Lloyd Dorfman Quotes

Whenever I try to do something, I figure out what other people aren't doing or how can I do it different or how can I stand out.

When you write like everyone else and sound like everyone else and act like everyone else, you're saying, 'Our products are like everyone else's, too.'

When you look at how the sports world is changing, you have to figure out how to become different than everyone else.

If you follow the same path as everyone else you're just going to be like everyone else.

If you are doing what everyone else is doing, there is probably not an opportunity there.

I think it is very important in this business to be an individual.

Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.

I have a different game than most of the players.

I've always found success in sort of separating myself from the pack mentality things.

You can't expect to be better than everybody else if you're doing the same thing as everybody else.

I live by the business model that there is a better than, a less than, or a different than. Those are the three categories. I chose to be different than. The one that's different than will stand out with the proper work ethic.

When you start your career, you have to figure out a way to separate yourself from the pack. So I went for a kind of preppy, psycho-killer look: I had short hair, grey flannel pants, and a button-down shirt. I think it worked, because nobody else was looking that way at that time.

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.

Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Different is better. I get more jobs being different.

If you're behind the times, they won't notice you. If you're right in tune with them, you're no better than they are, so they won't care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.

It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.

It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.

In social, you have to innovate in information. If you have the same thing as everyone else, you're just not interesting.

I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique. You have to think, 'I'm me. I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box to accommodate their limited imaginations.