My copy of Rework has the subtitle "Change the Way You Work Forever". An audacious claim, to be sure, and one I feel authors Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson have fallen short of -- but not for lack of trying.It's an interesting enough book, suited to casual reading on a short airplane trip given its length and subject matter (I bought mine at the airport). Yet I hesitate to agree that it's as groundbreaking as some of its adherents say. Granted, some thoughts in the book caught my attention and put into perspective how we do things at the office. Notwithstanding this, I felt mostly lukewarm about Rework, finding it without nearly as much wit or insight to offer as its authors intended.
For some strange reason, it seems to me that Ignore Everybody is the book that Rework was trying to be but couldn't. Admittedly the comparison is unfair, but that was the thought going through my head while reading it.
Change This has a condensed version of the book in manifesto format. It's worth having a gander, and owing to its brevity may even be better than the book, particularly for those unsure about adding Rework to their shelves.
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Whoa! Umpisa pa lang, astig na! I like this part: "Workaholics aren’t heroes. They don’t save the day,
they just use it up. The real hero is already home because she figured out a faster way to get things done."
Hi sir. I hope you don't mind me asking: would you ever consider compromising long-held and precious convictions and principles just to keep a job that you need badly?
I've never quite been in that kind of situation, so I wouldn't really know, I'm afraid.
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