Jason Fried Quotes

• What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.

  Jason Fried

  Inspirational, Work, Thinking

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• "Simple" is a tricky word, it can mean a lot of things. To us, it just means clear. That doesn't always mean total reduction, or minimalism - sometimes, to make things clearer, you have to add a step.

  Jason Fried

  Mean, Simple, Add

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• You don't need to win every medal to be successful.

  Jason Fried

  Successful, Winning, Needs

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• What matters is: Are you profitable? Are you building something great? Are you taking care of your people? Are you treating your customers well?

  Jason Fried

  What Matters, People, Care

  "37signals Earns Millions Each Year. Its CEO’s Model? His Cleaning Lady". Interview with David Zax, www.fastcompany.com. August 29, 2012.

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• It's simple until you make it complicated.

  Jason Fried

  Simple, Entrepreneur, Complicated

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• "Easy" is a word that's used to describe other people's jobs.

  Jason Fried

  Jobs, Business, People

  David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (2010). “ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever”, p.266, Random House

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• Every time something slips through the cracks, the cracks get bigger.

  Jason Fried

  Cracks, Bigger, Slips

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• The only two people who can give you real feedback about your product are people who just purchased it and people who have just canceled.

  Jason Fried

  Real, Two, People

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• The best feature of a product should really be the customer service.

  Jason Fried

  Should, Customers, Products

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• The design is done when the problem goes away.

  Jason Fried

  Design, Done, Problem

  Twitter post from Feb 29, 2012

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• How can you expect someone to get a good day's work if they are interrupted all day?

  Jason Fried

  Good Day, Ifs, Interrupted

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• Customers don't just buy a product - they switch from something else. And customers don't just leave a product - they switch to something else

  Jason Fried

  Educational, Customers, Products

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• No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.

  Jason Fried

  Intriguing, Easier

  Twitter post from Nov 2, 2010

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• [Facebook and Twitter] aren't the real problems in the office. The real problems are what I like to call the M&Ms, the Managers and the Meetings.

  Jason Fried

  Motivation, Real, Inspiration

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• Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy.

  Jason Fried

  Long, Planning, Fantasy

  David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried (2010). “ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever”, p.19, Random House

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• Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.

  Jason Fried

  Life, Entrepreneur, Beginners

  Twitter post from Feb 6, 2014

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• We also get thousands of suggestions. The default answer is always no.

  Jason Fried

  Suggestions, Answers, Default

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• Projections are just bullshit. They're just guesses.

  Jason Fried

  Bullshit, Projection

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