When I decided to sell my company, I already had enough. I live simply. I don’t own a house, a car, or even a TV. The less I own, the happier I am. The lack of stuff gives me the priceless freedom to live anywhere anytime. So I didn’t need or even want the money from the sale of the company. I just wanted to make sure I had enough for a simple comfortable life. The rest should go to music education, since that’s what made such a difference in my life.
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Derek Sivers
Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want
United States
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American musician turned entrepreneur and writer. He founded the independent music distributor CD Baby, sold it in 2008 and gave the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education, and has written Anything You Want, Hell Yeah or No and How to Live.
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