Book review: Anything you want - 40 lessons from a new kind of entrepreneur by Derek Sivers

I’ve been getting back into my reading again after I had to pause on a difficult read book, and was inspired by some of the smaller read books. This book is one of those mini reads. It might be small but is packed full of great advice and anecdotes. It tells the story of how Derek Sivers started and grew (begrudgingly) his company CD Baby.

It was very much his point of view and written as 40 lessons for an entrepreneur, I learnt a lot about how to approach running a business and love how single minded he was about helping his customers. My favourite bit was the first section, he poses the question -  What’s your compass?

Here are some of his philosophies that resonated with me.

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

• Making a company is a great way to improve the world while improving yourself.

• When you make a company you make a utopia. It’s where you design your perfect world.

• Never do anything just for the money.
  The real point of doing anything is to be happy, so do only what makes you happy.

It’s a great read and left me feeling excited about the possibilities of my company and how to make my own utopia.

He also is a prolific reader so was excited to see his recommendations https://sive.rs/