EPISODE · Apr 25, 2018 · 11 MIN
866: 6 Things I Wish I Knew the Day I Started Berklee by Derek Sivers
from Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement · host Justin Malik
Derek Sivers gives a talk to incoming first-year students at Berklee College of Music. Episode 866: 6 Things I Wish I Knew the Day I Started Berklee by Derek Sivers (Create Value & Focus in School & College). Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22M, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference, with over 5 million views of his talks. Since 2011 he has published 34 books, including “Anything You Want” which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories. The original post is located here: https://sivers.org/berklee Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Derek Sivers gives a talk to incoming first-year students at Berklee College of Music. Episode 866: 6 Things I Wish I Knew the Day I Started Berklee by Derek Sivers (Create Value & Focus in School & College). Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22M, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference, with over 5 million views of his talks. Since 2011 he has published 34 books, including “Anything You Want” which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories. The original post is located here: https://sivers.org/berklee Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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