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Anything You Want Hardcover – June 29 2011
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- Publisher : Powered By Amazon (June 29 2011)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 88 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1936719118
- ISBN-13 : 978-1936719112
- Item weight : 204 g
- Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.27 x 18.42 cm
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Tim Ferriss Reviews Anything You Want
Tim Ferriss is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Workweek. He has a diverse background of experience, including working as an actor, speaking seven foreign languages, holding a world record in tango, and being a national Chinese kickboxing champion. He has written for Maxim and the Philadelphia Inquirer, has appeared on MTV and CBS radio, and has been interviewed or featured in such major publications as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more. Read his review of Derek Sivers's Anything You Want:
Tim Ferriss is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Workweek. He has a diverse background of experience, including working as an actor, speaking seven foreign languages, holding a world record in tango, and being a national Chinese kickboxing champion. He has written for Maxim and the Philadelphia Inquirer, has appeared on MTV and CBS radio, and has been interviewed or featured in such major publications as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more. Read his review of Derek Sivers's Anything You Want: I love this book!
Derek is the entrepreneur's entrepreneur. Just as important, perhaps more so--he is a phenomenal teacher. Whether detailing the fascinating rise of CDBaby, explaining catastrophic (but common) founder mistakes, or teaching me about relational databases in two minutes using analogies, he makes the complex simple. Moreover, he makes it all actionable.
If you want a true manifesto, a guidebook with clear signposts, and a fun ride you'll return to again and again, you have it here in this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. --Tim Ferriss
About the Author
After making a living as a professional musician, Derek Sivers went looking for ways to sell his own CD online and ended up creating CD Baby, once the largest seller of independent music on the web with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients. Since 2008, Derek has traveled the world and stayed busy creating and nurturing creative endeavors, like Muckwork, his newest company where teams of efficient assistants help musicians do their “uncreative dirty work.” Derek writes regularly on creativity, entrepreneurship, and music on his blog: http://sivers.org/.
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Cute book with some good lessons, finished it in about an hour. I'd imagine this being more appropriately priced at $10-$12. This might be good for very inexperienced entrepreneurs to hear his success story, but I would say if you're looking at actionable insights a lot of the content is his personal opinion. To put it this way: I enjoyed the book, but I didn't have any "AHA" moments.
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Reviewed in Canada on June 11, 2017
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Bought this after reading about it briefly on Tim Ferris's blog. The book is interesting and inspiring. It does not give unrealistic advice nor fit the bill as positive thinking piece. This book gives tangible advice that can be helpful regardless of whether you are seeking to be an entrepreneur or not. Derek Sivers found himself to be an accidental entrepreneur, so his advice seems genuine and realistic. Since this is a short read, I highly recommend it.
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Reviewed in Canada on February 20, 2016
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Where did this guy come from.
Vitamins for the mind.
One of my favorite inputs from him...say no to everything and then when something comes up...if you can't contain your "yes" then you know the idea was meant for you. Don't default and overwhelm yourself and water down your impact to those around you - be selective.
I've done this many times and it's freeing to start with an automatic no.
Has a great podcast with Tim Ferriss.
Vitamins for the mind.
One of my favorite inputs from him...say no to everything and then when something comes up...if you can't contain your "yes" then you know the idea was meant for you. Don't default and overwhelm yourself and water down your impact to those around you - be selective.
I've done this many times and it's freeing to start with an automatic no.
Has a great podcast with Tim Ferriss.
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Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2021
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I really enjoy Derek's writing. It's honest and straight forward. If you're looking for some good tips on how to build your business the past few chapters might just what you need to read, I know it did that for me!
Reviewed in Canada on June 14, 2017
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I've listened to this at least a dozen times within audible, and wanted it in print because I process visual things differently. I find this short and sweet and inspiring. Each time I go through it I'm inspired to have fun helping people.
