Ben Horowitz on Focus Quotes

"If you don't have a clear vision, you will get lost in the noise."

"Belief is the discipline of keeping your eyes on the prize when the world is on fire."

"Focus on the things that matter."

"You can't worry about what you can't control. You have to focus on what you can do."

"You can't prioritize everything; if you have three priorities, you have none."

"Focus on where you are going rather than on what you are afraid of."

"The hardest part of planning is deciding what you are NOT going to do."

"Focus on where you are going, not on what you are afraid of."

"The most important move is to focus on the one thing that will make the biggest difference."

"Spend zero time on what you could have done, and devote all of your time on what you might do."

"The only thing that matters is the move you make next."

"Spend zero time on what you could have done, and spend all of your time on what you might do."

"Focus on where you are going rather than on what you are trying to avoid."

"The essence of vision is choosing what to focus on when everything seems important."

"It’s a checkmate situation. You have to move, and you can’t move. That is the struggle."

"A CEO's job is to manage the psychology of the organization, starting with their own."

"In a startup, you can’t do everything. You have to do the most important things."

"You can't worry about the things you can't control. You have to focus on the things you can."

"Wartime CEO cares about a speck of dust on a gnat’s ass if it interferes with the prime directive. Peacetime CEO aims for big picture alignment."

"True creativity requires an obsession with the problem, not an obsession with your first solution."

"Winning requires a level of focus that most people find uncomfortable."

"Don't focus on the pain, focus on the progress."

"Bad product managers have lots of excuses."

"You must be willing to kill your darlings to achieve excellence."

"To be a successful CEO, you have to have the confidence to ignore the critics and focus on the mission."

"The most important thing I learned as an entrepreneur was to focus on what I needed to get right and stop worrying about all the things that I did wrong or might do wrong."

"CEO psychology is the most difficult thing to manage."

"The hardest part of being a CEO is managing your own mind."

"Innovation happens when you stop worrying about what others think and start focusing on what is possible."

"There is no secret to being a successful CEO. But if there is one skill that stands out, it’s the ability to focus and make the best move when there are no good moves."

"Great CEOs have the ability to focus on the one thing that matters when everything is going wrong."

"Wartime CEO knows that the only thing that matters is winning."

"The most important part of a vision is the part that tells you what you are not going to do."