REWORK BY MIKE CHAMBERLAIN, JASON FRIED, AND DAVID HANSSON

Key Concepts of Rework
The book centers on simple, practical ideas designed to encourage a leaner, more focused approach to work:

• Prioritize Action Over Planning: Instead of endlessly planning, discussing, and theorizing, the book advocates for simply starting, making quick decisions, and iterating as you go. Planning is guessingG; execution is reality.
• Focus on What Won't Change: Ignore temporary fads and focus your energy on the fundamental, long-lasting problems your customers have. The core problems people face rarely change.
• The Problem with Meetings and Bureaucracy: Meetings are portrayed as toxic, expensive, and generally useless time-killers. The book encourages maximizing "alone time" (uninterrupted work time) and focusing on asynchronous communication methods instead of mandatory face-to-face gatherings.
• Build Less, Ship Sooner: Rework encourages building simple, robust products that solve specific problems well, rather than feature-bloated software that tries to be everything to everyone. The goal is to get a profitable product to market quickly and improve it from there.
• Embrace Constraints: The authors argue that limits on time, budget, and staff are actually assets that force creativity and focus. Doing more with less encourages better decision-making.
• Hire for the "Can Do," Not the "Could Do": When hiring, look for immediate skills and the ability to solve current problems, rather than hiring based purely on potential or a long-term plan that may never materialize.