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Anything You Want
Resist the urge to punish everyone for one person’s mistake.
from Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
Happiness is the real reason you’re doing anything, right? Even if you say it’s for the money, the money is just a means to happiness, isn’t it?
from Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
over-delegation. I had empowered my employees so much that I gave them all the power.
from Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
another Tao of business: Set up your business like you don’t need the money, and it’ll likely come your way.
from Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
the Tao of business: Care about your customers more than about yourself, and you’ll do well.
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Because my team was running the business, I was free to actually improve the business!
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There’s a benefit to being naive about the norms of the world—deciding from scratch what seems like the right thing to do, instead of just doing what others do.
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Necessity is a great teacher.
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A business plan should never take more than a few hours of work—hopefully no more than a few minutes. The best plans start simple. A quick glance and common sense should tell you if the numbers will work. The rest are details.
from Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
Have the confidence to know that when your target 1 percent hears you excluding the other 99 percent, the people in that 1 percent will come to you because you’ve shown how much you value them.
from Anything You Want by Derek Sivers