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It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work

By: Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
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Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework, are back with a manifesto to combat all your modern workplace worries and fears.

It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work is a direct successor to Rework, the instant bestseller that showed readers a new path to working effectively. Now Fried and Heinemeier Hansson have returned with a new strategy for the ideal company culture – what they call “the calm company”. It is a direct attack on the chaos, anxiety and stress that plagues millions of workplaces and billions of people working their day jobs.

Working to breaking point with long hours, excessive business, and a lack of sleep have become a badge of honour for many people these days, when it should be a mark of stupidity. This isn’t just a problem for large organisations; individuals, contractors and solopreneurs are burning themselves out in the very same way. As the authors reveal, the answer isn’t more hours. Rather, it’s less waste and fewer things that induce distraction, always-on anxiety and stress.

It is time to stop celebrating crazy and start celebrating calm.

©2018 Jason Fried (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers
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!This book is funny, well written and iconoclastic and by far the best thing on management published this year." (The Economist)

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For anyone feeling burnt out, overworked, scrambling, always busy but never feel like you’re ever getting anything done.

This is pretty much for you.

And if you’re a entrepreneur who wants a company you and the people around you can be proud of.

This is pretty much for you too.

Wake up call

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I loved reading this. The boon is thought-provoking, very relatable, and filled with clear and actionable points.

Every business person needs to read this!

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I enjoyed all parts of this book. May be little more examples from Basecamp’s history would be welcome but the points came across well and well argued, defended.
I can recommend this book to everyone who tries to design a good human place to work for people.

Enjoyable short book full of inspiration

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As the previous ones, with the stamp of 37signals, this book show you, most of all, that its possible. That is possible to respect people as you always asked, to work focused but without stress and also that people actually work better and are efficient. Very well written, and without any doubt one MUST HAVE. Thanks for this awesome time you’ve gave me

Awesome book

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A collection of common sense statements with no revelations or insights. Most of it is the author patting themselves on the back for the choices that they made. Book os rather boring.

Common sense

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