Derek Sivers Quotes

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

  Derek Sivers

  Dream, Marketing, Helpful

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.8, Penguin

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• Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.

  Derek Sivers

  Drenajes

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• In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

  Derek Sivers

  Want, Ends, What You Want

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• If I’m not saying ‘Hell Yeah!’ to something, then I say no.

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  Hell, Yeah, Hell Yeah

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• Lo más importante es hacer feliz a la gente. Si haces feliz a la gente, como efecto secundario, estarán encantados de abrir la cartera y pagarte.

  Derek Sivers

  Educational, People, Important

  Interview with Nithya Rajaram, supportbee.com. June 14, 2011.

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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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  Real, Teaching, Humble

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• Never forget why you're really doing what you're doing.

  Derek Sivers

  Nunca olvidar, olvidar

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.31, Penguin

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

  Derek Sivers

  People, Helping, Enough

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.31, Penguin

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• You grow (and thrive!) by doing what excites
  you and what scares you everyday, not by
  trying to find your passion.

  Derek Sivers

  Passion, Everyday, Trying

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• Obvious to you is amazing to others.

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  Obvio

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• There is no movement without the first follower. See, we are told that we all need to be leaders but that would be ineffective. The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow.

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  Leader, Would Be, Needs

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• Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

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  Motivation, Inspiration, Goal

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• How you do anything is how you do everything. Your "character" or "nature" just refers to how you handle all the day-to-day things in life, no matter how small.

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  Character, Things In Life, Matter

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• El servicio al cliente es el nuevo marketing.

  Derek Sivers

  Educational, Marketing, Great Customer Service

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• Todos los que han llegado a ser grandes en algo tienen una historia parecida: Durante años, trabajaron en su oficio todos los días, aunque no tuvieran ganas. Siempre empujando, practicando, trabajando y mejorandoSí, lleva miles de horas de práctica, ¡pero eso es una buena noticia! Es un camino claro y está bajo tu control.

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  Years, Practice, News

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• Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". Finally Jobs said, "Wait wait - put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.

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  Jobs, Independent, Hands

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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.

  Derek Sivers

  Baby, Successful, Media

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.14, Penguin

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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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  Law, Littles, Universe

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.12, Penguin

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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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  Dream, Regret, Littles

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.8, Penguin

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

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  Inventing, Improving, Promoting

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.8, Penguin

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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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  Real, Trying, Attention

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.64, Penguin

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• Me di cuenta de por qué tengo que crear una nueva empresa. No por el dinero. No porque esté 'aburrido'. Sino porque una empresa es un laboratorio para probar tus ideas.

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  Ideas, Bored, Trying

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• You're free to do anything you want with your company. It's more like art. You don't have to follow any norms. It's an expression of how you feel the world should be. When you make a company, that's your little place to make your own little utopia.

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  Art, Expression, World

  "Brave Interview Series: Derek Sivers". Interview with Margie Warrell, www.forbes.com. July 1, 2015.

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• The most important lesson is probably to spend less than you earn.

  Derek Sivers

  Important, Lessons, Important Lessons

  "Brave Interview Series: Derek Sivers". Interview with Margie Warrell, www.forbes.com. July 1, 2015.

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• Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors; early demos by famous musicians. Focus on these early examples, not what they became over the next 20 years. Remember that what you're doing will constantly improve.

  Derek Sivers

  Successful, Years, Tv Shows

  "Brave Interview: Derek Sivers". Interview with Margie Warrell, www.business2community.com. July 5, 2015.

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