Derek Sivers (@sivers) is a serial entrepreneur, blogger, author and musician who revolutionized the music industry pre-Spotify with CDbaby, the largest online distributor of independent music which he founded accidentally sold in 2008 for $22 million. Before that, he donated the company to a charity to fund public music education.
Derek also created a viral TED talk called “How to Start a Movement,” blogs on entrepreneurship, life and stoicism at Sivers.org and is the author of Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur.
In today’s episode we discuss:
- Why human beings are a competitive advantage over robotics, software and AI
- F*&k yes, or No!… and how to apply it to your life
- Why less is more when it comes to life
- How bootstrapping a business helped Derek Sivers’ CD Baby succeed
- Derek’s best advice for all aspects of life
- Why reading the news and social media is a bad idea
- How to achieve mastery at anything, and why you should
- Why Derek doesn’t get excited about new technology
- Why Derek gave it all away to charity
- How success can fuel depression and loss of self
- Tons of strategies to live a healthier, more fulfilled life
- Why Derek doesn’t ascribe to any -isms
