Jason Fried Quotes:

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

Topics: Inspirational, Work, Thinking, Rework

"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.

Topics: Mean, Simple, Add

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

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

Topics: What Matters, People, Care, Building Something

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

Topics: Cracks, Bigger, Slips

It's simple until you make it complicated.

Topics: Simple, Entrepreneur, Complicated

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.

Topics: Real, Two, People

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

Topics: Educational, Customers, Products

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

Topics: Good Day, Ifs, Interrupted

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

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

Topics: Jobs, Business, People

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

Topics: Successful, Winning, Needs, Inspiring Career

The design is done when the problem goes away.

source: - Twitter post from Feb 29, 2012

Topics: Design, Done, Problem

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

Topics: Should, Customers, Products

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

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

Topics: Long, Planning, Fantasy, Long Term, Fortune Teller

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

source: - Twitter post from Nov 2, 2010

Topics: Intriguing, Easier

[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.

Topics: Motivation, Real, Inspiration

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

source: - Twitter post from Feb 6, 2014

Topics: Life, Entrepreneur, Beginners

Projections are just bullshit. They're just guesses.

Topics: Bullshit, Projection

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

Topics: Suggestions, Answers, Default