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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
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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Lots of good ideas inside for making a healthier workplace. It's most applicable to people in management positions for white collar jobs, but still has plenty of points to consider in the job search for lower level employees like me. If we can get past the stock market and the desire to please shareholders, work could be so much better. Wished it didn't dodge gender/race issues of expectations and overwork, but it keeps it succinct and other readings address that in more detail.
SUCH a refreshing perspective. I was head nodding the whole book.
The authors did a good job of explaining how awesome their company is, but there is very little here to help the rest of us peons who don't own our own software company.