The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show How to Say No to Protect Your Time with Jason Fried
Hard Work ≠ Long Hours
- Hard work is not the same as long hours; you can work hard within a 40-hour week.
- Long hours erode perspective and block the creative insights that come from space and rest.
Conveyor Belt Communication
- Real-time chat turns work into a conveyor belt where conversations scroll past and you must react immediately.
- Basecamp prefers slow, long-form asynchronous posts so people can read, think, and reply thoughtfully.
Use Asynchronous Decisions
- Use asynchronous written communication for decisions so people can absorb and reply on their schedule.
- Let discussions take days when needed instead of forcing 15-minute real-time meetings.
With so much information, and gadgets and access and hustle and email and …and.. aren't you overloaded at work!? It's understandable and it's a real problem. If this describes you or someone you love…you'll LOVE this episode of the show.
Enter: Jason Fried. He's the brilliant NYT best-selling author and co-founder of the software firm, Basecamp. Since long before meeting Jason in person he's always caught my eye as perhaps THE outspoken thinker / critic of the current status of work, our unhealthy habits around our jobs, and our addictions to busy-making. Whether it's the toxic hustle, the grow-at-all-cost mentality, or the idea of working your fingers to the bone…Jason helps us all see why 99% of this approach is rubbish. And within 3 minutes of meeting him / listening to this episode, I'm banking you'll be in agreement with him.
The one refreshing difference with Jason? He also gives us a roadmap to fix what we've broken. In this episode we talk about his latest book (co-authored with previous CJLIVE podcast guest David Heinemeier Hansson) called It Doesn't Have to be Crazy at Work, which lays out a play-by-play on how to avoid all exhaustion, stress, and burnout and how to find tools for reshaping success, habits, trust, self care, and gaining that much-needed fresh perspective.
In this episode, we cover
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How hard work and hours are not the same thing. In fact, long hours leads to burn out.
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Why instant communication (slack, messenger, text etc) is making us slaves to our devices, less effective, and spending more time on the conveyor belt of information consumption than doing any real work.
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Some insights and strategies for regaining control over our screen time, our sleep patterns, and where we put our our attention.
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A re-framing of our always-busy culture around the JOYS of missing out. Not FOMO…we're talking JOMO.
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Why regaining control of our time starts with learning how to say no.
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…and that's all in the first 10 minutes. Just kidding but you get the point. This episode of the podcast is chock full of inspired virtues for reclaiming our spirit, doing GREAT work and loving life in the process.
Enjoy!
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