Jason Fried Quotes

I think one key part of doing more with less is to be more strategic, to realize what the objectives you're truly trying to accomplish are and then to drive with greater focus towards those objectives.

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

The idea of taking what's useful and discarding the rest is something I say to myself almost on a daily basis.

The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big.

The simplification of anything is always sensational.

I try to be as efficient as possible.

Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.

Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

We're reviewing everything to see how we can do it better, faster, and more efficiently.

The smaller the function, the greater the management.

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.

Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

I don't worship at the alter of efficiency.

We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more.

It's important to learn how to use your small bits of time. All those begin to count up. It's not the long amounts of time you have that are important. you should learn how to use your snatches of time when they are given to you.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.