Derek Sivers Quotes

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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…
• Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.
• In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.
• You can't please everyone, so proudly exclude people.
• Ideas are just a multiplier of execution.
• I realized why I need to start a new company. Not for the money. Not because I'm 'bored'. But because a company is a laboratory…
• 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…
• If I’m not saying ‘Hell Yeah!’ to something, then I say no.
• If you keep thinking about putting on a conference or being a Hollywood screenwriter, and you find the idea terrifies but intrigues you, it's probably…
• Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.
• For some reason, ever since I was a little kid, I wake with the most energy of the day, and it slowly declines from there.
• A work-only zone does wonders for your productivity. So, I prefer working at the office now. I spend 8 focused hours there, then I go…

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