountability is important, but it’s not the only thing that’s important.

It’s the moments where you feel most like hiding or dying that you can make the biggest difference as a CEO.

Be aware that management books tend to be written by management consultants who study successful companies during their times of peace. As a result, the resulting books describe the methods of peacetime CEOs. In fact, other than the books written by Andy Grove, I don’t know of any management books that teach you how to manage in wartime like Steve Jobs or Andy Grove.