Ben Horowitz on Learning Quotes

"You can’t worry about the mistakes, because you’re going to make a lot of them. You’ve got to worry about learning from the mistakes."

"Belief is what allows you to survive the mistakes you will inevitably make."

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

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

"If you want to be a great leader, you have to be a great listener."

"To innovate, you must first understand the rules so that you can break them effectively."

"Learning is a lifelong process."

"If you don't have a routine for training your people, you are essentially saying that you don't care about the quality of their work."

"The most important thing I learned is that there is no such thing as a perfect CEO."

"Hiring for creativity means looking for people who have solved problems in ways that weren't in the manual."

"The best way to learn how to do something is to do it with total intensity."

"Training is, quite simply, one of the highest-leverage activities a manager can perform."

"Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don't know anything."

"Failure is a necessary part of the innovation process. If you're not failing, you're not pushing hard enough."

"The best leaders are those who are constantly learning and evolving."

"There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained through hard work."

"Success is not a destination; it's a journey of continuous improvement."

"In business, you either win or you learn."

"A plan is a hypothesis. You must be willing to test it and discard it if it doesn't work."

"Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, 'What am I not doing?'"

"The difference between a good company and a great company is how they handle failure."

"The routine of mentorship is how you scale your own knowledge across the entire organization."

"The routine of the 'post-mortem' is essential for learning from failure and ensuring it doesn't happen again."

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

"A company is only as good as its people, and its people are only as good as their training."

"Creativity is about connecting the dots that others don't even see."

"Your vision must be grounded in a deep understanding of the problem you are solving."

"If you don't prioritize training, you are effectively saying you don't care about the quality of the work."

"You have to be willing to fail to succeed."

"You have to have the confidence to say 'I don't know' and then find the answer."

"The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company."

"There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience."