Book Titles

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work

By David Heinemeier Hansson, James Fried

Year Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0062874788
Categories: Balance, Craziness, Work

42 Quotes Found

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

Time and attention are best spent in large bills, if you will, not spare coins and small change.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

It’s sad to think that some people crave a commute because it’s the only time during the day they have to themselves.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

A fractured hour isn’t really an hour – it’s a mess of minutes. It’s really hard to get anything meaningful done with such crummy input.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

Not doing something that isn’t worth doing is a wonderful way to spend your time.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

Most questions just aren’t that pressing, but the urge to ask the expert immediately is irresistible.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

When someone takes your time, it doesn’t cost them anything, but it costs you everything.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

You can only do great work if you have adequate quality time to do it.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

Their motive [of talking about a company as a family] is rather more likely to be a unidirectional form of sacrifice: yours.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

Trying to supplant the family you likely already have is just another way to to attempt to put the needs of the company above the needs of your actual family. That’s a sick ploy.

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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work:

It doesn’t matter what you say, it matters what you do.

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