A "minimalist manifesto," Rework reveals the operating principles of 37Signals, the wildly successful perpetrators of Basecamp, Campfire, and other truly useful distributed work tools for the Fortune 5,000,000. You can download an excerpt at 37signals.com/rework/ that include some of my favorite essays, such as Underdo Your Competition and Workaholism. 

Here's a taste:

Workaholics "create crises.  The don't look for ways to be more efficient because they actually like working overtime. They enjoy feeling like heroes. They create problems (often unwittingly) just so they can get off on working more."

"If all you do is work, you're unlikely to have sound judgments. Your values and decision-making wind up skewed. You stop being able to decide what's worth extra effort and what's not. Any you wind up just plain tired. No one makes sharp decisions when tired."

"Workaholics aren't heroes. They don't save the day, they just use it up. The real hero is already home because she figured out a faster way to get things done."

Do less. Be more. Rework.

Originally posted @ Ann Oliveri