Ben Horowitz on Habits Quotes

"Training is the most important habit for any manager."

"Culture is not a set of beliefs; it's a set of actions."

"Building a company is the habit of solving one hard problem after another."

"The habit of curiosity is the key to long-term innovation."

"Your habits are the only things that will survive the struggle."

"Hard things are hard because there are no easy answers or recipes."

"Culture is what people do when you are not looking."

"You must develop the habit of looking at the world as it is, not as you wish it were."

"The most important habit of a CEO is to manage their own psychology."

"The way you treat people who leave is the habit that defines how people feel who stay."

"Greatness is a habit, not a destination."

"If you don't have the habit of telling the truth, you won't have the trust of your team."

"The first rule of organizational communication is that the message is the habit."

"Programming culture means programming habits."

"Every time you make a decision, you are building a habit."

"In wartime, the CEO must have the habit of being decisive and fast."

"The habit of listening is more important than the habit of talking."

"Culture is the habit of the organization."

"Consistency in leadership is a habit, not a trait."

"If you want people to behave a certain way, you have to create a habit for it."

"The habit of honesty is the most difficult to maintain under pressure."

"The habit of excellence is built in the small details."

"A culture is a set of behaviors that you expect and you reward."

"The struggle is where character is built."

"What you do is who you are."

"You can't change your culture by changing your values; you change it by changing your habits."

"Your culture is how your company makes decisions when you’re not there."

"Discipline is the habit of doing what needs to be done, even when you don't feel like it."

"If you don't design your culture, it will design itself."

"You are what you do every day, not what you say you believe."

"A leader's habit of attention determines the organization's focus."

"The struggle is the habit of moving forward when everything is falling apart."

"Management training is the habit of teaching the culture."