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“Mediocrity has become something that’s acceptable,” Keller says, “and in many cases, something that is aspirational.” To”
― Dan Charnas, Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind

“By being organized, you will be more efficient. By being more efficient, you will have more time in your day. By having more time in your day, you will be more relaxed in your day; you will be able to accomplish the task at hand in a clear, concise, fluid motion.”
― Dan Charnas, Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind

“Don’t do this to them, he tells his corporate executives. They’re working 12 hours a day. They’re in the restaurant at 1:00 in the morning. They come in at noon. The only reason you’re here is because there’s a kid working in the restaurant at midnight when you’re in bed. Don’t make their job harder. Your job is to make their job easier. You fill out the form. That’s your job.”
― Dan Charnas, Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind

“Time and space do bend, but they bend for the engaged, not the disengaged.”
― Dan Charnas, Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind

“The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you.” They expressed love by being together.”
― Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

“So many of us have convinced ourselves that because we are busy, we are working to the fullest extent of our abilities. But chefs know that there is a big difference between working hard and working clean.”
― Dan Charnas, Everything in Its Place The Power of Mise-En-Place to Organize Your Life, Work, and Mind

“Nipsey was an interesting combination of capitalist and activist on a scale that I don't think hip-hop has ever produced before. But you shine too bright, you see what they do to you.”
― Dan Charnas, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop