#67: Derek Sivers — Useful Not True from The Jason Levin Show

#67: Derek Sivers — Useful Not True

1 hour Posted Sep 12, 2024 at 1:00 pm.

) Change your framing = change your life

) Picking “useful beliefs” (and what they are)

) Why “America is getting anti-capitalism” might not be true

) Death as the ultimate motivator

) How Derek’s life changed after selling CD Baby

) Why you should do things that are NOT useful

) Being selective about what you care about

) “Kissing the algorithm’s ass”

) Getting rid of the crap you don’t need when building software

) Writing the shortest book your grandchildren would read

) Nerding out on domains

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Derek Sivers is the author of 5 books and founder of CD Baby, a company he sold for $22M in 2008.

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Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and Head of Growth at Product Hunt. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

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