“Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“It's like when you're on hold and a recorded voice comes on telling you how much the company values you as a… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“Failure is not a pre-requisite for success. Already successful entrepreneurs are far more likely to succeed again than who failed” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“A company that is efficiently built around remote work doesn’t even have to have a set schedule. This is especially important when… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“If someone sends out a resumé to three hundred companies, that’s a huge red flag right there. There’s no way that applicant… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“Failure is not a prerequisite for success. A Harvard Business School study found already-successful entrepreneurs are far more likely to succeed again… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“firing people, damaging morale, and changing the entire way you do business. Ramping up doesn’t have to be your goal. And we’re… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“Marketing is not a department Do you have a marketing department? If not, good. If you do, don’t think these are the… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“If no one’s upset by what you’re saying, you’re probably not pushing hard enough. (And you’re probably boring, too.)” — Jason Fried Copy Share
“Ironically, you’ll probably get far more done when only half of your workday overlaps with the rest of your team. Instead of spending the… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“Also, don’t be timid about your conclusions. Sometimes abandoning what you’re working on is the right move, even if you’ve already put in a… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“If you constantly fret about timing things perfectly, they'll never happen.” — Jason Fried Copy Share
“remote work has opened the door to a new era of freedom and luxury. A brave new world beyond the industrial-age belief in The… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“Smart people in white coats have extensively studied commuting—this supposedly necessary part of our days—and the verdict is in: long commutes make you fat,… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“Policies are organizational scar tissue. They are codified overreactions to situations that are unlikely to happen again. They are collective punishment for the misdeeds… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“Find a judo solution, one that delivers maximum efficiency with minimum effort. When good enough gets the job done, go for it.” — Jason Fried Copy Share
“If you're opening a hot dog stand, you could worry about the condiments, the cart, the name, the decoration. But the first thing you… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“It's easy to shoot down good ideas, interesting policies, or worthwhile experiments by assuming that whatever you decide now needs to work for years… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“pulling seven people away from their work for an hour is worth seven hours of lost productivity.” — Jason Fried Copy Share
“Whenever you can, swap “Let’s think about it” for “Let’s decide on it.” Commit to making decisions. Don’t wait for the perfect solution. Decide… — Jason Fried Copy Share
“As Sir Richard Branson commented in his ode to working remotely: “To successfully work with other people, you have to trust each other. A… — Jason Fried Copy Share
