Quotes by Jason Fried

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

“There's nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.”

“Don't make up problems you don't have yet. It's not a problem until it's a real problem. Most of the things you worry about never happen anyway.The decisions you make today don't need to last forev...”

“It's like when you're on hold and a recorded voice comes on telling you how much the company values you as a customer. Really? Then maybe you should hire some more support people so I don't have to...”

“Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.”

“It won't be as easy, but lots of things that are worth doing aren't easy. It just takes commitment, discipline, and, most important, faith that it's all going to work out.”

“Problems can usually be solved with simple, mundane solutions. That means theres no glamorous work. You dont get to show off your amazing skills. You just build something that gets the job done and...”

“When you dont know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious.”

“Its a lot harder to pull your head up and ask why.”

“Its a beautiful way to put it: Leave the poetry in what you make. When something becomes too polished, it loses its soul. It seems robotic.”

“Think about it this way: If you had to launch your business in two weeks, what would you cut out?”

“The problem with abstractions (like reports and documents) is that they create illusions of agreement. A hundred people can read the same words, but in their heads, theyre imagining a hundred diffe...”

“Dont be insecure about aiming to be a small business. Anyone who runs a business thats sustainable and profitable, whether its big or small, should be”

“What do you gain if you ban employees from, say, visiting a social-networking site or watching YouTube while at work? You gain nothing. That time doesnt magically convert to work. Theyll just find ...”

“If you are trying to decide among a few people to fill a position hire the best writer. it doesn't matter if the person is marketer, salesperson, designer, programmer, or whatever, their writing sk...”

“We think of computers as smart and powerful machines. But your goldfish is smarter.”

“It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does the point of their work escape them, but it can also lead to real frustration. It's hard to feel pride a...”

“When you're short on sleep, you're short on patience. You're ruder to people, less tolerant, less understanding. It's harder to relate and to pay attention for sustained periods of time.”

“If you ask people where they go when they really need to get work done, very few will respond 'the office.' If they do say the office, they'll include a qualifier such as 'super-early in the mornin...”

“If yesterday was a good day's work, chances are you'll stay on a roll. And if you can stay on a roll, everything else will probably take care of itself - including not working from the moment you g...”