{"id":2726,"date":"2013-05-20T14:49:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T19:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2013-05-20T14:49:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T19:49:31","slug":"no-rules-in-this-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/05\/20\/no-rules-in-this-game","title":{"rendered":"No rules in this game"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sivers.org\/360\">No rules in this game | Derek Sivers<\/a>: &#8220;Gurus will say what you can\u2019t do or must do. They mean well, but they\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n<p>For every rule they tell you, there\u2019s an exception. They are just telling you their specific past, not your specific future.<\/p>\n<p>There are no rules in this game. You change them as you go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/sivers.org\/\">Derek Sivers<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Derek is talking specifically about the music industry. I think this applies to more than just the music industry. This is sage advice that applies to any industry.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, be open to advice, but be influenced by none.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20No%20rules%20in%20this%20game&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fno-rules-in-this-game&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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