Jason Fried Quotes

Focus on reaping the great benefits and mitigating the drawbacks

Accept that better ideas aren’t necessarily better if they arrive after the train has left the station. If they’re so good, they can catch the next one.

If you are going to do something, do something that matters.

Aprendre dels errors està sobrevalorat

You can only work exactly the same way, at the same pace, doing the same work for so long before monotony bites.

The big transition with a distributed workforce is going from synchronous to asynchronous collaboration

If you spend 20 percent each on getting five things to 80 percent, well, then, you’ve done five things!

You can absolutely run a great business without a single goal. You don’t need something fake to do something real. And if you must have a goal, how about just staying in business? Or serving your customers well? Or being a delightful place to work? Just because these goals are harder to quantify does not make them any less important.

Decisions are progress. Each one you make is a brick in your foundation. You can’t build on top of “We’ll decide later,” but you can build on top of

It begins with this idea: Your company is a product. Yes, the things you make are products (or services), but your company is the thing that makes those things. That’s why your company should be your best product.

Don’t fill your day with five more just to stay busy or feel productive. Not doing something that isn’t worth doing is a wonderful way to spend your time.

That’s because offices have become interruption factories. A busy office is like a food processor — it chops your day into tiny bits. Fifteen minutes here, ten minutes there, twenty here, five there.

Working more doesn’t mean you care more or get more done. It just means you work more.

Remember: Deadlines, not dreadlines.

Don't be afraid to show your flaws. Imperfections are real and people respond to real. It's why we like real flowers that wilt, not perfect plastic ones that never change. Don't worry about how you're supposed to sound and how you're supposed to act. Show the world what you're really like, warts and all.