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Most acquaintances of mine who have embarked on "adventures" like this have ended up dead, maimed, homeless or with major regrets. That said, a small number of
by goggles99 14y ago
Most acquaintances of mine who have embarked on "adventures" like this have ended up dead, maimed, homeless or with major regrets.
That said, a small number of them have had an overall very positive and life enriching experience.
I am not surprised that Sivers is a musician. I tend to stereotype aspiring artists and musicians as wanderers/dreamers who will most likely never make any money and end up bitter and impoverished for the rest of their lives. Gypsies they call them in Romania.
Can you imagine a whole society of people with this attitude. Hippie commune comes to mind.
- dualogy 14y agoYeah... except Derek Sivers had his multi-million exit not so long ago with the sale of CD Baby. Your point, again?
- ak39 14y agoLOL! I suppose his point is: why look for happiness in a disruptive engagement? If you're happy/content/satisfied with a vegetative state ... well, good for you. You've controlled your desires, an important aspect of remaining peaceful. But if happiness ain't about "lying on the sofa" for you, you've got to face the truth: get off your arse and get disrupting like a gypsy! But I really love that brilliant comment on Siver's blog: "If you want to have something you've never had before, you're going to have to do something you haven't done before." Rev Barbara King
- goggles99 14y agoMy point is that most aspiring rock stars or world travelers will only end up as junkies or bums. It's like the Klondike. Sivers clearly found a gold nugget whereas most will only find a couple of flakes (if they are lucky). Sivers talks up all the exiting things he has done, but does not mention all of the work that he put in and all the luck and good fortune that he came across to come by so much wealth which in turn allowed him to be able to do such things.