Discovering "Anything You Want": Insights from Derek Sivers

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In this week's edition of Curiosity Logs, we will discuss

• Weekly Book Highlights from Anything You Want by Derek Sivers

• 90 Days .. That all it takes to build a Reading Habit

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📚 Weekly Book Highlights

Anything You Want By Derek Sivers

In this week's edition of Curiosity Logs, we're exploring the transformative wisdom found in "Anything You Want" by Derek Sivers.

Derek Sivers, a musician, entrepreneur, and thought leader, shares his unconventional yet profoundly insightful perspective on business and life in "Anything You Want." With a wealth of experience as the founder of CD Baby, Sivers offers practical wisdom and a refreshing approach to success that resonates with aspiring entrepreneurs and creatives alike.

From building a successful business to embracing simplicity, "Anything You Want" offers invaluable insights for pursuing your passions and creating meaningful impact.

Here is 13 interesting snippets from the book👇

1. They spend decades in pursuit of something that someone convinced them they should want, without realizing that it won’t make them happy.

2. Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what’s not working.

3. ideas are worth nothing unless they are executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.

4. if your internal processes are always designed to handle twice your existing load, it sends an attractive “come on in, we’ve got plenty of room” message.

5. the whole point of doing anything is because it makes you happy! That’s it!

6. Being self-employed feels like freedom until you realize that if you take time off, your business crumbles.

7. To be a true business owner, make it so that you could leave for a year, and when you came back, your business would be doing better than when you left.

8. You can’t live someone else’s expectation of a traditional business.

9. people also assume that you want to be big-big-big—as big as can be. But do you, really?

10. Happiness is the real reason you’re doing anything, right? Even if you say it’s for the money, the money is just a means to happiness, isn’t it?

11. Make sure you know what makes you happy, and don’t forget it.

12. Trust, but verify. Remember it when delegating. You have to do both.

13. Delegate, but don’t abdicate.

P.S. I’d love to know: What is the single snippet above that sounds most interesting or impactful to you? Share in comments or reply this email.

90 Days .. That all it takes to build a Reading Habit

Here is how to do it.👇Step 1 : Pick 3 books you want to read ( Better take smaller books)↳ Each from different genres 1️⃣ One Fiction 2️⃣ One Biography3️⃣ One Non Fiction Step 2 : Commit 15 minutes (minimum) per day to read.Here is some ideas👇↳ 15 min after getting up in bed↳ 15 min going to bed at night ↳ 15 min with your morning coffee/tea Step 3 : Start with one Book ↳ If you don't feel like reading that book at any point

Switch to next book Repeat this for 90 daysRemember it takes only 15 min for 90 days to build a habit which will launch you into a whole new level of life and career PS : Which books you want to pick for this challenge?