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Top 160 Jason Fried Quotes (2026 Update)
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Jason Fried Quote: “Good decisions don’t so much need consensus as they need commitment.”

51. “Good decisions don’t so much need consensus as they need commitment.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “If you can’t fit everything in within the time and budget allotted then don’t expand the time and budget. Instead, pull back the scope. There’s always time to add stuff later – later is eternal, now is fleeting.”

52. “If you can’t fit everything in within the time and budget allotted then don’t expand the time and budget. Instead, pull back the scope. There’s always time to add stuff later – later is eternal, now is fleeting.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Give up on the guesswork. Decide what you’re going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance.”

53. “Give up on the guesswork. Decide what you’re going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “If you can’t fit everything you want to do within 40 hours per week, you need to get better at picking what to do, not work longer hours.”

54. “If you can’t fit everything you want to do within 40 hours per week, you need to get better at picking what to do, not work longer hours.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Respect the work that you’ve never done before.”

55. “Respect the work that you’ve never done before.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Most people should miss out on most things most of the time.”

56. “Most people should miss out on most things most of the time.”

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Jason Fried Quote: “Ultimately, startups are easy, stayups are hard. Keeping the show running for the long term is a lot harder than walking onstage for the first time.”

57. “Ultimately, startups are easy, stayups are hard. Keeping the show running for the long term is a lot harder than walking onstage for the first time.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “You have to keep asking yourself if the way you’re working today is the way you’d want to work in 10, 20, or 30 years. If not, now is the time to make a change, not “later.”

58. “You have to keep asking yourself if the way you’re working today is the way you’d want to work in 10, 20, or 30 years. If not, now is the time to make a change, not “later.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “What do you gain if you ban employees from, say, visiting a social-networking site or watching YouTube while at work? You gain nothing. That time doesn’t magically convert to work. They’ll just find some other diversion.”

59. “What do you gain if you ban employees from, say, visiting a social-networking site or watching YouTube while at work? You gain nothing. That time doesn’t magically convert to work. They’ll just find some other diversion.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Calm is protecting people’s time and attention. Calm is about 40 hours of work a week. Calm is reasonable expectations. Calm is ample time off. Calm is smaller. Calm is a visible horizon. Calm is meetings as a last resort. Calm is asynchronous first, real-time second. Calm is more independence, less interdependence. Calm is sustainable practices for the long term. Calm is profitability.”

60. “Calm is protecting people’s time and attention. Calm is about 40 hours of work a week. Calm is reasonable expectations. Calm is ample time off. Calm is smaller. Calm is a visible horizon. Calm is meetings as a last resort. Calm is asynchronous first, real-time second. Calm is more independence, less interdependence. Calm is sustainable practices for the long term. Calm is profitability.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Modern-day offices have become interruption factories. Merely walking in the door makes you a target for anyone else’s conversation, question, or irritation. When you’re on the inside, you’re a resource who can be polled, interrogated, or pulled into a meeting. And another meeting about that other meeting. How can you expect anyone to get work done in an environment like that?”

61. “Modern-day offices have become interruption factories. Merely walking in the door makes you a target for anyone else’s conversation, question, or irritation. When you’re on the inside, you’re a resource who can be polled, interrogated, or pulled into a meeting. And another meeting about that other meeting. How can you expect anyone to get work done in an environment like that?”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “They’re need, must, can’t, easy, just, only, and fast. These words get in the way of healthy communication. They are red flags that introduce animosity, torpedo good discussions, and cause projects to be late.”

62. “They’re need, must, can’t, easy, just, only, and fast. These words get in the way of healthy communication. They are red flags that introduce animosity, torpedo good discussions, and cause projects to be late.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “An owner unknowingly scattering people’s attention is a common cause of the question “Why’s everyone working so much but nothing’s getting done?”

63. “An owner unknowingly scattering people’s attention is a common cause of the question “Why’s everyone working so much but nothing’s getting done?”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Companies love to declare “We’re all family here.” No, you’re not.”

64. “Companies love to declare “We’re all family here.” No, you’re not.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Goals are fake. Nearly all of them are artificial targets set for the sake of setting targets. These made-up numbers then function as a source of unnecessary stress until they’re either achieved or abandoned.”

65. “Goals are fake. Nearly all of them are artificial targets set for the sake of setting targets. These made-up numbers then function as a source of unnecessary stress until they’re either achieved or abandoned.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “You can only do great work if you have adequate quality time to do it.”

66. “You can only do great work if you have adequate quality time to do it.”

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Jason Fried Quote: “But when you think of the company as a product, you ask different questions: Do people who work here know how to use the company? Is it simple? Complex? Is it obvious how it works? What’s fast about it? What’s slow about it? Are there bugs? What’s broken that we can fix quickly and what’s going to take a long time?”

