Matt Mullenweg Quotes

To make flexibility work, it is not only necessary to change our attitude about who is a good worker and who is not, but we have to train managers at all levels to recognize the difference between the number of hours worked and the quality of work produced.

I wanted to figure out a way of living where I didn't have to be in an office every day.

I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can.

I write at home. I like to be able to take a nap, watch TV, make a sandwich, and if I wake up and don't feel like working, I'm not going to bang my head on my desk all day: I'll go out and do something else.

I never felt like the nine to five mentality is for me.

If I can get some time off and still be productive and go 85-90 percent of the plays, that's fine with me.

I love the fact that I don't have a real job!

At Eventbrite, we value quality results over everything else. So while working late is acknowledged, at the end of the day, I care more about the results you're producing.

I am a freelance programmer so I am flexible about my working hours and have quite a lot of free time.

We should focus on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked. Just as we don't have a nine-to-five policy, we don't need a vacation policy.

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.

I don't have to show that I am working very hard.

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.

I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe - or from home or wherever works best for them.

Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.

I used to pride myself on being the first in the office in the morning and one of the last to leave at night. Now, that's so dated: It's not about effort, it's about outcomes.

Time is valuable, and telework is a viable component to help improve quality of life in many ways.

I love that I can work from home and take my kids to school every day.

I love having time to prepare my lines and more time off.

Ambitious parents need more flexibility in how, where, and when they work, including the ability to work less or even not at all for a period. Equally important, they will need employers … who don’t view this kind of a zig-zag career path as a lack of commitment or professionalism.

I don't care what the headline is. I want the results.

If I don't get something done at the office at 4:30 in the afternoon, I can go back to it at 10:00 in the evening.

I'm not disciplined at all. I barely function. But I get a lot done. I take days off all the time, but when I work, I work very fast and very efficiently. But I'm always having days when I'm feeling a little anxious, and I take a day off. I work in a funny way.

I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always wanted to be my own boss.

One of the great perks of being a writer is that you can work when you're mentally capable of it, not when someone else thinks you should.