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- Yes, my site is plain on purpose.
- You’ll see this is a common theme for me: wanting no more than I need.
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- Me in 10 seconds
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- I’ve been a <a href="/music">musician</a>, <a href="http://artificialrecords.com/">producer</a>, <a href="http://professionalpests.com/">circus performer</a>, <a href="/a">entrepreneur</a>, <a href="/presentations">TED speaker</a>, and <a href="/we14">book publisher</a>.
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- I started <a href="https://www.cdbaby.com/">CDBaby</a> and <a href="https://www.hostbaby.com/">HostBaby</a> long ago.
- My <a href="/a">short audio/book about it</a> tells you everything I learned while starting, growing, and selling the business.
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- <a href="http://typelogic.com/intj.html">INTJ</a>,
- minimalist,
- <a href="/soso">solitary socialite</a>,
- and a very <a href="/slow">slow thinker</a>.
- I love finding a <a href="/counter">different point of view</a>.
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- California native.
- I now <a href="/local">live</a> in <a href="/here">New Zealand</a> and <a href="/singapore">Singapore</a>.
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- Me in 10 minutes?
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- See <a href="/about">my “about” page</a>.
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- What am I doing now?
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- See <a href="/now">my “now” page</a>.
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- See <a href="/contact">why you should</a>, though read my <a href="/faq">frequently asked questions</a>, first.
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- <dt><a href="/a">Anything You Want</a> <span class="small">(2011)</a></dt>
- <dd>40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur: my tales of starting, building, and selling CD Baby</dd>
- <dt><a href="/m">Your Music and People</a> <span class="small">(2018)</a></dt>
- <dd>a philosophy for musicians (and normal people) of getting your work to the world by being creative, considerate, resourceful, descriptive, focused, and connected</dd>
- <dt><a href="/n">Hell Yeah or No</a> <span class="small">(2018)</a></dt>
- <dd>a collection of thoughts around re-defining yourself, changing focus, and saying yes to less</dd>
- <dt><a href="/h">How to Live</a> <span class="small">(2018)</a></dt>
- <dd>radically different approaches to life, in succinct directives</dd>
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- <h2>Newest Articles <small><a href="/blog">see all</a></small></h2>
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- <li><a href="/unlearning">Unlearning</a></li>
- <li><a href="/openbsd">OpenBSD 6.3 : why and how</a></li>
- <li><a href="/bfaq">about my book notes</a></li>
- <li><a href="/mfg">Moving for good</a></li>
- <li><a href="/facebook">Why I’m not on Facebook</a></li>
- <li><a href="/details">Detailed dreams blind you to new means.</a></li>
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- <li><a href="/ff">Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy</a></li>
- <li><a href="/hellyeah">No yes. Either HELL YEAH or no.</a></li>
- <li><a href="/multiply">Ideas are just a multiplier of execution</a></li>
- <li><a href="/trust">Why I gave away my company to charity</a></li>
- <li><a href="/local">You don’t have to be local</a></li>
- <li><a href="/obvious">Obvious to you. Amazing to others.</a></li>
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- <dt><a href="/book">Book Notes</a></dt>
- <dd>detailed notes from the last 250+ books I’ve read</dd>
- <dt><a href="https://nownownow.com/">Now Now Now</a></dt>
- <dd>a collection of sites that have a “what I’m doing now” page</dd>
- <dt><a href="https://musicthoughts.com/">MusicThoughts</a></dt>
- <dd>inspiring quotes about music, translated into Español, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Português, Русский, العربية, 日本語, and 中文</dd>
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- <dt><a href="https://www.ted.com/speakers/derek_sivers">TED (ted.com)</a></dt>
- <dd>3 short talks from the TED Conference.</dd>
- <dt><a href="/anything">Anything You Want</a></dt>
- <dd>7 short animations from my book “Anything You Want”.</dd>
- <dt><a href="/wds">Uncommon Sense</a></dt>
- <dd>Entrepreneur lessons learned from starting, building, and selling CD Baby.</dd>
- <dt><a href="/presentations">Conference Presentations</a></dt>
- <dd>Talks from other conferences, all subjects.</dd>
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- <h2>Interviews</h2>
- <p>Through 2015, I got personal and poured my heart into <a href="/i">40 hours of interviews</a>.</p>
- <p>Each one has an MP3 you can download, or a transcript if you prefer to read.</p>
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- <dt class="small">June 18</dt>
- <dd>Imagining a band: John Bonham, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Evans, Michael Hedges, and Björk, produced by Brian Eno.</dd>
- <dt class="small">June 7</dt>
- <dd>Unlearning : <a href="https://sivers.org/unlearning">https://sivers.org/unlearning</a></dd>
- <dt class="small">April 17</dt>
- <dd>New books added to my book notes collection, plus a search box. Total of 250 books now. See new FAQ: <a href="https://sivers.org/bfaq">https://sivers.org/bfaq</a></dd>
- <dt class="small">March 21</dt>
- <dd>Why I deleted Facebook : <a href="https://sivers.org/facebook">https://sivers.org/facebook</a></dd>
- <dt class="small">March 6</dt>
- <dd>My writing process : <a href="https://sivers.org/7">https://sivers.org/7</a></dd>
- <dt class="small">March 1</dt>
- <dd>(for musicians) — Be an extreme character: <a href="https://sivers.org/evers">https://sivers.org/evers</a></dd>
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- (<a href="https://micro.blog/sivers">micro.blog/sivers</a> is a nice mirror of my posts.)
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