Quotes about Balance
Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.
- Jane Goodall
The only way to get more done is to have less to do.
- Jason Fried
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
You just can't bring your A game to every situation. Knowing when to embrace Good Enough is what gives you the opportunity to be truly excellent when you need to be.
- Jason Fried
Motivation is pivotal to healthy lives and healthy companies. Make sure you're minding it.
- Jason Fried
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
Workaholism is a contagious disease. You can't stop the spread if you're the one bringing it into the office. Disseminate some calm instead.
- Jason Fried
If you stop thinking that you must change the world, you lift a tremendous burden off yourself and the people around you. There's no longer this convenient excuse for why it has to be all work all the time. The opportunity to do another good day's work will come again tomorrow, even if you go home at a reasonable time.
- Jason Fried
The person with the question needed something and they got it. The person with the answer was doing something else and had to stop. That's rarely a fair trade.
- Jason Fried
Workaholism is a contagious disease.
- Jason Fried
Pare down to the essence, but don't remove poetry. Keep things clean and unencumbered, buut don't sterilize.
- Jason Fried
You just can't bring your A game to every situation. Knowing when to embrace Good Enough is what gives you the opportunity to be truly excellent when you need to be. We're not suggesting you put shit work out there. You need to be able to be proud of it, even if it's only "okay." But attempting to be indiscriminately great at everything is a foolish waste of energy.
- Jason Fried