The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk · 2025-10-26 · 56 min · 9,303 words

659: Derek Sivers - Not Waiting for Permission, Hell Yeah or No, Leadership Lessons From The Dancing Guy, & Why The Standard Pace is for Chumps

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Go to learningleader.com for show notes of this and all podcast episodes. Go to learningleader.com. Now on to tonight's featured leader. So great, Derek Sivers, the entrepreneur who built CD Baby from nothing into the largest seller of independent music online. Then he sold it for $22 million and gave the money away.

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