Derek Sivers shares the difference between being local vs. global and what it's meant for his own life. Episode 40: You Don't Have to be Local by Derek Sivers (The Productivity Paradox - What's The One Thing For You? Introvert v. Extrovert). 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: and !