07 Business Lessons learnt from rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier

7 Business Lessons Learnt From Rework By Jasson Fried and David Heinemeier

Rework: Change The Way You Work Forever is a revolutionary book that presents an innovative approach of running a business, shattering the old conventional ways. When this book came out, I was excited to read more from the authors about some of their experiences as entrepreneurs and leaders in their field. While some sections of the book were slow-going but there were plenty of nuggets that made me think “yes! this is something i need to incorporate into my business!”

Here are the lessons that I have learnt from Rework:?

Lesson 1: Focus on what you have

“Focus on what you have.”: This is the most important lesson for a startup, and for any business. Focus on what you can do now, and don’t worry about everything else. Focus on what you are good at, focus on what you love doing (or even just enjoy doing), focus on things that are within your control and decide them one-by-one until they’re done.

Lesson 2: Don’t let the past drive the future

The second lesson is that you shouldn’t let the past drive the future.?We all make mistakes—it’s inevitable, but how we choose to react determines whether those mistakes define us or not. If we allow our mistakes to dictate our actions in the future (or even just feel bad about them), then they will continue to take up space in our minds and hearts until they become bigger than everything else that happens around us today or tomorrow and distracts us from accomplishing our goals (and being happy!).

For example: imagine you’re an entrepreneur who has spent six months building a new product based on your own idea and now it’s ready for launch! You’ve done all the ground work: spoken with customers, set up social media accounts, built out an online store—the whole nine yards. And then someone criticizes the name of your product in public when they don’t even have any knowledge of what it actually does…You get mad at this person because their opinion matters so much more than any other person’s opinion ever will—no matter how small or large their platform is!

Lesson 3: Mistakes are inevitable, learning is optional

Mistakes are inevitable, learning is optional. You can’t avoid making mistakes; it’s part of being human. But you can learn from them and make sure they don’t happen again. Mistakes happen every day in our lives, but they don’t have to be debilitating if we learn from them instead of dwelling on them. Learning from your mistakes is an essential skill for anyone who wants their business to grow, prospering in the face of competition and change.

It’s important to learn from mistakes so that you don’t repeat them over and over again in your business—but it’s also important?not to?dwell on past failures?too much because this will only sap energy away from where it needs to be focused: moving forward!

Lesson 4: Celebrate small victories.

The fourth lesson is to celebrate small victories.?It’s easy to get caught up in the big things and miss out on the little ones. The small victories that happen every day, sometimes multiple times a day, are what make it all worthwhile. Small victories are often overlooked as insignificant but they have a huge impact on our lives and businesses.?Celebrate them!

“If you want something done right do it yourself.” He was referring to how whenever he needed something fixed around the house or if we were doing some kind of task together, he would take over and complete the job himself rather than delegating it or expecting someone else to do it for him. This approach has definitely served me well throughout my life as there have been many occasions when no one else could do what I needed done so I just had to find a way through myself (and usually with some help from friends).

Lesson 5: Creativity comes from constraints

Creativity comes from constraints. Creativity is a skill that can be learned, and you can train yourself to be more creative. In this lesson, Fried and Heinemeier point out that?creativity is not just about making something new.?It’s also about making something better, and how your perspective changes when you’re limited by constraints.

For example, if you are given only five squares to paint on your canvas (and no other tools), the number of combinations available is still huge—but the number of possible combinations shrinks as you give yourself fewer options: if you only had two squares left, it would be a lot harder to come up with an interesting design than it would if all five were still there; if there was only one square left, however unlikely it seems now that anyone would ever even try this experiment in reality.

Lesson 6: Say No

The lesson is simple: Say no.

As you may have guessed, this is a difficult lesson for the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs want to succeed and be successful, and this means accepting every opportunity that comes along.

But if you say yes to everything, you’re going to end up behind on a lot of things and exhausted from trying to do them all at once. Instead, learn how to say no. Refuse things that aren’t important or won’t provide value for your team and company in some way (this goes back again to focusing on what matters). Focus on doing one thing well rather than many things poorly—it’s better for everyone involved!

Lesson 7: Good enough is fine

The final lesson we’ll cover is a short one: Good enough is just fine!

As a startup, you don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be first, last, or even really all that great at what you do. You can get by with being average as long as it’s good enough for your clients and that’s enough for them. You don’t need to try and be the best possible version of yourself at any given moment in time; instead focus on doing what is needed today without trying too hard in an effort. This not only saves time but also money (because there will be a day when running out of cash means death).

Running a business isn’t easy but the lessons from Rework make it a bit more manageable:?

Rework is a book written by two guys who say they were?‘Internet Entrepreneurs’. They talk about how they got started and what they learned along the way. They have some basic philosophies on how to run a business,?but the main thing I got out of the book was that running a business isn’t easy, but it can be made easier if you follow some simple rules.

• It is easier for you to focus on what is important for your business instead of getting distracted by other things.
• Another rule is that it’s good not only for yourself but also for others if there are some moments where everyone celebrates small victories together because this way everyone feels happy and motivated instead of just feeling tired from working too much.
• Mistakes are inevitable and learning from them is optional.