Derek Sivers Quotes

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Pay close attention to when you're being the real you & when you're trying to impress an invisible jury.

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Care about your customers more than about yourself, and you'll do well.

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Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently promoting what's not working.

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Five years after I started CD Baby, when it was a big success, the media said I had revolutionized the music business. But 'revolution' is a term that people use only when you're successful. Before that, you're just a quirky person who does things differently.

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Don't be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams.

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Don't pursue business just for your own gain. Only answer the calls for help.

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When you make a company, you make a utopia. It's where you design your perfect world.

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Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself.

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Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.

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Making a company is a great way to improve the world while improving yourself.

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Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn't that enough?

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If you want to be useful, you can always start now. It will be a humble prototype of your grand vision, but you'll be in the game. Start by teaching someone this week. Starting small puts 100% of your energy into solving real problems for real people.

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When you make a business, you get to make a little universe where you control all the laws.

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The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20. The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000.

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