67. “But when you think of the company as a product, you ask different questions: Do people who work here know how to use the company? Is it simple? Complex? Is it obvious how it works? What’s fast about it? What’s slow about it? Are there bugs? What’s broken that we can fix quickly and what’s going to take a long time?”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “That’s because offices have become interruption factories. A busy office is like a food processor – it chops your day into tiny bits. Fifteen minutes here, ten minutes there, twenty here, five there.”

68. “That’s because offices have become interruption factories. A busy office is like a food processor – it chops your day into tiny bits. Fifteen minutes here, ten minutes there, twenty here, five there.”

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Jason Fried Quote: “Stress is passed from organization to employee, from employee to employee, and then from employee to customer. Stress never stops at the border of work, either. It bleeds into life. It infects your relationships with your friends, your family, your kids.”

69. “Stress is passed from organization to employee, from employee to employee, and then from employee to customer. Stress never stops at the border of work, either. It bleeds into life. It infects your relationships with your friends, your family, your kids.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Stop equating work ethic with excessive work hours. Neither is going to get you ahead or help you find calm.”

70. “Stop equating work ethic with excessive work hours. Neither is going to get you ahead or help you find calm.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Ask yourself: When was the last time you had three or even four completely uninterrupted hours to yourself and your work?”

71. “Ask yourself: When was the last time you had three or even four completely uninterrupted hours to yourself and your work?”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “But the thing is, there’s not more work to be done all of a sudden. The problem is that there’s hardly any uninterrupted, dedicated time to do it.”

72. “But the thing is, there’s not more work to be done all of a sudden. The problem is that there’s hardly any uninterrupted, dedicated time to do it.”

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Jason Fried Quote: “It’s not worth trading sleep for a few extra hours at the office. Not only will it make you exhausted, it’ll literally make you stupid.”

73. “It’s not worth trading sleep for a few extra hours at the office. Not only will it make you exhausted, it’ll literally make you stupid.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Things get harder as you go, not easier. The easiest day is day one. That’s the dirty little secret of business.”

74. “Things get harder as you go, not easier. The easiest day is day one. That’s the dirty little secret of business.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “The big transition with a distributed workforce is going from synchronous to asynchronous collaboration.”

75. “The big transition with a distributed workforce is going from synchronous to asynchronous collaboration.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “You can absolutely run a great business without a single goal. You don’t need something fake to do something real. And if you must have a goal, how about just staying in business? Or serving your customers well? Or being a delightful place to work? Just because these goals are harder to quantify does not make them any less important.”

76. “You can absolutely run a great business without a single goal. You don’t need something fake to do something real. And if you must have a goal, how about just staying in business? Or serving your customers well? Or being a delightful place to work? Just because these goals are harder to quantify does not make them any less important.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “You can’t credibly promote the virtues of reasonable hours, plentiful rest, and a healthy lifestyle to employees if you’re doing the opposite as the boss.”

77. “You can’t credibly promote the virtues of reasonable hours, plentiful rest, and a healthy lifestyle to employees if you’re doing the opposite as the boss.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “The expectation of an immediate response is the ember that ignites so many fires at work.”

78. “The expectation of an immediate response is the ember that ignites so many fires at work.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “If you spend 20 percent each on getting five things to 80 percent, well, then, you’ve done five things!”

79. “If you spend 20 percent each on getting five things to 80 percent, well, then, you’ve done five things!”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Remember: Deadlines, not dreadlines.”

80. “Remember: Deadlines, not dreadlines.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Rather than demand whatever it takes, we ask, What will it take?”

81. “Rather than demand whatever it takes, we ask, What will it take?”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “The future is a major abstraction, riddled with a million vibrating variables you can’t control. The best information you’ll ever have about a decision is at the moment of execution.”

82. “The future is a major abstraction, riddled with a million vibrating variables you can’t control. The best information you’ll ever have about a decision is at the moment of execution.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Knowing when to embrace Good Enough is what gives you the opportunity to be truly excellent when you need to be.”

83. “Knowing when to embrace Good Enough is what gives you the opportunity to be truly excellent when you need to be.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Plus, there’s an even darker side to goal setting. Chasing goals often leads companies to compromise their morals, honesty, and integrity to reach those fake numbers. The best intentions slip when you’re behind. Need to improve margins by a few points? Let’s turn a blind eye to quality for a while. Need to find another $800,000 this quarter to hit that number? Let’s make it harder for customers to request refunds.”

84. “Plus, there’s an even darker side to goal setting. Chasing goals often leads companies to compromise their morals, honesty, and integrity to reach those fake numbers. The best intentions slip when you’re behind. Need to improve margins by a few points? Let’s turn a blind eye to quality for a while. Need to find another $800,000 this quarter to hit that number? Let’s make it harder for customers to request refunds.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “All companies have customers. Lucky companies have fans. But the most fortunate companies have audiences.”

