by Derek Sivers
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur (read it here)
Quotes
Key to lead your life:
Never forget why you’re really doing what you’re doing. Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn’t that enough?
Appreciate self uniqueness:
I’m pretty unusual, so what works for me might not work for others.
Don’t pass the joy of doing it yourself:
When you want to learn how to do something yourself, most people won’t understand. They’ll assume the only reason we do anything is to get it done, and doing it yourself is not the most efficient way. But that’s forgetting about the joy of learning and doing.
Just pay close attention to what excites you and what drains you. Pay close attention to when you’re being the real you and when you’re trying to impress an invisible jury.