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"Anything You Want" by Derek Sivers
I have this book on Audible and it's excellent. 90 minutes long, and packed with wisdom.
One of Derek's quotes that springs to mind this week is about entrepreneurial persistence.
Yes, Edison persisted with 1,000 failures until he created the light-bulb. But each of those 1,000 attempts were different. He was constantly improving and inventing, not trying 1,00 times to get the same faulty light-bulb to work.
Failure is just feedback.
Failure shows us the way by showing us what’s *not* the way.
I'll write up some more of my notes from this book later.
If anyone else has read or listened to Derek's book:
Here's some links to the book (I highly recommend the audio version - it's narrated by Derek himself, and I think that's important):
Where Derek writes about his book:
The Book on Amazon:
The Audio on Audible:
I have this book on Audible and it's excellent. 90 minutes long, and packed with wisdom.
One of Derek's quotes that springs to mind this week is about entrepreneurial persistence.
“Success comes from persistently improving and inventing,
not from persistently promoting what’s not working.”
not from persistently promoting what’s not working.”
Yes, Edison persisted with 1,000 failures until he created the light-bulb. But each of those 1,000 attempts were different. He was constantly improving and inventing, not trying 1,00 times to get the same faulty light-bulb to work.
Failure is just feedback.
Failure shows us the way by showing us what’s *not* the way.
I'll write up some more of my notes from this book later.
If anyone else has read or listened to Derek's book:
- What did you think of the book?
- What was your single biggest takeaway?
- What did you do differently going forward?
Here's some links to the book (I highly recommend the audio version - it's narrated by Derek himself, and I think that's important):
Where Derek writes about his book:
The Book on Amazon:
The Audio on Audible:
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