85. “All companies have customers. Lucky companies have fans. But the most fortunate companies have audiences.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “When you build an audience, you don’t have to buy people’s attention – they give it to you. This is a huge advantage. So build an audience. Speak, write, blog, tweet, make videos – whatever. Share information that’s valuable and you’ll slowly but surely build a loyal audience.”

86. “When you build an audience, you don’t have to buy people’s attention – they give it to you. This is a huge advantage. So build an audience. Speak, write, blog, tweet, make videos – whatever. Share information that’s valuable and you’ll slowly but surely build a loyal audience.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Later is where excuses live. Later is where good intentions go to die. Later is a broken back and a bent spirit. Later says “all-nighters are temporary until we’ve got this figured out.” Unlikely. Make the change now.”

87. “Later is where excuses live. Later is where good intentions go to die. Later is a broken back and a bent spirit. Later says “all-nighters are temporary until we’ve got this figured out.” Unlikely. Make the change now.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “If you build software, every error message is marketing.”

88. “If you build software, every error message is marketing.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “WE ALL HAVE ideas. Ideas are immortal. They last forever. What doesn’t last forever is inspiration. Inspiration is like fresh fruit or milk: It has an expiration date.”

89. “WE ALL HAVE ideas. Ideas are immortal. They last forever. What doesn’t last forever is inspiration. Inspiration is like fresh fruit or milk: It has an expiration date.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Everyone should be encouraged to start his own business, not just some rare breed that self-identifies as entrepreneurs.”

90. “Everyone should be encouraged to start his own business, not just some rare breed that self-identifies as entrepreneurs.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “You don’t make a great museum by putting all the art in the world into a single room. That’s a warehouse.”

91. “You don’t make a great museum by putting all the art in the world into a single room. That’s a warehouse.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “When someone wants to demonstrate a new feature they’re working on at 37signals, often the easiest way is to record a screencast and narrate the experience. A screencast is basically just a recording of your screen that others can play back later as a movie. It can be used in several ways, including for presenting the latest sales figures or elaborating on a new marketing strategy.”

92. “When someone wants to demonstrate a new feature they’re working on at 37signals, often the easiest way is to record a screencast and narrate the experience. A screencast is basically just a recording of your screen that others can play back later as a movie. It can be used in several ways, including for presenting the latest sales figures or elaborating on a new marketing strategy.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Pour yourself into your product and everything around your product too: how you sell it, how you support it, how you explain it, and how you deliver it. Competitors can never copy the you in your product.”

93. “Pour yourself into your product and everything around your product too: how you sell it, how you support it, how you explain it, and how you deliver it. Competitors can never copy the you in your product.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Chaos should not be the natural state at work.”

94. “Chaos should not be the natural state at work.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Ever try to cancel an account with your cell phone company? It’s not an inherently complicated act. But many phone companies make it so difficult to do because they have retention goals to hit. They want to make it hard for you to cancel so it’s easier for them to hit their numbers.”

95. “Ever try to cancel an account with your cell phone company? It’s not an inherently complicated act. But many phone companies make it so difficult to do because they have retention goals to hit. They want to make it hard for you to cancel so it’s easier for them to hit their numbers.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “If you want to know the truth about what you’ve built, you have to ship it. You can test, you can brainstorm, you can argue, you can survey, but only shipping will tell you whether you’re going to sink or swim.”

96. “If you want to know the truth about what you’ve built, you have to ship it. You can test, you can brainstorm, you can argue, you can survey, but only shipping will tell you whether you’re going to sink or swim.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “If you’re not trusted to work remotely, why are you trusted to do anything at all? If you’re held in such low regard, why are you able to talk to customers, write copy for an ad, design the next product, assess insurance claims, or do tax returns?”

97. “If you’re not trusted to work remotely, why are you trusted to do anything at all? If you’re held in such low regard, why are you able to talk to customers, write copy for an ad, design the next product, assess insurance claims, or do tax returns?”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “It’s OK if it’s not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.”

98. “It’s OK if it’s not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “Whenever executives talk about how their company is really like a big ol’ family, beware. They’re usually not referring to how the company is going to protect you no matter what or love you unconditionally. You know, like healthy families would. Their motive is rather more likely to be a unidirectional form of sacrifice: yours.”

99. “Whenever executives talk about how their company is really like a big ol’ family, beware. They’re usually not referring to how the company is going to protect you no matter what or love you unconditionally. You know, like healthy families would. Their motive is rather more likely to be a unidirectional form of sacrifice: yours.”

— Jason Fried

Jason Fried Quote: “It’s like when you’re on hold and a recorded voice comes on telling you how much the company values you as a customer. Really? Then maybe you should hire some more support people so I don’t have to wait thirty minutes to get help.”

100. “It’s like when you’re on hold and a recorded voice comes on telling you how much the company values you as a customer. Really? Then maybe you should hire some more support people so I don’t have to wait thirty minutes to get help.”

— Jason Fried

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