Originally a circus clown and professional musician, Derek Sivers created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22M, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He is a frequent speaker at the TED Conference, with over 5 million views of his talks. Since 2011 he has published 34 books, including “Anything You Want” which shot to #1 on all of its Amazon categories. Episode 114: Getting Out of a Bad Place by Derek Sivers of Sivers.org (Stuck in a Negative Environment? Be Happier with this Blog Post). The original post is located here:  and !