What Are You Doing?

Derek Sivers is a successful programmer, writer, entrepreneur, student of life and was the brain child behind CD Baby, a start up which went on to change recorded music and set him up as a very successful entrepreneur.

His blog is not fancy, nor is it regular however it’s certainly profound. One of Derek Sivers’ most popular posts was the dancing guy leadership lesson which showed that it’s not the person that starts the movement, in fact the most powerful thing is the second person, the first follower who begins the movement towards a trend.

With that in mind Derek’s latest post thought is provoking. Called the /now page movement, he said quite often people ask him what he’s doing. So he decided to add a /now page to his website to publicly declare what he’s currently working on, and help keep him focussed on the main game. If he chooses to decline an offer, he simply points people to his /now page which explains what his priorities are and what he’s working on now.
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His post went out this week and within hours, 8 more people had created a /nowpage on their website. By the time you read this there will no doubt be many more. Sivers creates his own movements and this is an interesting premise to keep you focussed and know how to say ‘no’ nicely.