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ReWork

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Change the Way You Work Forever

by David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/05/2010
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A radical new business book that offers a reappraisal of business best practice and will completely change your approach to work

A radical new business book from business trailblazers Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson that offers a reappraisal of business best practice - advocating stripping everything back to bare essentials. With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who's ever dreamed of doing it on their own. It will COMPLETELY change your approach to work.

Every once in a while, a book comes out that changes just about everything. This is one of those books. Ignore it at your peril' -- Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author
'Inspirational...REWORK is a minimalist manifesto that's profoundly practical. In a world where we all keep getting asked to do more with less, the authors show us how to do less and create more' -- Scott Rosenberg, Co-Founder of Salon.com
'Filled with excellent plain English advice, it's one of the best books out there for business productivity' -- ***** Reader review
'Every word is well-crafted, well-chosen, and easy to both digest and engage with' -- ***** Reader review
'Thought-provoking and truthful' -- ***** Reader review
'A must-read for today's managers' -- ***** Reader review
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From the founders of the trailblazing software company 37signals, here is a different kind of business book - one that explores a new reality.

Today, anyone can be in business. Tools that used to be out of reach are now easily accessible. Technology that cost thousands is now just a few pounds or even free. Stuff that was impossible just a few years ago is now simple.

That means anyone can start a business. And you can do it without working miserable 80-hour weeks or depleting your life savings. You can start it on the side while your day job provides all the cash flow you need. Forget about business plans, meetings, office space - you don't need them. The key is stripping everything back to the bare minimum and basics and then rebuilding; keeping everything simple and under control. You'll learn how to begin, why you need less than you think, when to launch, how to promote and whom (and when) to hire.

Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs who want to get out, and artists who don't want to starve anymore will all find valuable inspiration and guidance in these pages.

It's time to rework work.

Perfect for readers of Tim Ferriss's The 4 Hour Work Week, Seth Godin's Purple Cow and Chris Anderson's The Long Tail.
ISBN:
9780091929787
9780091929787
Category:
Business & management
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
03-05-2010
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
214x134x21mm
Weight:
0.29kg
David Heinemeier Hansson

David Heinemeier Hansson is the creator of Ruby on Rails, an open-source web framework on which hundreds of thousands of web applications have been built - including Twitter. He is also Fried's business partner at 37signals and co-author of Rework.

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I thought this book was an excellent read. It's definitely not a step-by-step how-to book, but the book doesn't make the claim that it is. The book claims that it will present ideas and concept that will "rework" the beliefs you have about work. And it does precisely that.



I've had a look at some of the negative reviews on the web, and generally they seem to fall into these categories:





1) Criticisms of the length.



Yes, this book is somewhere around 288 pages long, and yes - if you consider the fact that a lot of white space is used and almost every second page is an illustration - it's probably more like 140 pages long. But that's not a bad thing. It's a quick, concise, and extremely coherent piece of work. There is value in not rambling. And there is also value in presenting text in an easy-to-read fashion (unlike typical hardcore business books that due to the publisher's page limitations, end up structuring pages like one huge wall of text ... *ugh*).





2) Criticisms of the concepts not being grounded in "reality".



I don't understand this criticism. The whole point of "Rework" is to challenge pre-existing assumptions about how we do business. Naturally, many of the book's concepts will be EXTREMELY difficult for some people to swallow (especially those coming from the corporate world, I suspect). You might feel quite a bit of resistance with some of the concepts. But again, that's the whole point of this book. You don't necessarily have to agree with EVERYTHING it says, but you should at least be questioning your existing beliefs after reading this. If you're not prepared to do that, and just want to read a book that confirms your traditional business concepts, then this is probably not the book for you.





3) Criticisms about the lack of new content.



This criticism is one that is only raised by those people who are REGULAR readers of 37 Signals' blog. Yes, if you do follow that blog closely (along with others in the same field), then it's possible that 90% of the concepts presented in this book are not going to be new to you. And that's cool. But speaking for myself, I liked the fact that I now have the best concepts on my reference shelf in easy to find (and digest) form whenever I need them. That, again, has value in itself. But if you want to spend hours searching through 37 Signals' blog just to save $12, then you're not implementing a "judo solution" (ie. maximum efficiency with minimum effort).






I hope it helps you decide whether or not this is the book for you. :)


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