2775: Nobody Knows the Future, So Focus on What Doesn't Change AND Think Like a Bronze Medalist, Not Silver by Derek Sivers

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🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Derek Sivers shares two short posts covering why we should focus on what doesn't change and how to think like a bronze medalist Episode 2775: Nobody Knows the Future, So Focus on What Doesn't Change AND Think Like a Bronze Medalist, Not Silver by Derek Sivers Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers 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. The original posts are located here: https://sive.rs/no-oracle & https://sive.rs/bronze Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2775.
0:04.3	Nobody knows the future, so focus on what doesn't change.
0:08.8	And think like a bronze medalist, not silver.
0:12.8	Both by Derek Sivers of Sivers, that's SIVE.RS, and I'm just a mollic.
0:18.8	Happy Friday, welcome to Optimal Living Daily, or OLD, or old, one of a few shows where
0:24.1	we read articles to you, pretty simple.
0:27.0	And today, a special two articles.
0:29.4	So with that, let's get right to them as we optimize your life.
0:37.2	Nobody knows the future, so focus on what doesn't change, by Derek Sivers of Sivers, that's
0:44.0	SIVE.RS.
0:45.3	At every music conference with a panel of experts on stage, the moderator always asks, what's
0:53.1	the future of the music business?
0:55.9	The guy selling video subscriptions will say that videos are the future.
0:59.7	The guy selling intelligent playlists will say that intelligent playlists are the future.
1:04.1	When they ask me, I always say, nobody knows the future, and anyone who pretends to know
1:09.5	can to be trusted.
1:11.7	We have a desperate need for certainty, so we want someone to tell us what's coming.
1:17.3	But it's impossible.
1:18.7	Nobody can possibly know.
1:21.1	Besides, wouldn't matter what anyone says, realistically, what would you change about
1:26.3	what you're doing day to day?
1:28.4	Like if someone said, scented holograms are the future.
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