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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

147 pages2 highlightsRead April 2026

Highlights

  • Much corporate anxiety comes from the realization that the company has been doing the wrong thing, but it’s too late to change direction because of the “Plan.” “We’ve got to see it through!” Seeing a bad idea through just because at one point it sounded like a good idea is a tragic waste of energy and talent.

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  • Companies spend their employees’ time and attention as if there were an infinite supply of both. As if they cost nothing. Yet employees’ time and attention are among the scarcest resources we have.

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