Quotes for All
If anybody ever called our number, it would be picked up in less than 2 rings with a friendly voice answering, CD Baby. From 7 am to 10 pm, there was always somebody to pick up a call in 2 rings. No voice mail system; no routing to different departments. We treated our customers like … Read more
Don’t pursue business just for your own gain. Only answer the calls for help. Derek Sivers
If it’s not a hit, switch. Derek Sivers
Most people don’t know what they’re talking about. They move their mouth and say things because they don’t want to admit they don’t know. Or they think they know, but it’s just confabulation and biases. So ignore them unless what they say resonates with some real wisdom inside of you. Assume they’re a fool and … Read more
I love that sometimes we need to go to the opposite side of the world to realize assumptions that we didn’t even know we had and realize that the opposite may also be true. Derek Sivers
The purpose of money is to trade for things that make you happy. So if you can bypass money and get directly to the happy, you’ve saved a lot of trouble. And it makes others happier, too, when you organize your business around non-monetary things. Derek Sivers
It’s only a little difficult to say no. You’ve got to believe that the work you’re doing is ultimately more useful to the world. Derek Sivers
When you make a business you’re making a little world. Derek Sivers
If you’re not saying ‘Hell Yeah’ about something, say ‘No’. Derek Sivers
Care about your customers more than about yourself, and you’ll do well. Derek Sivers