“Find a judo solution, one that delivers maximum efficiency with minimum effort. When good enough gets the job done, go for it.” — Jason Fried Effort Copy Share Image
“We're willing to lose some customers if it means that others love our products intensely. That's our line in the sand.” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“In thirty years’ time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed.… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“To successfully work with other people, you have to trust each other. A big part of this is trusting people to get… — Jason Fried Trust Copy Share Image
“remote work has opened the door to a new era of freedom and luxury. A brave new world beyond the industrial-age belief… — Jason Fried Brave new world Copy Share Image
The only two people who can give you real feedback about your product are people who just purchased it and people who… — Jason Fried Customer Copy Share Image
“Once you [work on your idea extra hours], you'll learn whether your excitement and interest is real or just a passing phase.” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“long commutes make you fat, stressed, and miserable. Even short commutes stab at your happiness.” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“When you treat people like children, you get children’s work. Yet that’s exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their… — Jason Fried Children Copy Share Image
“One of the worst ways is the non-apology apology, which sounds like an apology but doesn’t really accept any blame. For example,… — Jason Fried Apology Copy Share Image
“Most people want to work, as long as it’s stimulating and fulfilling. And if you’re stuck in a dead-end job that has… — Jason Fried New job Copy Share Image
“If you're opening a hot dog stand, you could worry about the condiments, the cart, the name, the decoration. But the first… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“It's easy to shoot down good ideas, interesting policies, or worthwhile experiments by assuming that whatever you decide now needs to work… — Jason Fried Good ideas Copy Share Image
“All those chores you don’t have the will to complete after slugging it out with the highway collect into one mean list… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“you can’t let your employees work from home out of fear they’ll slack off without your supervision, you’re a babysitter, not a… — Jason Fried Fear Copy Share Image
“If you're solving someone else's problem, you're constantly stabbing in the dark. When you solve your own problem, the light comes on.” — Jason Fried Dark Copy Share Image
“How long someone’s been doing it is overrated. What matters is how well they’ve been doing it.” — 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 Business Copy Share Image
“When good enough gets the job done, go for it. It's way better than wasting resources or, even worse, doing nothing because… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“Ideas are cheap and plentiful. The original pitch idea is such a small part of a business that it’s almost negligible. The… — Jason Fried Pitch Copy Share Image
“If you let them, humans have an amazing power to live up to your high expectations of reasonableness and responsibility.” — Jason Fried High expectations Copy Share Image
“Workaholics aren’t heroes. They don’t save the day, they just use it up. The real hero is already home because she figured… — Jason Fried Hero Copy Share Image
“If you still want people in the office every day, change that requirement to every afternoon instead. Then let your troops have… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“If you run your ship with the conviction that everyone’s a slacker, your employees will put all their ingenuity into proving you… — Jason Fried Faith Copy Share Image
“Don't sit around and wait for someone else to make the change you want to see. And don't think it takes a… — Jason Fried Change Copy Share Image