Bøker av Derek Sivers

Useful wisdom. Simple profound mental models to guide your decisions.Overwhelmed? If you feel anything less than "hell yeah!" about something, say no. We say yes too often. By saying no to almost everything, you leave space and time in your life to throw yourself completely into the few things that matter most.After Derek Sivers' "hell yeah or no" rule was adopted by podcasters, bloggers, and investors, he compiled related ideas into this useful, profound, and surprising book around the themes of what's worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen.Examples:Be proud to be a slow thinker.Goals shape the present, not future.Assume you're below average.Life has no speed limit.What's obvious to you is amazing to others.Relax for the same result.The first 15,000 early buyers of 'Hell Yeah or No' have posted hundreds of 5-star reviews at sive.rs/n - but it is now being released to a wider audience.

Every creator has the same problems with marketing.How do you call attention to your work?How do you get your creations into people's minds and hearts?How do you get fans to tell their friends?How do you charge money for your labor of love?How do you get the media to help?Derek Sivers was a professional musician before he started a music distribution company that helped 150,000 musicians sell their music to over four million people. So after years of living the problems, he was able to learn the solutions."Your Music and People" shares a successful philosophy of getting your work to the world by being creative, considerate, resourceful, and connected.It's not just for musicians.Though it uses music as the example, it is meant for any creator trying to reach people. Early readers called it one of the best books ever written on business marketing.Example points include:Business is just as creative as music.Marketing is an extension of your art.Marketing means being considerate. Focus on others.Being weird is considerate.People skills are counterintuitive. To be helped, be helpful.Persistence is polite.Call the destination and ask for directions.Get specific about what you want.Be extreme and sharply defined. Proudly exclude most people.Money is just a neutral representation of value. Be valuable to others - not just yourself. People like to pay.Nobody knows the future, so focus on what doesn't change.The first 10,000 early buyers of "Your Music and People" have posted hundreds of 5-star reviews at sive.rs/m - but it is now being released to a wider audience.

Not quite non-fiction, not quite self-help. It's a work of art about conflicting philosophies.Many books believe they know how you should live. But each book disagrees with the next. In "How to Live", each chapter believes it knows how you should live. And each chapter disagrees with the next.One chapter makes a compelling argument for why you should be completely independent, keeping all options open. The next chapter argues why you should commit to one career, one place, and one person.One chapter persuades you to be fully present, and experience each moment. The next, to delay gratification and invest for the future.Which one is right? Which does the author believe? All of them. It's a philosophy of conflicting philosophies.A very unique and thought-provoking book. Meant for reflection as much as instruction.113 incredibly succinct pages of profound insights. No philosophers are quoted. No -isms are named. Only actionable directives. The end result feels more like poetry than prose.