“Life is a struggle.” — Karl Marx
In The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, Ben Horowitz describes the struggle.
It’s at this point that you start to question things. This is when things get dark. Depression sets in. Options look narrow. You just want to hit snooze over and over again and hide under the covers. The Struggle, however, is also where greatness is born.
The Struggle is where we turn adversity into opportunity.
Ben offers some things that may help you through the struggle.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers offers a piercing look into the hard choices that leaders must make.
This piece originally appeared on Farnam Street.
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