What Derek Sivers thinks about happiness

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Founded CD Baby in 1998 and sold it in 2008, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. Since then a writer and speaker: five books, 550+ articles, and a site at sive.rs he hand-codes and keeps free of advertising.

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1 dated position, 2016, in their own words. Our reading of what Derek Sivers has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 27 Jul 2016

   Our readingLong stretches of being disconnected -- no internet, no phone, no people -- are what make creative work possible.

   creativity

   Their wordsAll the best, happiest, and most creatively productive times in my life have something in common: being disconnected.

   ↗Disconnectsive.rs 1st of 2 in this piece