Derek Sivers Reveals the Secret to Singular Focus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- Derek Sivers is a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He's written four books including How To Live, Hell Yeah Or No, Your Music And People, and Anything You Want.
He's also the founder of CD Baby - the largest seller of independent music online, with $100 million in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2007, Derek sold that business for $22 million - almost all of which Derek donated to a charitable trust for music education.
In this episode, we talk about how Derek keeps himself focused on ONE project at a time, how to navigate conflicting philosophies, what we can learn from professional musicians, and how creators can pursue balance in our lives.
Episode webpage: creativeelements.fm/derek-siv...
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Who is Derek Sivers?
00:27 - Derek is a Monomaniac
01:19 - Derek’s Inspiration for “How To Live”
01:58 - What We Learn Today
02:30 - INTRO
02:45 - Derek Has a Singular Focus
04:14 - Is Being a Monomaniac Innate or Learned?
04:57- Don’t Be a Donkey! (Buridan’s Donkey Paradox)
06:54 - Why It’s Important to Prioritize and Sequence in Your Life
07:46 - How to Use Journaling to Prioritize Your Life
09:19 - Life is NOT a Problem to be Solved
12:33 - How Do You Decide What Gets Priority?
16:22 - Sign up for Creator Science!
17:10 - How to Navigate Conflicting Philosophies
20:10 - Derek’s Process of writing “How To Live”
21:30 - Your Values Change Over Time
23:13 - Breaking Away From Tribalism
24:21 - How to find Balance in Your life
27:49 - STOP Relying on Your Job to Fulfill EVERY Need
30:23 - Derek’s Life as a Musician
31:34 - Momentum is SO Important
33:20 - Listen to the Audio Podcast!
34:39 - What Creators Can Learn From Musicians
35:57 - The History of Starbucks (And What You Can Learn From It)
38:22 - Intrinsic VS Extrinsic Motivation
43:10 - Even Rock Stars Have a Boss
44:54 - What Will Derek Do Next?
46:11 - OUTRO
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My big take away here is that it is OK that I have 100 ideas queued up but I'm only able to work on 1-2 of them at the same time. I find that prioritising time to spend on my ideas is the hardest thing because I'd love to do them all 🤩 I'm a born again Monomaniac after watching this; guilt free (the other 99 future possible ideas can wait).
I definitely relate. Born-again monomaniac…I love it!
I discovered Derik years ago. Bought his first book "Anything you want". Then this summer I bought "How to live" and already read it three times. Yes, you are right "Philosophy for creatives"
derek is so good. he is one of those floating wizard types who live outside of space and time.
I just subscribed coming from Kopy Kourse
And now seeing you with one of those I consider "Modern Philosopher"
This channel is becoming one of my favorites
Oh heck yes, John! Glad you found your way here!
Dialed in!
Nice
Great interview of a great guest Jay! 🙌
Thank you sir!
I’m going to watch this video every month to anchor my aspirations and to prevent me from trying to do a million things at the same time. Fantastic interview Jay.
Would love to know about your editing process for this video as it is phenomenal. I’ve never seen such a well edited video podcast.
I love it! Thanks Parvaz!
Banger of an episode Jay!
Thank you my friend!
This was such a fascinating interview. Thank you for making it!
I’m just glad to hear you enjoyed it!
I love Derek!!!
he’s great!
@@CreatorScienceYT every time I listen to him, I just smile and feel great... he's such a legend!! Lives in my country now too I think (NZ)
I've been subscribed for a few weeks now, honestly love the content!
That makes me so happy to read!
I've had such a hard time with this later in life, and I finally got diagnosed with ADHD. Now everything makes so much sense. Finally have been able to get beneficial treatment, and my brain is starting to get back to understanding that time is there!
Great job! Love the interview, new fan here. May I ask you what software you use for record the video? The quality is great
Thanks so much! We use Riverside: creativeelements.fm/riverside
When I grow up I want to be Derek Sivers
same
I love this metaphor "Possible Futures". I have the same desire to see what ideas & projects I can do in the future.
As a builder, that is why I created the tool called SparkLand to get my creative flow influxed, transformed, and balanced.
I am hoping through observation, reflection, playing, and performing, real ideas can be born.
I loved the Possible Futures idea.
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I read his book How To Live and was confused with some contradictions. He says to have a home and then says never have a home. He also comments that he likes the book SUM in this interview because it's not about life being a problem to be solved, but yet I thought Derek's philosophy is that you create a business around a problem that needs to be solved. ????? Or maybe I misunderstood.
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I-O!