Anything You Want

40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur

De: Derek Sivers

Narrado por: Derek Sivers, Naina Kader

You started a business. But why?

Entrepreneurs often lose sight of what matters. Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn't that enough?

Derek Sivers accidentally started a business by helping musicians sell their music. It became the largest online seller of independent music with over 150,000 musicians and $100M in sales. After ten years, he sold the company for $22 million and gave all the money to charity.

In “Anything You Want” he shares 40 powerful lessons, in two hour listen. Points include:

When you make a company, you make your utopia—your perfect world.

Business is not about money. It’s about making dreams come true for others and for yourself.

Starting with no money is an advantage. You don’t need money to start helping people.

Your business plan is moot. You don’t know what people really want until you launch.

Don’t pursue business just for your own gain. Only answer the calls for help.

The book’s most memorable stories are from his horrible mistakes, like why saving ten minutes cost him $3.3 million dollars, and how he was attacked by Steve Jobs.

“Anything You Want” was first published by Seth Godin in 2011, then by Penguin/Portfolio in 2015. This third edition for 2022 was improved with eight new chapters.

Its surprisingly humanist approach to business, focusing on generosity and happiness more than profits, has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to re-focus on what matters and find their own path to success.

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Clarity of advice

Crystal clear and practical advice on owning the business you want. Thank you Derek. I will use it well.

Great insights

So many solid nuggets of wisdom! I would highly recommend it to any entrepreneurs on the journey!

Thank you

This was everything I needed. Read it. Perspective is the medicine. Thank you for sharing your story & lessons learned.

Hell yea or no

I loved this entire story and the lessons that were told however i think the most important takeaway is that the companies that are the most successful and have the most impact are always passion projects and they are always created with the goal of helping others at the forefront. What a book thank you!

Rare entrepreneurial wisdom

The author shares his unique experience of accidentally stumbling into a successfully business by simply being himself and solving his own pain points, agreeing to help out his friends and using what he calls an "uncommon wisdom" as opposed to so common "common wisdom" of imitating success of others. He reminds the reader that owning a business is like having your own little kingdom where you have a chance to get things right where so many got it wrong.