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As much as possible, one should avoid predicting the future and instead wait for it to become the present and reveal what is actually needed.
Drawn from what Derek Sivers said
What Derek Sivers actually said
- Derek Sivers Founded CD Baby in 1998 and sold it in 2008
As much as possible, try to not predict what the future may hold, but just wait as long as possible for that future to become the present and show you what it actually needs.
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Cannot both be true
Build for the model six months from now, not the model of today.
Sivers says to avoid predicting the future as much as possible and wait for it to become the present and reveal what is actually needed. Cherny says to build for the model six months from now rather than the one in front of you. Building for a thing that does not exist yet is the practice Sivers is telling people to stop.
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