#54 Jason Fried: Doing the Enough Thing

It's just important, I think, to understand why you are leading someone in a certain direction. And I'm not sure that it's always that well thought out. Hello and welcome. I'm Shane Parish and this is another episode of the Knowledge Project, a podcast exploring the ideas, methods, mental models that help you learn from the best what other people have already figured out. You can learn more and stay up to date on the podcast at fs.blog slash podcast. That's fs dot blog slash podcast.

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On the show today is Jason Freed, the co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, and the author of Rework, and it doesn't have to be crazy at work. When I look for examples around people running a business the way I want to run a business, Jason immediately comes to mind. In a world of VC capital slashing around, Basecamp has Buck the Trend and grow nonprofits. And a while ago they changed their name to Basecamp. It used to be Thirty Seven Signals, so if it sounds a little unfamiliar and you're familiar with Thirty Seven Signals, it's now Basecamp. We talk about everything, but we talk about why you shouldn't measure yourself against the number of goal. running a business, life parenting, and like everything else under the sun. And I have to warn you, Jason's philosophy is infectious. It's time to listen and learn.

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