Jason Fried Quotes

I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

Making decisions quickly isn't for everyone, and I've had my disasters, but overall, it works for me.

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

I'm generally slow to anger, quick to forgive, and I take in information before making decisions. So no matter how controversial the decision, my general demeanour is to put on white lab coat and gloves and look at the evidence, weigh the arguments and see what makes sense.

Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.

I overthink decisions when I should really trust my heart.

There's a human element here you start to lose when you start rattling off the best mathematical equation to get the out.

Without our emotions, we can't make smart decisions.

You need the right balance between data and gut feeling.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

It amazes me how people are often more willing to act based on little or no data than to use data that is a challenge to assemble.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

Female can understand more detail and really care for the consequence and understand all the process.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.

People are powerfully moved by imagination, belief, and knowledge. They can consider the past and future. They can make changes in their behavior out of reason in a way that animals can't do.

Statistics are no substitute for judgment.

I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.