At 37signals, we’ve found that we need a good four hours of overlap to avoid collaboration delays and feel like a team. - Jason Fried

WE ALL HAVE ideas. Ideas are immortal. They last forever. What doesn’t last forever is inspiration. Inspiration is like fresh fruit or milk: It has an expiration date.

Following group chat at work is like being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no agenda.

When calm starts early, calm becomes the habit. But if you start crazy, it’ll define you. You have to keep asking yourself if the way you’re working today is the way you’d want to work in 10, 20, or 30 years. If not, now is the time to make a change, not “later.