The Disruptive Entrepreneur

A wonderfully insightful episode today as Rob is joined by American writer, musician and entrepreneur Derek Sivers where they discuss why it is often best to amplify your quirks and weirdness as well as why generosity and the desire to have less in life can make you much happier. KEY TAKEAWAYS When it comes to having the courage to be disliked it is about developing a stance which is to amplify your quirks instead of downplaying them. Set yourself apart from the crowd at every step. It is deeper branding to express yourself loudly, rather than being generic. Amplify what is weird about you. If you are constantly coming up with new ideas every day, by definition you do not have time to execute on all of these ideas. On the contrary, if you have one idea and execute that idea well each and every day over a prolonged period of time, this is likely to be the more successful of all the ideas. There is a place for those ‘wow’ innovations out there, but the majority of successful businesses and entrepreneurs are