Derek Sivers (@sivers) is a serial entrepreneur, blogger, author and musician who revolutionized the music industry pre-Spotify with CDbaby, the largest online distributor of independent music which he founded accidentally sold in 2008 for $22 million. Before that, he donated the company to a charity to fund public music education.

Derek also created a viral TED talk called “How to Start a Movement,” blogs on entrepreneurship, life and stoicism at Sivers.org and is the author of Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* Why human beings are a competitive advantage over robotics, software and AI

* F*&k yes, or No!... and how to apply it to your life

* Why less is more when it comes to life

* How bootstrapping a business helped Derek Sivers' CD Baby succeed

* Derek's best advice for all aspects of life

* Why reading the news and social media is a bad idea

* How to achieve mastery at anything, and why you should

* Why Derek doesn't get excited about new technology

* Why Derek gave it all away to charity

* How success can fuel depression and loss of self

* Tons of strategies to live a healthier, more fulfilled life

* Why Derek doesn't ascribe to any -isms

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