Your Music and People

Reading him should make you question some of your closest-held beliefs about how business and marketing works. Also, this advice works for any career! This is a book of wonderful spells that put you in the right frame of mind to cast your career forward in a way that serves your gut feelings as well as adhere to the patterns of humans who have little attention spans and no time to spare for long winded explainations. Got it on audiobook, which was a very quick and easy listen, and have listened to it multiple times since. So many ideas and reminders of things that alot of us already know but have forgotten. Interior design has always been one of those things I always go back to whenever I feel like I need a dose of pick-me-up inspiration. Derek reminded me with this book and re-opened my eyes to things I had drifted from. Derek Sivers books are mantra materials in my world. Derek Sivers brings so much to the table.

Yet, I have already gotten so much from it that I am already using. But how do you structure it so that you don't have disgruntled employees whose jobs really can't be flexible? Cafeteria plans are a type of flexible benefit plan that let your employees choose from a list of benefits they wish to participate in. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Seth Godin would be proud - he's the only other person who talks about marketing in these same terms. The SIMPLE 401(k) plan has many of the same requirements and features as the SIMPLE IRA, but it allows your employees to contribute a pre-tax portion of their salary. Derek has a way of making things/process which seem daunting and complicated feel natural, and simple. What I love about this book is that under each topic, you get a simple but profound message that is not limited to the field of music. An incredibly quotable book with lines like these strewn about like little diamonds in the rough sand of what-to-do if I get stuck: "Whenever you’re feeling uninspired or unmotivated, use creative restrictions to set you free." I recommend getting inspired by reading this book to push on further in getting farther than you thought possible in the world of music and creativity.

If you like Seth Godin, if you like Amber Horsburgh, if you like great music and want to get it to the ears of more people, buy this book and bathe in its honesty, fun, and pragmatism. Derek's voice makes it so much fun, and I practically felt like I was living in the stories! It's amazing how much experience-based wisdom can be distilled and delivered as succinctly and effectively as Derek does in his writings. All of Derek's writings are written to make us think, and this book again does that. Loukas and Vasso are not native English speakers, and you can almost tell that Vasso wasn’t extremely comfortable speaking in English, but it was also so obvious how much effort went into making the course more accessible to people. As an artist who loves his craft, I've always been intent on writing and not so much on actually promoting myself or selling my work.

If you're someone who likes bite-size chunks that will continue to inspire you, this is a good addition to your library. Equipped with both, you will never think about entrepreneurship in the same way. Derek recognizes that as in life, the same holds true in business - there is not a single way forward. From the guy who started it all, a compendium on how to be a musician and a human being at the same time. The last time I picked up a guitar was 20 years ago. Some lessons I have learned from years and years of trial and error, but this book articulates them in way that resonates profoundly. I have bought extra copies so I can give them to my friends. Full Flexible Benefit Plans - These plans give employees both a choice in selecting from the menu of benefits, good quotes about yoga as well as an allowance to spend on those benefits. Full of thoughtful nuggets in every chapter that make you need to stop and read again. Derek's book is full of musings about the music industry with crucial insights for how to chart your own path in the world of business.