Jason Fried

Image of Jason Fried
When you're short on sleep, you're short on patience. You're ruder to people, less tolerant, less understanding. It's harder to relate and to pay attention for sustained periods of time.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Patience
Image of Jason Fried
We think of computers as smart and powerful machines. But your goldfish is smarter.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Computers
Image of Jason Fried
What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Inspirational
Image of Jason Fried
"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.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Mean
Image of Jason Fried
What matters is: Are you profitable? Are you building something great? Are you taking care of your people? Are you treating your customers well?
- Jason Fried
Collection: What Matters
Image of Jason Fried
You don't need to win every medal to be successful.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Successful
Image of Jason Fried
"Easy" is a word that's used to describe other people's jobs.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Jobs
Image of Jason Fried
Every time something slips through the cracks, the cracks get bigger.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Cracks
Image of Jason Fried
It's simple until you make it complicated.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Simple
Image of Jason Fried
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.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Real
Image of Jason Fried
The best feature of a product should really be the customer service.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Should
Image of Jason Fried
The design is done when the problem goes away.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Design
Image of Jason Fried
How can you expect someone to get a good day's work if they are interrupted all day?
- Jason Fried
Collection: Good Day
Image of Jason Fried
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
- Jason Fried
Collection: Educational
Image of Jason Fried
No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Intriguing
Image of Jason Fried
Unless you are a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Long
Image of Jason Fried
[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.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Motivation
Image of Jason Fried
Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Life
Image of Jason Fried
We also get thousands of suggestions. The default answer is always no.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Suggestions
Image of Jason Fried
Projections are just bullshit. They're just guesses.
- Jason Fried
Collection: Bullshit