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The Knowledge Bombs of Derek Sivers
30:41 - 37:31 (06:49)
Derek Sivers, an entrepreneur, author and one of the most insightful thinkers, shares his valuable insights on topics such as success, thinking, and career-building. Sivers has distilled his life lessons into one-line rules, including "be expensive", "expect disaster", and "own as little as possible", which provide invaluable wisdom to his followers.
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Derek Sivers shares his life journey from being a professional musician and circus clown to creating CD Baby, which became the largest seller of independent music online with $100 million in sales for 150,000 musicians, and eventually selling it for $22 million and donating the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education.
30:41 - 33:03 (02:22)
Summary
Derek Sivers shares his life journey from being a professional musician and circus clown to creating CD Baby, which became the largest seller of independent music online with $100 million in sales for 150,000 musicians, and eventually selling it for $22 million and donating the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is also a frequent speaker at TED conferences and the author of 33 books via his company Wood Egg, including Anything You Want, a collection of short life lessons.
ChapterThe Knowledge Bombs of Derek Sivers
Episode#439: Tools of Titans — Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Christopher Sommer
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss shares his thoughts on being deliberate in life and challenging automatic thinking.
33:03 - 36:00 (02:56)
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Tim Ferriss shares his thoughts on being deliberate in life and challenging automatic thinking. He discusses how success cannot be defined without knowing a person's aims and how saying "yes" can lead to opportunities.
ChapterThe Knowledge Bombs of Derek Sivers
Episode#439: Tools of Titans — Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Christopher Sommer
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Musician Chemo Williams advises saying yes to every early gig as they can offer valuable opportunities.
36:00 - 37:31 (01:30)
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Musician Chemo Williams advises saying yes to every early gig as they can offer valuable opportunities. He also suggests that the standard pace of education is for "chumps" and advises buying books and skipping classes to accelerate learning.