54. Derek Sivers on How to Live & Create with Intention

Derek Sivers talks about how he makes ideas stick, how he breaks away from the unhelpful autopilot, and how he carves out space to take action aligned with what he values most--learning & creating. 

Derek Sivers started his career as a professional musician and circus clown. He ran a recording studio for 12 years before founding CD Baby in 1998.  CD Baby became the largest independant online music seller, with over 100 million dollars in sales. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22 million and gave all proceeds to establish a charitable trust for music education. Derek is also a speaker and his TED Talks have been viewed over 20 million times. He has authored books like Anything You Want and How to Live.  Today, Derek resides in New Zealand, where he dedicates more than 12 hours a day to creating and learning. 

MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE

• Learn more and contact Derek at https://sive.rs/ 

• The Tim Ferriss Show episode that introduced me to Derek
• Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
• Captains of Crush Grippers
• Outlive by Peter Attia
• 2-Minute Rule and the book Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Al Shingdagha Museum in Dubai
• Paul Graham's article: Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
• Seth Godin's Akimbo podcast
• Derek's list and summary of over 320 books that he has ready since 2007: https://sive.rs/book
• Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek
•  in which Derek speaks about his company CD Baby
• Derek's books: Your Music Your People, Anything You Want, Hell Yeah or No, How to Live

• Derek's TED talks: https://www.ted.com/speakers/derek_sivers

• Article: Relax for the Same Result

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

In the DECODE Project Podcast, sleep physician and psychiatrist Dr. Cara Ooi uncovers the insights, strategies, and tools that make the biggest difference in doing hard things and bringing about difficult change, starting with sleep and going from there.  Dr. Ooi created the DECODE Insomnia Clinic, a virtual clinic in Ontario, Canada that provides chronic insomnia treatment with the DECODE Insomnia Program and OHIP-covered consultation. 

Music by Micheal Lerner  

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