Rework
Rework Jason Fried & David Heinemeier "That would never work in The real world". You hear it all the time when you tell people about a fresh idea. This real world sounds like an awfully depressing place to live. It's a place where new ideas, unfamiliar approaches, and foreign concepts always lose. The "real world" isn't a place, it's an excuse. It's a justification for not trying. It has nothing to do with you. Failure is not a rite of passage. Evolution doesn't linger on past failures. It's always building upon what worked. So should you. Unless you're a fortune-teller, long-term business planning is a fantasy Writing a plan makes you feel in control of things you can't actually control To do great work, you need to feel that you're making a difference. That doesn't mean you need to find the cure for cancer. It's just that your efforts need to feel valuable. You want your customers to say "T...