Explore "Anything You Want" by Derek Sivers and see if it's relevant for freelance businesses today. Discover timeless lessons on entrepreneurship, customer service, and building a business you love.

What kind of business do you actually WANT to build?

Derek Sivers answers this important question in an elegant, humorous, and brief way in his manifesto/book, Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur.

This book is a quick read that packs a powerful punch and is filled with insights that will make you rethink how you approach business.

We appreciate Derek's honest accounts of the early days of what turned out to be a massively successful business.

Listen in to hear us discuss:

• Why Derek Sivers wrote this book and its unique publishing model.
• The book's minimalist style and its effectiveness without filler (brevity works really well, especially here).
• Key takeaways on excellence in customer service, generosity, and authenticity in business.
• How the lessons in the book apply to various business models, including freelancing.
• The book's timeless principles in 2025.

Key Links:

Buy Anything You Want directly from Derek Sivers (and see his unique approach to publishing in action). This is NOT an affiliate link.

What We're Reading Next:

Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. This is NOT an affiliate link.

Meet your hosts:

Jacqueline Fisch is a 3-time author, intuitive writing coach, and the founder of The Intuitive Writing School.

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Michelle Guiliano is a podiatrist-turned-indexer and founder of Indexer Index, a directory website for working with freelance book indexers.

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