Rob Pike Quotes

Work is much more fun than fun.

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

I really enjoy working. It doesn't tire me.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

If I'm going to work for twelve hours a day, I want twelve hours of awesomeness!

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

Men and women want to do a good job, and if they are provided the proper environment, they will do so.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.

If employees need to stay late in order to curry favor with the boss, what motivation do they have to get work done during normal business hours? After all, they can put in the requisite 'face time' whether they are surfing the Internet or analyzing customer data.

For a rich and reasonably successful guy, it is impossible not to enjoy your job; otherwise, why would you spend so much time and effort doing it? I am a great fan of Norilsk, and I like this kind of challenge.

When you do something that you like, and you think you can keep doing it, you don't think about retiring.

In order to run a great business, you must know that a bunch of really intrinsically unhappy people, that's not a recipe for success. Don't be anywhere you don't need to be; it's just like that.

The enjoyment of work - to the extent that you have any - is likely highest in the first hours of the day when you are fresh, not tired, working on the most important things.

Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.

If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay?

If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen.

Well, I like to have fun at work.

If I give you the right conditions to work, and I put you in a beautiful place, where you feel a little bit better about yourself because you know your work is being used for something greater than producing a profit, maybe you will get more creative; maybe you will want to work more.

I work because I want to work. Work keeps me going.

I actually feel most relaxed when I'm working.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.