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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
If you can’t fit everything you want to do within 40 hours per week, you need to get better at picking what to do, not work longer hours. Most of what we think we have to do, we don’t have to do at all. It’s a choice, and often it’s a poor one.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
Normal comes on quick. First it starts as an outlier. Some behavior you don’t love, but tolerate. Then someone else follows suit, but either you miss it or you let it slide. Then people pile on—repeating what they’ve seen because no one stepped in to course correct. Then it’s too late. It’s become the culture. The new normal.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
the further away you are from the fruit, the lower it looks. Once you get up close, you see it’s quite a bit higher than you thought. We assume that picking it will be easy only because we’ve never tried to do it before.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
We don’t pay traditional bonuses at Basecamp, either, so our salaries are benchmarked against other companies’ salaries plus bonus packages.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
Culture is what culture does. Culture isn’t what you intend it to be. It’s not what you hope or aspire for it to be. It’s what you do. So do better.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
Behavior unchecked becomes behavior sanctioned.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
So the next time you ask an employee to go pick some low-hanging fruit —stop yourself. Respect the work that you’ve never done before. Remind yourself that other people’s jobs aren’t so simple.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
allow everyone to be heard and then turn the decision over to one person to make the final call. It’s their job to listen, consider, contemplate, and decide.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago
Sell new customers on the new thing and let old customers keep whatever they already have. This is the way to keep the peace and maintain the calm.
from It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Justin Reidy added 4mo ago