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Doing the Enough Thing
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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Doing the Enough Thing
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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Jason Fried, Shane Parrish
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Mar 19, 2019
Doing the Enough Thing
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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Mar 19, 2019
Top Moments
You shouldn’t need 10-12 hours to get enough good work
done
"Doing the Enough Thing" Is Fine
Time is incredibly valuable, and to ask for someone’s time you should have a good reason for
it
Time Is Valuable, So Be Careful About Giving it Away
There are quite a few down sides to taking a lot of venture capital money...
Business Thoughts and Advice from Jason Fried
How about not setting goals at all and just trying to do the best you
can?
The Downside Of Setting Goals
The thing that surprises me most for people coming out of school is how poorly school teaches them to write and
communicate
Learning To Write Well Is VERY Important
Just because other people are doing it this way does not mean that that's how you should do
it
Don't Worry About Industry Trends - Just Do Your Own Thing
Goals and metrics are just made up targets. If you don’t hit them, you’re bound to be disappointed.
The Downside Of Setting Goals
The fact that communication is speeding up with things like texting and work messaging apps, does not mean our responses to these messages should be speeding up as well
You Don't Need To Respond To Emails and Texts Immediately
I find that the more I pay attention to industry trends and who’s doing what, the less free my mind is. You’re just colored by what everyone else is doing and you don’t have as much space for your own
thoughts.
Don't Worry About Industry Trends - Just Do Your Own Thing
You DON'T need millions of customers - just take care of the ones that you have really well
Don't Worry About Industry Trends - Just Do Your Own Thing
I just want to make a great product, work with great people, be intellectually challenged, and have a good life outside of
that
Jason Fried's Expectations Of Himself
Your tasks expand in proportion to the time you allow them
Jason on How His Company Basecamp is Run
One of the great ways to ‘win’ in business is to just stick around. And one of the ways to stick around is to just become
profitable.
Business Thoughts and Advice from Jason Fried
Every business eventually dies, but often times they kill
themselves
Business Thoughts and Advice from Jason Fried
If someone decides to work here, they're saying no to a million other opportunities - I feel like I have to respect that and create a place where they can do their best
work.
Jason Fried's Expectations Of Himself
School is a means to certain ends, but it's not the means to any
end.
Parenting Advice From Jason Fried
We don't have any goals or any metrics for
success.
How Basecamp Judges The Success Of A Project
You could end up with a feature that customers absolutely love, but it might have destroyed moral internally. To me, that’s not a good
outcome.
How Basecamp Judges The Success Of A Project
I have a hard time with tech businesses that are held up as successful examples of businesses but are actually fundamentally terrible
businesses
Who Does Jason Fried Admire In The Business World?
Building some self-awareness and really knowing yourself is probably the most important lesson [for kids to learn]
ultimately
Parenting Advice From Jason Fried
Here's how Jason Fried and his product development team at Basecamp choose which projects to work on
Jason on How His Company Basecamp is Run
If you're only measuring the output and the outcome in terms of like customers felt about a product, but you're not really thinking about how people building it actually felt about it, I think you're missing a big big
picture.
Don't Forget How Your Employees Feel Working on a Project - It's Not All About the Customers
I much prefer to pay attention to things outside my
industry...
Don't Worry About Industry Trends - Just Do Your Own Thing
...As long as you're staying in business and you're making more money than you spend...I respect
you.
Who Does Jason Fried Admire In The Business World?
Always figure out what the right to do is in any given situation. You might not always do the right thing, but know what the right thing
is.
A Lesson Jason Learned From His Parents: Do The Right Thing
Advantages of a small business compared to a big tech company
Who Does Jason Fried Admire In The Business World?
Intros & Ads
The Knowledge Project Episode Intro #1
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Shane Parish Introduces Jason Fried
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Clips
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A Lesson Jason Learned From His Parents: Do The Right Thing
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"Doing the Enough Thing" Is Fine
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Time Is Valuable, So Be Careful About Giving it Away
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Jason on How His Company Basecamp is Run
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How Basecamp Judges The Success Of A Project
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Don't Forget How Your Employees Feel Working on a Project - It's Not All About the Customers
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Don't Worry About Industry Trends - Just Do Your Own Thing
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Who Does Jason Fried Admire In The Business World?
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Business Thoughts and Advice from Jason Fried
business
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Jason Fried's Expectations Of Himself
goals
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The Downside Of Setting Goals
running
advertising
facebook
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How Jason Feeds His Brain: Books, Podcasts, Nature Walks
reading
books
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Parenting Advice From Jason Fried
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Learning To Write Well Is VERY Important
writing
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What Jason Looks For When Hiring: Writing, Curiosity, Tinkering
hiring
writing
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Unhealthy Trends at Work That We Need to Push Back On
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The Multitasking Epidemic And What Answering a Work Email at Midnight Really Means
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You Don't Need To Respond To Emails and Texts Immediately
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The Knowledge Project with Jason Fried Episode Outro
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