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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

811: The Meaning of Life - Part 3 by Derek Sivers

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Derek Sivers' talk on the meaning of life narrated for you. This is Part 3 of 3. Episode 811: The Meaning of Life - Part 3 by Derek Sivers (Fixed Mindset & Growth Mindset). 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 post is located here: https://sivers.org/ml Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You know how important sleep is for your health, and that's why I'm excited to share

0:03.4

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0:08.6

provides relaxing sleep hypnosis, meditations, and bedtime stories to help you drift off.

0:14.4

So next time you find yourself staring at the ceiling,

0:16.9

play sleepcove's episodes focused on reducing anxiety or improving your confidence

0:22.0

and experience the benefits of a good night's rest. Follow sleepcove on your favorite podcast

0:26.9

platform so you can easily find it whenever you're ready to wind down and relax.

0:32.6

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 811, the meaning of Life,

0:37.4

part 3 by Derek Sivers of Sivers.org, and I'm Justin Mollick. Happy Thursday!

0:42.6

It's a happy birthday for me today, actually, because you're here listening that's all I care about.

0:47.6

Welcome to the podcast where I simply read blogs to you for free, usually sometimes books,

0:52.1

and now sometimes performances, I guess. Always with permission from the authors, free of charge,

0:57.7

and all with the hope of helping you optimize your life. Tazepost isn't really a post,

1:03.1

it's a transcription from a performance that Derek Sivers has done around the world,

1:08.6

and this is part 3 of 3, so if you're new here, I'd recommend listening to parts 1 and 2 first.

1:14.8

And with that, let's get to part 3 as we optimize your life.

1:22.8

The meaning of Life, part 3 by Derek Sivers of Sivers.org.

1:28.4

Chinese. A few years ago I started learning Chinese, I'm fascinated with the writing.

1:34.0

I'm trying to memorize how to write these characters.

1:36.8

Chinese characters look complicated, but they're mostly made up of smaller, simpler characters,

1:42.1

the way that English words are made up of Latin roots and such.

1:45.6

So you can remember the meaning of each character by knowing the meaning of its ingredients.

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