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When you're short on sleep, you're short on patience. You're ruder to people, less tolerant, less understanding. It's harder to relate and to pay attention for sustained periods of time.

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Many of the things we do at Basecamp would be considered unusual at most companies: paying for employees' hobbies, allowing our team to work from anywhere, even footing the bill for fresh fruits and veggies in our staff members' homes.

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Give your employees a shot at showing the company a new way, and provide the room for them to chalk up a few small victories. Once they've proved that their idea can work on a limited basis, they can begin to scale it up.

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If an employee can demonstrate results produced in a way that the company didn't think possible, then a new way forward can begin to take shape.

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When time, money, and results are on the line, it's easy for tension to build.

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I used to think that deadlines should be ignored until the product was ready: that they were a nuisance, a hurdle in front of quality, a forced measure to get something out the door for the good of the schedule, not the customer.

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Deadlines are great for customers because having one means they get a product, not just a promise that someday they'll get a product.

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I'm not sure a lot of companies know their story, or can explain why they exist and who they are, without just spewing just corporate speech.

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I think the story is important in every business. Why do you exist, why are you here, why is your product different, why should I pay attention, why should I care?

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A company gets better at the things it practices.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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