Applies Ben Horowitz's "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" framework (The Struggle, wartime vs. peacetime CEO, no-easy-answers decision making, the Law of Crappy People, hiring for strength vs. lack of weakness, taking care of people/products/profits in order, managing your own psychology, firing/demoting fast but respectfully, good vs. bad process, organizational debt) to hard leadership, CEO, hiring, firing, layoff, org-design, or crisis-decision problems. Use whenever the user wants a "hard thing about hard things approach," mentions "The Struggle," "wartime CEO," "peacetime CEO," "Law of Crappy People," "organizational debt," or is wrestling with a decision that has no good options, a layoff, a firing, a demotion, or how to keep functioning while a company/team is under real stress — even if they don't name the book.
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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.
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About this skill
Applies Ben Horowitz's "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" framework (The Struggle, wartime vs. peacetime CEO, no-easy-answers decision making, the Law of Crappy People, hiring for strength vs. lack of weakness, taking care of people/products/profits in order, managing your own psychology, firing/demoting fast but respectfully, good vs. bad process, organizational debt) to hard leadership, CEO, hiring, firing, layoff, org-design, or crisis-decision problems. Use whenever the user wants a "hard thing about hard things approach," mentions "The Struggle," "wartime CEO," "peacetime CEO," "Law of Crappy People," "organizational debt," or is wrestling with a decision that has no good options, a layoff, a firing, a demotion, or how to keep functioning while a company/team is under real stress — even if they don't name the book.
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Applies Ben Horowitz's "The Hard Thing About Hard Things" framework (The Struggle, wartime vs. peacetime CEO, no-easy-answers decision making, the Law of Crappy People, hiring for strength vs. lack of weakness, taking care of people/products/profits in order, managing your own psychology, firing/demoting fast but respectfully, good vs. bad process, organizational debt) to hard leadership, CEO, hiring, firing, layoff, org-design, or crisis-decision problems. Use whenever the user wants a "hard thing about hard things approach," mentions "The Struggle," "wartime CEO," "peacetime CEO," "Law of Crappy People," "organizational debt," or is wrestling with a decision that has no good options, a layoff, a firing, a demotion, or how to keep functioning while a company/team is under real stress — even if they don't name the book.
About this listing
Category
Security
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI