Start by admitting that greatness doesn’t come from the distraction and busywork that often fills up our lives.
Leo Babauta on ‘How To Be Great’
Quotes
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How to be great
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Win Like Stupid
SMART PERSON EVENTUALLY FIND SOMETHING THAT WORK. ONCE FIND, IT KIND OF BORING. LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE FIND WAY TO WIN, THROW IT AWAY FOR EXCITING NEW WAY TO LOSE.
FAKEGRIMLOCK on ‘Win Like Stupid’
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Derek Sivers on business
To be a true business owner, make sure you can leave for a year, and when you comeback, your business would be doing better than when you left
Derek Sivers from ‘Anything You Want’
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Paul Jarvis on anger
We need to own anger until it’s served its purpose, then discard it.
Paul Jarvis on ‘Dealing with anger before it deals with you’
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A big turnoff
…is when people approach me and say, ‘I have a million-dollar idea and it’s going to be amazing.’ They think just an idea will make them millions. That’s not the way business really works. It’s about executing the hell out of your idea — better than anyone else.”
Further reading:
- Ideas are just a multiplier of execution – Derek Sivers
- That’s version ∞. First launch version 0.1. – Derek Sivers