219: Saying No to Everything Else And The Mirror: It's About You, Not Them by Derek Sivers

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🗓️ 17 July 2016

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Derek Sivers, originally a professional musician and circus clown, created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22M, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference, with over 5 million views of his talks. Since 2011 he has published 34 books, including “Anything You Want” which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories. Episode 219: Saying No to Everything Else And The Mirror: It's About You, Not Them by Derek Sivers (Inspirational Living & Motivation). The original posts can be found here: https://sivers.org/no2 https://sivers.org/you-not-them Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 219, saying no to everything else, and the mirror,
0:06.2	it's about you, not them, by Derek Sivers of Sivers.org.
0:30.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
0:37.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
0:44.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
0:49.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
0:54.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
0:59.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
1:05.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
1:11.0	I'm John Sivers, I'm John Sivers,
1:15.5	Steven Price Field had called himself an author for years, but he'd never actually finished a book.
1:23.0	he just went through life-feeling smug, feeling better than those regular smugs because he thought of himself as an author,
1:28.7	building until he can stand it anymore. He decided to finally beat that devil he calls
1:33.1	the resistance. He created a situation with no escape, rented a cabin with only a typewriter
1:39.0	and shut off all other options.
1:41.3	Quote, I had a book in mind and I decided I would finish it or kill myself. I could not
1:46.7	run away again or let people down again or let myself down again. This was it. Do or die.
1:54.0	Quote, I didn't talk to anybody during that year. I didn't hang out. I had no tea
1:58.7	V, no radio, no music, no snow sports. I didn't read the newspaper. I just worked.
2:05.7	Quote, after an incredibly difficult year of wrestling with those inner demons and avoiding
2:10.5	all temptations, he did it. He finished his first book. It wasn't a success but it didn't
2:16.2	matter. He had finally beat the resistance. He went on to write many successful novels.
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