Jason Fried Quotes
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Projections are just bullshit. They're just guesses.
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Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy.
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It's simple until you make it complicated.
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Every time something slips through the cracks, the cracks get bigger.
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How can you expect someone to get a good day's work if they are interrupted all day?
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What matters is: Are you profitable? Are you building something great? Are you taking care of your people? Are you treating your customers well?
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You don't need to win every medal to be successful.
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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
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Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.
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"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.
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No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.
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"Easy" is a word that's used to describe other people's jobs.
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We also get thousands of suggestions. The default answer is always no.
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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.
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[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.
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The best feature of a product should really be the customer service.
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The design is done when the problem goes away.
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What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.
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