Jason Fried Quotes

Start referring to your business plans as business guesses,

So don’t protect the people doing the work from customer feedback. No one should be shielded from direct criticism.

Sometimes abandoning what you’re working on is the right move, even if you’ve already put in a lot of effort. Don’t throw good time after bad work.

So start chopping. Getting to great starts by cutting out stuff that’s merely good.

When you don't know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious.

The answer isn’t more hours, it’s less bullshit.

Contrast (failure) that with learning from your successes. Success gives you real ammunition. When something succeeds, you know what worked - and you can do it again. And the next time, you'll probably do it even better.

Провал не є передумовою успіху. Дослідження науковців Гарвардської школи бізнесу виявило, що підприємці, які вже досягли успіху, з набагато більшою ймовірністю досягнуть його і в нових проектах (шанси на успіх їхніх майбутніх компаній становлять 34%). Водночас підприємці, чиї перші починання зазнали поразки, у наступних справах можуть досягти успіху практично з такою ж імовірністю, що й новачки у сіті бізнесу, - лише 23%. (...) Як бачимо, реальне значення має досвід успіху, натомість досвід поразки нічого не означає.

Audi takes on Lexus’s automatic parking systems with ads that say Audi drivers know how to park their own cars.

So talk like you really talk. Reveal things that others are unwilling to discuss. Be upfront about your shortcomings. Show the latest version of what you’re working on, even if you’re not done yet. It’s OK if it’s not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.

The big transition with a distributed workforce is going from synchronous to asynchronous collaboration. Not only do we not have to be in the same spot to work together, we also don’t have to work at the same time to work together.

Don’t mistake this approach for skimping on quality, either. You still want to make something great. This approach just recognizes that the best way to get there is through iterations. Stop imagining what’s going to work. Find out for real.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. — MARK TWAIN There

If you let them, humans have an amazing power to live up to your high expectations of reasonableness and responsibility.

There’s a beauty to imperfection. This is the essence of the Japanese principle of wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi values character and uniqueness over a shiny facade. It teaches that cracks and scratches in things should be embraced. It’s also about simplicity. You strip things down and then use what you have.