Derek Sivers Verified Quotes

“The standard pace is for chumps, the system is designed so anyone can keep up. If you’re more driven than most people, you can do way more than anyone expects.”

“Ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.”

“Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what's not working.”

“Mastery is the best goal. The rich can't buy it. The impatient can't rush it. The privileged can't inherit it. Nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work.”

“When you say no to most things, you leave room in your life to throw yourself completely into that rare thing that makes you say, Hell yeah!”

“The way to live is to steer towards the pain. Use it as your compass. Always take the harder option. Always push into discomfort.”

“In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have. To have something is the means, not the end.”

“What's obvious to you is amazing to others.”

“Since you can't avoid problems, just find good problems. Happiness isn't everlasting tranquility. Happiness is solving good problems.”