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Anything you want
98 pages
A refreshing, bite-sized manifesto that gives you permission to ignore the rules of traditional success and build a life that actually makes you happy.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sitting down for coffee with a wise, eccentric mentor who completely dismantles everything you thought you knew about business and success. It is incredibly brisk and punchy, stripped of all corporate jargon and filler, leaving only distilled, hard-won truths. The mood is deeply clarifying and energizing, offering a breath of fresh air to anyone suffocating under the pressure of modern hustle culture. Instead of preaching endless growth, the narrative champions the philosophy of enough and the joy of creative independence. It will absolutely delight artists, solopreneurs, and accidental founders who need a gentle but firm reminder that they are allowed to design a life and a livelihood entirely on their own idiosyncratic terms.
- Mood
- energizing
- clarifying
- intimate
- uplifting
- Tone
- conversational
- pragmatic
- unconventional
- philosophical
- wry
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- redefining success · intentional living · creative independence · the philosophy of enough · building on your own terms
- The writing
- Ultra-concise, stripped-down, and aphoristic, reading like a series of intimate, hard-won journal entries.
- The arc
- Moves from curious, scrappy experimentation through the overwhelming chaos of rapid growth, ultimately landing on a grounded, peaceful realization of personal values.
- Who it's for
- Creatives, solopreneurs, and anyone feeling suffocated by traditional hustle culture who wants permission to build things their own way.
About the book
Best known for creating CD Baby, the most popular music site for independent artists, founder Derek Sivers chronicles his "accidental" success and failures into this concise and inspiring book on how to create a multimillion-dollar company by following your passion. Sivers details his journey and the lessons learned along the way of creating and building a business close to his heart. In 1997, Sivers was a musician who taught himself to code a Buy Now button onto his band's website. Shortly thereafter he began selling his friends' CDs on his website. As CD Baby grew, Sivers faced numerous obstacles on his way to success. Within six years he had been publicly criticized by Steve Jobs and had to pay his father $3.3 million to buy back 90 percent of his company, but he had also built a company of more than 50 employees and had profited $10 million. Anything You Want is must reading for every person who is an entrepreneur, wants to be one, wants to understand one, or cares even a little about what it means to be human.
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