How to Live | Derek Sivers

The best advice I’ve heard for maintaining integrity comes from Derek Sivers, a musician, circus clown, author, blogger, and entrepreneur. People with high-paying jobs often ask him for advice, because they want to become full-time artists. But full-time artists ask his advice too, because they’re finding it impossible to make money. Both groups of

I’ve since found guidance to reframe how I think about money from Ramit Sethi, an entrepreneur who helps people with personal finances. He asks a great question: “What is your rich life?” The purpose of this question is to stop you from looking at money as an accountant and looking at it as something that might help you live your ideal life. Over t

If you’re looking toward the long-term goal of getting wealthy, you should ask yourself, “Is this authentic to me? Is it myself that I am projecting?” And then, “Am I productizing it? Am I scaling it? Am I scaling with labor or with capital or with code or with media?” So it’s a very handy, simple mnemonic. [78]

Achieving wealth and greatness can be distilled down to helping others. Find a way to serve many people.