241: A Life Less Ordinary with Derek Sivers & Tina Tower

You’re listening to my most favourite interview I have ever done
on my podcast. 


A mega 2.5 hour sit down with incredible author, deep thinker,
TED speaker and all round awesome human - Derek Sivers!


He’s my fav all time author and His books 'Anything You Want'
& 'Hell Yeah or No' and ‘How to Live’ are the absolute
greatest. He’ll be putting out into the world soon, his new book,
‘Useful Not True’. 


Every time I read his books, listen to his TED talks or hear him
speak, I am reminded to question my own beliefs, to walk my own
path and to feel more joy.


We talk entrepreneurship, living a meaningful life, money and
chasing joy. 


I hope you love this episode as much as I did! what a freaking
joy it was to sit down with him for this conversation. 


 


Where to find Derek Sivers: 


https://sive.rs/ 


Email Derek and say hi: https://sive.rs/contact 


 


Where to find Tina Tower: 


Her Empire Builder: https://www.herempirebuilder.com/ 


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tina_tower/ 


YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@herempirebuilder 


 


For full show notes visit:
https://www.herempirebuilder.com/derek 


For the past episodes of the podcast visit
https://www.herempirebuilder.com/podcast 






Resources mentioned:


How to live book by Derek Sivers


Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers


Anything You Want by Derek Sivers


One Life Book by Tina Tower


Million Dollar Micro Business by Tina Tower


Awaken the Giant within book by Anthony Robbins 


Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman 


City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism: Jim Krane


The Magic of Thinking Big: David J. Schwartz


Stumbling on Happiness: Gilbert, Daniel 


The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
by Sonja Lyubomirsky


Be Your Future Self Now by Dr Benjamin Hardy


The Tim Ferriss Show interviewing Claire Hughes Johnson on
Building Stripe from 160 - 6000+ employees 


Lenny’s Podcast - How Netflix Builds a Culture of Excellence with
Elizabeth Stone


Erika LeMay


https://www.erikalemay.com/ 






Notable timestamps:


portugal citizenship in 2014 25:00


malta 800K euro 26:00


What you do daily 34:00


writing a new book 35:15


Shivers.com multi warehouse in Germany 35:48


daily habits 37:32


you cant be a musician without going on tour 38:50


don't just tell me what to do 40:20


how do you stay in highest priority 44:20


chapter in new book (need stubborn inappropriate flirt) 46:53


can you cohabitate? value system for parenting (always do the
right thing) 49:15


how you hold your priorities?moved to pacific island 52:25


created environment that would work for me


what does a meaningful life look to you 55:20


anthony robins days (ninja level planning) 56:35


"long term plans are who you were, today's plans are who you are"


"businesses should be short term focused"


do you live in a meaningful/chapter kind of life? 59:30


folder on computer "possible futures" 1:01:15


bangalore or india


Met Stripe creator in SG 1:05:00


Struggle of going too fast all the time (Tina) 1:07:30


How do you discern when enough is enough? 1:08:15


Minimalist things 1:10:00


Awaken The Giant Within book 1:14:49


Useful Not True book 1:15:20


Distribution of books? 1:16:50


What is your #1 goal when you put the book out? 1:17:50


Your Music and People: Creative and Considerate Fame book 1:18:00


Hell Yeah Or No: What's Worth Doing book 1:19:40


How to Live book 1:20:05


Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman 1:20:10


Tina will put pictures of the images from Derek's book 1:25:00


Duck or bunny optical illusion 1:27:00


Every book has a different goal 1:29:40


Belief that you challenged or changed while writing the book
1:30:30


City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism: Jim Krane
1:31:25


Movie: Huma romantic comedies 1:33:15


Poor things: Emma stone movie


Jazz playlist mentioned


Interview with Mark Manson: do you get tired of thinking about
thinking? 1:34:10


When thinking of successful, who's the first person that come in
your mind? 1:36:05


What's your stand on "Money doesn't buy happiness" 1:42:30


Richard Branson | Biography & Facts


The psychological effect of not being desperate 1:52:10


What can you say about "People driven by money" 1:54:05


Do you think Entrepreneurship is for everyone? 1:58:30


How do you balance programming and writing a book 2:01:00


Derek's greatest moment of joy? 2:05:30


Fear of putting overthinking thoughts to the world? 2:06:22


Books Derek recommend? (Booklist on his website) 2:08:55


Fave book? Awaken The Giant Within


The Magic of Thinking Big: David J. Schwartz 2:11:00


Stumbling on Happiness: Gilbert, Daniel 2:11:24


The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
2:11:30


Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional
Transformation


Best advice for boks (get a collection) 2:13:00


https://www.erikalemay.com/ 2:17:25


Derek's favorite TV show? Poor Things (film) 2:18:00


Do you have a question that you ask people? 2:21:20


Is there a product you can't live without? 2:25:00