Quotes from Jason Fried

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Esta adicción no sólo es innecesaria, también es estúpida. Trabajar más horas no implica que estés más involucrado o que seas más productivo. Simplemente implica trabajar más horas.

Get the chisel out and start making something real. Anything else is just a distraction.

Give up on the guesswork. Decide what you're going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance. It's OK to wing it. Just get on the plane and go. You can pick up a nicer shirt, shaving cream, and a toothbrush once you get there.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. —MARK TWAIN   There

It's also a lot harder to bullshit your peers than your boss. In talking to a project manager without tech chops, programmers can make a thirty-minute job sound like a week-long polar expedition, but if their tall tale is out in the open for other programmers to see, it won't pass the smell test.

All those chores you don't have the will to complete after slugging it out with the highway collect into one mean list due on Saturday. By the time you've taken out the trash, picked up the dry cleaning, gone to the hardware store, and paid your bills, half the weekend is gone.

No se esfuerzan en buscar sistemas para ser más eficientes porque a ellos en realidad lo que les gusta es trabajar muchas horas. Les encanta sentirse héroes. Buscan problemas (generalmente sin darse cuenta) simplemente para poder seguir trabajando mucho.

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Mientras haya clientes a los que les encante lo que hacemos, estamos dispuestos a perder otros. Esta es nuestra raya en la arena.

Working more doesn't mean you care more or get more done. It just means you work more. Workaholics

How would you feel about the apology if you were on the other end? If someone said those words to you, would you believe them? Keep

If you absolutely have to work on long-term projects, try to dedicate one day a week (or every two weeks) to small victories that generate enthusiasm. Small victories let you celebrate and release good news. And you want a steady stream of good news. When there's something new to announce every two weeks, you energize your team and give your customers something to be excited about.

The big transition with a distributed workforce is going from synchronous to asynchronous collaboration. Not only do we not have to be in the same spot to work together, we also don't have to work at the same time to work together.

At 37signals, we've found that we need a good four hours of overlap to avoid collaboration delays and feel like a team.

Look at Craigslist, which demolished the traditional classified-ad business. With just a few dozen employees, the company generates tens of millions in revenue, has one of the most popular sites on the Internet, and disrupted the entire newspaper business.

The answer isn't more hours, it's less bullshit.

el auténtico enemigo en un ambiente de trabajo a distancia de éxito es el exceso, no el déficit de trabajo.

Start referring to your business plans as business guesses

the number one counter to distractions is interesting, fulfilling work.

Marketing is something everyone in your company is doing 24/7/365.

So talk like you really talk. Reveal things that others are unwilling to discuss. Be upfront about your shortcomings. Show the latest version of what you're working on, even if you're not done yet. It's OK if it's not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.

Los adictos al trabajo no son héroes. No invierten su tiempo, lo malgastan. El héroe de verdad se fue a su casa, porque fue capaz de encontrar una forma más eficiente de hacer su trabajo.

The easiest, most straightforward way to create a great product or service is to make something you want to use. That lets you design what you know—and you'll figure out immediately whether or not what you're making is any good.