Derek Sivers

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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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You grow (and thrive!) by doing what excitesyou and what scares you everyday, not bytrying to find your passion

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If you find even the smallest way to make people smile, they’ll remember you more for that smile than for all your other fancy business-model stuff