Rework

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amazing methodologies and brain stroking words!!!!!!!!! A must read book!!!!!!!! Shows the effective work of Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson.......Good One!!!

Lots of short, insightful essays on how to get people to work their best, from people who have demonstrated their validity. Thought-provoking.

A quick, entertaining, irreverent read filled with punchy lessons on how not to end up like Microsoft. Being part entrepreneur, part big-company man, I found the insights applicable to both managing my business and my career. Some quips are more useful than others, but the general message of the book is a good one: however you plan to run your work life, do so intentionally. 

Anyone who has worked in middle management has likely, at one time or another, had their big boss pass out some dopey management books that especially touched the hamster-brained sociopath (as Scott Adams would say) who was in charge of operations. And who hasn't been subjected to the 8 stupidest management fads of all time, which required a one- or two-day seminar to hammer home the latest business gospel?
Remember TQM ("Total Quality Management")? "Potbellied managers running around with little colored belts like they're part of some Bruce Lee movie on Bizarro world," Geoffrey James describes. "You couldn't make up this stuff, it's so incredibly stupid." And I especially remember "Management by Consensus," described by James as "swimming in a pool of quicksand."
And who knew that Rudy Giuliani, Attila the Hun, George W. Bush, and Jesus had so many management and leadership secrets?
I remember a copy of Who Moved My Cheese? being forced upon me. A book so profound that it spawned Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens, Who Moved My Cheese? For Kids, Nobody Moved Your Cheese!, Who Cut the Cheese?, Who Made My Cheese?, Who Moved My Secret?, Who Moved My Soap?, and Who Moved My Church?.
So I don't go seeking out management books. But two of the founders of 37signals, a company that is now a software firm after beginning in 1999 as a web-design company, wrote a book called Rework as a byproduct of other work they were doing. Rework, by Jason Fried and David Hansson, is a bestseller. Fried and Hansson's first book (with Matthew Linderman), Getting Real, was also a byproduct; it earned the company $1 million directly, according to the authors, and another million bucks indirectly. Henry Ford did the same when he used the excess wood scraps that were generated by car production to make charcoal — a practice that later spun off to become Kingsford Charcoal.
Fried and Hansson have written a management book for the 21st century that's cut into dozens of tiny chapters. They tell us first to ignore the real world: it's not a place at all, but an excuse. And that whole learning-from-mistakes idea? Overrated. Strategic plans? Budgets? Quit guessing: it's OK to wing it. Blindly following a plan that amounts to little more than a wild-assed guess is what's risky.
Every businessperson thinks they must grow their company. Why? Maybe a small operation is just right, say the authors. They hate the term entrepreneur, saying it's "outdated and loaded with baggage," preferring the word "starters" to describe those who start businesses. Forget the fancy suits, briefcases, and high tolerance for risk; all it takes is an idea, they say early in the book. But the key they give us at the end. Ideas last forever; it's inspiration that's perishable. Got an idea? Do it now. And do things that matter. "Make a dent in the universe."
The 37signals guys say everyone has ideas. They "are cheap and plentiful." It's what you do with them that matters. It takes capital and execution. So where do you get the capital? Use other people's money as a last resort. "Before you stick your head in that noose, look for another way." You likely don't need as much money as you think to get going.
Once you have the business going, interruptions must be avoided; they are productivity killers, as are meetings. Get some sleep, get some quick wins and remember that good enough is fine and nobody can estimate worth a darn. By the way, software developers evidently talk like truck drivers, so be forewarned that the language in Rework is occasionally spicy.
Like many ideas in the book, "Welcome Obscurity" seems counterintuitive. But the authors rightly point out that as your enterprise gets bigger and more popular, you will tend to be more and more conservative. "It's harder to take risks," they write. "That's when things start to fossilize and change becomes 

Some good practical advice & a lot of common sense.

Rework is an off-the-cuff kick in the pants to anyone building a startup. The book's edgy style and no-nonsense attitude force you to think about the future of your business very carefully. The book's authors advocate running a very lean, low-cost, small company with a focus on agility and connection to customers. Although some of their philosophy seems to run counter to the "Four Steps to the Epiphany" model, the two books interact very well together. A great book - it has certainly influenced how I think about the future of my company. 

Smug bastards as the authors are, this is still excellent. If you have any interest at all in entrepreneurship, you want to read this.

this is a great book kept me hooked for hours

Really outstanding.