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#120: Derek Sivers – How to Live as a Creator and Why You Should Focus Like a Monomaniac

Creator Science – Learn from today's top content creators

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Creating New Language for Things That We Understand Is a Great Example

There's probably a mix in here of the thing we were talking about with the balance of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation, letting your artistic drive be what it is. So if you're doing something that's vastly different from everybody else, I guess it's assuming that you're doing it for intrinsic reasons. You can loudly exclude 99% and just be proud to just not be normal and just do what you do. Even if 1% of the audience comes your way, maybe that's the 1% that you're happier being among. We don't all have to capture 100% of the market.

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