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  1. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    What's worse is that long hours, excessive busyness, and lack of sleep have become a badge of honor for many people these days. Sustained exhaustion is not a badge of honor, it's a mark of stupidity.
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  2. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    It might seem perverse, but the CEO is usually the last to know. With great power comes great ignorance.
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  3. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    Sustained exhaustion is not a badge of honor, it's a mark of stupidity.
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  4. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    Mark Twain nailed it: "Comparison is the death of joy.
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  5. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    Any conversation with more than three people is typically a conversation with too many people.
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  6. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    If the only way you can inspire the troops is by a regimen of exhaustion, it's time to look for some deeper substance. Because what trickles down is less likely to be admiration but dread and fear instead. A leader who sets an example of self-sacrifice can't help but ask self-sacrifice of others.
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  7. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    Time-management hacks, life hacks, sleep hacks, work hacks. These all reflect an obsession with trying to squeeze more time out of the day, but rearranging your daily patterns to find more time for work isn't the problem. Too much shit to do is the problem."
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  8. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    40-hour weeks are made of 8-hour days. And 8 hours is actually a long time. It takes about 8 hours to fly direct from Chicago to London. Ever been on a transatlantic flight like that? It's a long flight! You think it's almost over, but you check the time and there's still 3 hours left. Every day your workday is like flying from Chicago to London. But why does the flight feel longer than your time in the office? It's because the flight is uninterrupted, continuous time. It feels long because it is long!
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  9. Jason Fried _ It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at

    Respect the work that you've never done before.
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