This chapter delves into the speaker's unconventional journey from performing at a $75 pig show to becoming the ringleader MC of a circus, underscoring the significance of seizing small opportunities that can lead to significant growth. It also explores the speaker's creation of the persona 'Professional Pests' by entertaining college students in a shadow costume, showcasing the value of catering to niche markets within the entertainment industry.
Successful people talk a lot about what made them successful. But they're rarely asked about all the things that went wrong.
What about all of the things that failed? Or all the times they got fired? Embarrassed themselves? Spent time in jobs that were just plain weird or awful?
No one asks this stuff. Until now of course.
In this episode, I talk to my friend Derek Sivers about the weird and awful jobs that eventually led him to become a millionaire. From circus ringleader to founder of one the most successful music start-ups of our time, this guy has a story to tell.
Derek Sivers is the author of four books, founder of CD Baby which he sold for $22 million (then gave most of it away), and just an all-around badass.