In ‘Anything You Want’, Derek Sivers shares his unconventional principles and hard-earned wisdom on entrepreneurship. He offers insights into how he built a successful business by focusing on passion, customer satisfaction, and unconventional thinking.
Start with Passion
Success is fostered by passion, not just business plans.
Sivers started CD Baby simply because he needed a way to sell his own CDs. He wasn’t driven by profit, but by the desire to solve a problem.
Embrace Failure
Failure is not the opposite of success, but a stepping stone to it.
Sivers encourages embracing failures as they are a source of learning and growth.
Stay Curious
Maintain a sense of curiosity.
Sivers believes that staying curious and open-minded is key to innovation and growth.
Define Your Own Success
Success is subjective.
For Sivers, success was not about making a lot of money, but about doing something he loved and creating value for his customers.