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Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2019
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This book was excellent! Very informative, inspiring and a great reminder of where to keep your focus when starting, running or managing a business. I will be reading this many more times throughout my life!
Reviewed in Canada on March 23, 2014
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A fair and honest man builds store with bare hands. Store grows in size while owner remains hardworking and committed to his suppliers. A balance of customer satisfaction and profit is realized and one day, sensing his usefulness at the store has passed, wisely sells store and uses 95% of proceeds to fund a charity of great importance to the man. A modest lifestyle is sustained with the balance and the fruits of a life well-lived are his gift to the universe. Amen.
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Reviewed in Canada on June 14, 2020
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Totally experiential, thoughtful and wise. Unconventional wisdom born from mistakes and good takes. Lessons shared from a bold life-long learner.
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Louis Jebb
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great guide to finding your way
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2016Verified Purchase
Derek Sivers is a great guide to finding out what you are good at. And learning to love it by learning to do it well. His writing is a Reminder of what the genius sculptor Auguste Rodin said to Thomas Rilke when the latter was struggling to find poetic inspiration: "on doit travailler". That we can find what we love by perfecting a craft - "but you have to work at it". And that the inspiration, the much touted "passion" for a trade or business, comes out of practising good craft. Rodin a great authority for this as he laboured as a commercial artist - at applied art - for years and thus discovered his genius as a fine artist. Sivers is the Rodin of 2016 - and discovered his own genius through learning to write beautiful code. Everything Sivers writes is a perfect primer for finding your way in the connected creative and business worlds of today. And his is a voice of reason worth listening to every time you start believing your own hype.
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Anna B. Perkowska
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Great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2021Verified Purchase
Short and simple, but very inspiring! I loved looking at the business from the perspective of creator and an idealistic one! I always say to people I work with, that we spend way too much time at work to accept average atmosphere, but it never occurred to me to try and create my utopia... Love creative approach, imagination and humour! Fantastic that company can reflect so many wonderful qualities.
Emma
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real advice, wise words
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2016Verified Purchase
I read lots of business books, personal development books and I also receive lots of emails (those which you subscribe and then you receive a trillion back selling you coaching stuff = unsubscribe). I have read this book from top to bottom in little time. I just love it. From all the valuable stuff in this book, the one that really strikes me is that you should do what makes you happy. I have been running my business for three years, it depends on me, i work silly hours, I teach people creative skills and that makes me happy. Everybody says I should find new teachers so I can free my time and expand the business. But I like teaching, helping my customers. I enjoy giving advice and knowing that after the class they are going home with new skills. Thanks Derek for a very down to earth, real and great to read advice.
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I liked it, but is it 5 * ??
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2012Verified Purchase
I liked this book, but im not sure its 5* !
This book is not really going to tell you much about being an entrepreneur, but it is easy to read, with some though provoking sections. You get the idea that the author really has just done as he pleased and his success has come from a really laid back attitude, without regard for hard nosed business planning....so it was a bit of shock when he starts to talk about his 'business coach' at the back end of the book !
The author openly states he was .....right place, right time..... with his business proposition, with little thought of the gap in the market that he stumbled upon ! Its always difficult to buy into the entrepreneur flavour of the book after this....but I liked it and im sure you will too.
This book is not really going to tell you much about being an entrepreneur, but it is easy to read, with some though provoking sections. You get the idea that the author really has just done as he pleased and his success has come from a really laid back attitude, without regard for hard nosed business planning....so it was a bit of shock when he starts to talk about his 'business coach' at the back end of the book !
The author openly states he was .....right place, right time..... with his business proposition, with little thought of the gap in the market that he stumbled upon ! Its always difficult to buy into the entrepreneur flavour of the book after this....but I liked it and im sure you will too.
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Mr. M. O'Sullivan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Different in a refreshing way!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2020Verified Purchase
Great read, a personal story with valuable insights into how a successful business develops. If you’ve read a lot of business ‘how to’s’ this is the icing on the cake. Highly recommended!
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