Takin' Care of Business
Jason Fried's approach to business was a breath of fresh air [The Way I Work, November]. It's sometimes hard to decide which efforts are most important during my multitasking day. But my work ethic parallels Fried's unstructured, just-get-it-done kind of attitude. Thank you for putting it out there. You made my day a little bit more focused.
Rebecca Michaels
CEO, Violet Love Brands, Los Angeles
Reading about Jason Fried, I thought, This man sounds like a reasonable, thoughtful manager, someone smart enough to run a company. Then I read that he doesn't read fiction. That's fine. Except he dismissed the entire art as "a waste of time" -- he called it "made-up" stories.
To characterize the canon of literature this way, to not understand its importance or the lessons and insight it has provided our culture and all cultures since the beginning of civilization, is shortsighted. I have to think this oversight plays out in his work.
David Singer
Delmar, New York