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the best book ever written | Derek Sivers

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I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best song ever. All of them said yes.

I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best song ever. All of them said yes. I’ve asked my favorite authors if, when they’re done writing a new book, they feel it was the best book ever. All of them said no. I don’t know why the two groups are so different. Do you? (Please post your thoughts, below, if so.) As for me? I think the best book ever written is “ How to Live ”. If I did nothing else with my life but write that book, it would have been a worthy life. It’s not ego. It’s not that I think I’m so special. But that book is definitely

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