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Anything You Want
Derek Sivers ISBN 9781936719112
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Derek Sivers ISBN 9781936719112
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This book by Derek Sivers has come up 4 times on Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-06-15 and the most recent from 2024-07-10. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Best known for creating CD Baby, the most popular music site for independent artists, founder Derek Sivers chronicles his "accidental" success and failures into this concise and inspiring book on how to create a multimillion-dollar company by following your passion. Sivers details his journey and the lessons learned along the way of creating and building a business close to his heart. In 1997, Sivers was a musician who taught himself to code a Buy Now button onto his band's website. Shortly thereafter he began selling his friends' CDs on his website. As CD Baby grew, Sivers faced numerous obstacles on his way to success.
“author of books on philosophy and Entrepreneurship including how to live hell yeah or no anything you want and useful not true”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Derek Sivers and Kevin Kelly: Derek Sivers is a former musician and circus MC who founded and sold CD Baby for $22M (donating the proceeds to charity) and authored books including 'Hell Yeah or No' and 'Useful Not True'; Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine, former editor of the Whole Earth Review, and author of 'What Technology Wants,' 'Cool Tools,' and 'Vanishing Asia.'. Tim Ferriss 10-year anniversary combo: Derek Sivers and Kevin Kelly on saying no, voluntary simplicity, mastery, and long-term thinking.
“Anything You Want. I recommend people check it out. I've read it multiple times. It's a great book.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Derek Sivers: Entrepreneur turned author who founded and sold CD Baby; minimalist writer known for books like Anything You Want, now living in New Zealand. Derek Sivers walks Tim Ferriss through escaping the cloud, the unoptimized life, and his radical-skepticism worldview of 'Useful Not True.'.
“Anything You Want, by Derek Sivers, I think, is an excellent book for folks out there. Short read, fast read”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Matt Mochary: Silicon Valley CEO coach (Sam Altman, Brian Armstrong, Naval Ravikant), author of The Great CEO Within, former founder/filmmaker, and creator of the Mochary Coaching Methodology. CEO coach Matt Mochary live-coaches Tim Ferriss through fear, anger, hiring, firing, energy audits, and the pain hiding beneath anger.
“he is the author of anything you want a collection of short life lessons that i've read at least a dozen times”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Christopher Sommer: A compilation of three Tools of Titans profiles: Derek Sivers, the introverted musician-turned-philosopher who founded and sold CD Baby; BJ Miller, a triple-amputee palliative care physician who has guided roughly 1,000 deaths; and Christopher Sommer, a former US National Team gymnastics coach and founder of the Gymnastic Bodies strength-training system. Tim Ferriss narrates his Tools of Titans intro plus profiles of Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Christopher Sommer.
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