FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home

FAR OUT #81 ~ Derek Sivers on Identity, Freedom & Singing the Counter Melody

Episode Summary

Is there such a thing as too much freedom? If anybody were to know, Derek might be the guy. Derek quit his last job in 1992 and in 2008 he sold his business, CD Baby, to the tune of $22 million. Over the years he's been a professional musician, a circus ringleader, an entrepreneur, a world traveler, a popular TED speaker and a book publisher. He writes at www.sivers.org. We explore with Derek how to move on from an expired identity, what does freedom mean anyway, how to follow what's interesting to you and how we might travel in the future.

Episode Notes

Listen and explore:

• When to say yes to everything and when to say hell yea or no
• Why Derek doesn't want to fit in
• What it means to be local vs. global
• The value in singing the counter melody
• Derek's journaling process
• Why you should make saying "no" your default
• Where to look if you don't know what you want

Mentioned on this episode:

• Derek Sivers on the Tim Ferris Show 
• italki.com
• Derek's post "Singing the Counter-Melody"
• Derek's post "Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Freedom?"

Connect with Derek:

• sivers.org
• Email Derek at derek@sivers.org

Connect with us:

• Email us at host@thefaroutpodcast.com
• On Instagram: @thefaroutcouple
• Julie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxane
• Alasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.com

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Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)