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Lesson 1: Making Hard Decisions the Smart Way

Make the best decision for all concerned, not just some. Strengthen your leadership confidence.

Telling a friend the hard truth. Enforcing a rule your team dislikes. Holding someone accountable when it would be easier to look the other way. In life — and especially in leadership — doing the right thing often means making someone unhappy. This paradox is one of the trickiest challenges of leading others.

But venture capitalist Ben Horowitz argues th…

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