Quotes from Jason Fried

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

When you don't know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious.

Workaholics aren't heroes. They don't save the day, they just use it up. The real hero is home because she figured out a faster way

Plus, if you're a copycat, you can never keep up. You're always in a passive position. You never lead; you always follow. You give birth to something that's already behind the times—just a knockoff, an inferior version of the original. That's no way to live.

Find a judo solution, one that delivers maximum efficiency with minimum effort. When good enough gets the job done, go for it.

Working without a plan may seem scary. But blindly following a plan that has no relationship with reality is even scarier.

If circumstances change, your decisions can change. Decisions are temporary.

Until you actually start making something, your brilliant idea is just that, an idea.

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

If you build software, every error message is marketing

That world may be real for them, but it doesn't mean you have to live in it.

If you're opening a hot dog stand, you could worry about the condiments, the cart, the name, the decoration. But the first thing you should worry aout is the hot dog. The hot dogs are the epicenter. Everything else is secondary.

A great work ethic isn't about working whenever you're called upon. It's about doing what you say you're going to do, putting in a fair day's work, respecting the work, respecting the customer, respecting coworkers, not wasting time, not creating unnecessary work for other people, and not being a bottleneck. Work ethic is about being a fundamentally good person that others can count on and enjoy working with.

It's 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.

Don't let yourself off the hook with excuses.

Meetings: They often include at least one moron who inevitably gets his turn to waste everyone's time with nonsense.

When you treat people like children, you get children's work.

Small is not just a stepping-stone. Small is a great destination itself

Standing for something isn't just about writing it down. It's about believing it and living it.

Time-management hacks, life hacks, sleep hacks, work hacks. These all reflect an obsession with trying to squeeze more time out of the day, but rearranging your daily patterns to find more time for work isn't the problem. Too much shit to do is the problem.

Sustained exhaustion is not a badge of honor, it's a mark of stupidity.

When everything constantly needs approval, you create a culture of nonthinkers.

Whenever you can, swap "Let's think about it" for "Let's decide on it." Commit to making decisions. Don't wait for the perfect solution. Decide and move forward.

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