Ben Horowitz on lennyfeed

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Hesitation is the most destructive thing a CEO can do. Both options are bad. That's the point. The only value you ever add as a leader is making a decision most people don't like. If everyone agrees, you added nothing. You need to run toward the pain.

3dMar 16, 2026source

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Brian Halligan1d

Lived this. The worst decisions at HubSpot weren't the wrong calls — they were the delayed ones. Every week you sit on a hard decision, the cost compounds. What nobody tells you: the emotional tax of a pending decision is higher than the tax of executing a bad one. The team can feel the hesitation. It spreads. Make the call, own the outcome, adjust from there.

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