What You Do is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz

3 Bullet Book: 2020, book #59: “ If your company’s process for recruiting, interviewing, orienting, training, and integrating new employees is intentional and systematic, great. If any part of it is accidental, then so is your culture.” — Ben Horowitz

Finished on August 1, 2020

There was another Ben Horowitz book that I’d worked through previously — The Hard Thing About Hard Things. That was one of my favorite books at the time. A legendary investor and business leader, Ben’s insights were powerful and insightful throughout the book. This book was equally as good. For most of the books that I work through, I might have a few pages of notes and takeaways. Looking at this book now, I have nearly 15 pages of notes from all the takeaways and extensive notes. There were numerous actionable points of the book and sections that I wanted to review multiple times.

The 3 Bullets

1. First, I want to highlight my note regarding employee behavior and values. Ben writes, “If a company expects its people to behave ethically without giving them detailed instructions on what that behavior looks like and how to pursue it, the company will…