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title: "1 Office Day Quotes By David Heinemeier Hansson"
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> [“Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF (Single Point of Failure). If the office loses power or Internet or air conditioning, it's no longer functional as a place to do work. If a company doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/forcing-everyone-into-the-office-every-day-is-an-organizational-spof/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

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## More by David Heinemeier Hansson

> [One pattern to help yourself fight the mad dash for the mirage of being done is to think of a good day’s work. Look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/one-pattern-to-help-yourself-fight-the-mad-dash-for-the-mirage-of/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [“Forcing everyone into the office every day is an organizational SPoF (Single Point of Failure). If the office loses power or Internet or air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/forcing-everyone-into-the-office-every-day-is-an-organizational-spof/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [A fool and his money will soon be departed applies equally to venture capitalists as it does to everyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/a-fool-and-his-money-will-soon-be-departed-applies-equally-to-venture/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [Facebook has been around for seven years. It has 500 million users. If you can't figure out how to make money off half a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/facebook-has-been-around-for-seven-years-it-has-500-million-users-if/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/most-software-has-a-tiny-essence-that-justifies-its-existence/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/you-re-better-off-with-a-kick-ass-half-than-a-half-assed-whole/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [If you're not working on your best idea right now, you're doing it wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/if-you-re-not-working-on-your-best-idea-right-now-you-re-doing-it/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [Before you know it, you're half-way done with your idea and you've accidentally learned how to do it too. In short, you start with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/before-you-know-it-you-re-half-way-done-with-your-idea-and-you-ve/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [“When you yet to do 100% of what somebody wants, you need a perfect match, and it's pretty rare that you have a perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/when-you-yet-to-do-100-of-what-somebody-wants-you-need-a-perfect/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [If you can't figure out how to make money on three billion in revenue, when exactly will the profit magic be found? Ten billion?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/if-you-can-t-figure-out-how-to-make-money-on-three-billion-in-revenue/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [Planning is not just guessing, it is harmful guessing, because it is a waste of time. All the time you spend doing your five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/planning-is-not-just-guessing-it-is-harmful-guessing-because-it-is-a/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/nobody-is-an-overnight-success-most-overnight-successes-you-see-have/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/fear-is-ugly-because-it-makes-you-irrational-fear-makes-you-jump-to/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [“Ignore the real world “That would never work in the real world.” You hear it all the time when you tell people about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/ignore-the-real-world-that-would-never-work-in-the-real-world-you/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

> [It took me some twenty-plus years to really learn how to program.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-heinemeier-hansson/it-took-me-some-twenty-plus-years-to-really-learn-how-to-program/)

[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-heinemeier-hansson/)

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