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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
I highlighted half the book - lots of reasonable, direct points.
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This book is not the solution to all YOUR problem. This is not possible. You and I may not be in a position were we can make radical change, but that's not the point. We can and should push for more quality in our daily environment: quiet, peaceful, sustainable.
This book is about how they reached that at Basecamp. How they made mistakes along the way. How they made conscious choices to avoid some pitfall. How it can work for us too.
Even when in disagreement with the book content (like the fix salary per level, even though it's not a bad idea), it make me think deeply about what I want. What I hope to achieve with my colleagues.
It doesn't have to always be a race to the bottom.
This book is about how they reached that at Basecamp. How they made mistakes along the way. How they made conscious choices to avoid some pitfall. How it can work for us too.
Even when in disagreement with the book content (like the fix salary per level, even though it's not a bad idea), it make me think deeply about what I want. What I hope to achieve with my colleagues.
It doesn't have to always be a race to the bottom.
It’s about time that this “calm company” philosophy trends and seeds the thoughts of running a peaceful business. This philosophy in today’s startup “hustle” culture is the perfect antidote to find balance and health back in the business world. I may disagree with a few pointers and some scope may not apply universally to every type of company, but this sure is a wise book. Worth reading.
Lots of sense. Quick read. But Ofcourse, conditions apply.
Lots of sense. Quick read. But Ofcourse, conditions apply.
This is rated two stars mainly do to applicability purposes. It probably is more like a three stars. This may be a useful read to owners of a start-up, or organizational decision makers. Many ideas are great here. I picked this one up as an employee on the bottom of the feeding pool, and while I was hoping to learn about being less stressed at work, I mostly left with feelings of sadness that my company doesn’t believe in four day work weeks in the summer. I’m afraid this book has left me less than invigorated.
I needed to read this book. I understand so much more why I’m frustrated with my job, even though I actually love it.
The only thing this book had going for it is that the authors are engaging writers. Other than that, there is very little you can practically take away from it unless you are a C-level exec or manager of an extensive team. The rules they set for a calm life are predicated by the fact that their business (Basecamp) is a private subscription SaaS company with no sales team, and they’re the bosses. If you’re at any other model of business, not a VP or CXO, or on a sales team, then you’re subject to external factors that this team apparently isn’t. For me, this was a frustrating read for that reason - but it would definitely be valuable for CXOs everywhere to read. We lower-folk can only hope...
This was an awesome book. I love these guys' approach to work life, building a company, focus and not chasing shiny objects.
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