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#370.5: Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying β€œNo” to Millions (Repost)

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Published May 11, 2019 11:55am

This episode originally aired in 2015. You can find the show notes of the episode here.

β€œTo me, β€˜busy’ implies that the person is out of control of their life.” β€“ Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers (@sivers) is one of my favorite humans, and I call him often for advice. Think of him as a philosopher-king programmer, master teacher, and merry prankster.

Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100 million in sales for 150,000 musicians.

In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22 million...

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