
“I feel that saying ‘ok’ is a superpower.”
— Derek Sivers
Derek Sivers (@sivers) is an creator of philosophy and entrepreneurship, identified for his shocking, quotable insights and pithy, succinct writing type. He’s a former musician, programmer, TED speaker, and circus clown, who bought his first firm, CDBaby, for $22 million and gave all the cash to charity.
Derek’s books (How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Your Music and People, Anything You Want) and latest initiatives are at his web site: sive.rs. His upcoming ebook is Useful Not True.
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P.S. To observe the precise step-by-step “Tech Independence” directions from Derek, please go to sive.rs/ti.
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#668: Derek Sivers — The Joys of an Un-Optimized Life, Discovering Paths Much less Traveled, Creating Tech Independence (and Dangers of the Cloud), Taking Large Leaps, and Selecting the Proper Sport of Life
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#125: Derek Sivers on Growing Confidence, Discovering Happiness, and Saying No to Hundreds of thousands
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Join with Derek Sivers:
Website | Podcast | Twitter | YouTube
- Useful Not True: Whatever Works for You by Derek Sivers
- How to Live: 27 Conflicting Answers and One Weird Conclusion by Derek Sivers
- Hell Yeah or No: What’s Worth Doing by Derek Sivers
- Your Music and People: Creative and Considerate Fame by Derek Sivers
- Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur by Derek Sivers
- Instruments of Titans: Derek Sivers Distilled | The Tim Ferriss Present #202
- Derek Sivers on Growing Confidence, Discovering Happiness, and Saying No to Hundreds of thousands | The Tim Ferriss Present #125
- Derek Sivers Reloaded – On Success Habits and Billionaires with Excellent Abs | The Tim Ferriss Present #128
- Go Go Goa Loose Leaf Gift Cube Chai | T2 Australia
- The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz
- Sartorial Talks | YouTube
- Suits | The House of Michael Browne
- Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier by Kevin Kelly
- Thingvellir National Park | Heart of Iceland
- PADI 5-Star Dive Center Iceland | DIVE.IS
- Wet Suit vs. Dry Suit: What is The Difference? | Boat Safe
- Panic Attack | Better Health Channel
- Wellington | 100% Pure New Zealand
- Tech Independence | Derek Sivers
- What is the Cloud? | CNBC Explains
- The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss
- VPS (Virtual Private Server) Explained | IBM
- The Everywhere Cloud | Vultr
- Lenovo ThinkPad T400 6475 Notebook | Amazon
- A Free, Multi-Platform 4.4BSD-Based Unix-Like Operating System | OpenBSD
- What is an SSH Key? | SSH
- Helping You Feel Close | Marco Polo
- Register Domain Names | BookMyName.com
- Domain Name, Web Hosting, Email and SSL Certificate | Netim
- An Oddly Satisfying Experience | Porkbun
- Language Opens Worlds | Klingon Language Institute
- Free and Open-Source CalDAV and CardDAV Server | Radicale
- Rsync | Wikipedia
- Continuous File Synchronization | Syncthing
- Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress
- Secure E-mail for Private and Business Customers | Mailbox.org
- We Respect Your Privacy and Put You in Control | Fastmail
- Transactional Email API Service For Developers | Mailgun
- Email Delivery, API, Marketing Service | SendGrid
- Create Your Online Store Today | Shopify
- Compress the Complexity of Modern Web Apps | Ruby on Rails
- Apr. 24–Apr. 26, Atlanta | RailsConf 2023
- Marylebone: The Underdog Terminus | Jago Hazzard
- Wicked the Musical | London
- Do ‘Maximisers’ or ‘Satisficers’ Make Better Decisions? | BBC Worklife
- Hey Jude by The Beatles | YouTube
- Patrick House on Consciousness | EconTalk
- The Incredible Reason Why Richard Branson Started Virgin Atlantic | Travel + Leisure
- Not Disappointing Myself | Bookbear Express
- Moral Relativism | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Sam Harris: Science Can Answer Moral Questions | TED Talk
- The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris | Amazon
- The History of Utilitarianism | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, From One of the America’s Leading Experts by John L. Esposito
- Hobbes’ Moral and Political Philosophy | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Funding Cutting-Edge Scientific Research | Saisei Foundation
- Decision Fatigue | The Decision Lab
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss
- Stoicism Assets and Suggestions | Tim Ferriss
- Keep Your Identity Small | Paul Graham
- Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert
- The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie | Amazon
- Benefits of a Daily Diary and Topic Journals | Derek Sivers
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Dummies by Rob Willson and Rhena Branch
- The Work | Byron Katie
- Why I Let Go of My US Citizenship | Derek Sivers
- The Pros and Cons of Renouncing US Citizenship | Nomad Capitalist
- Burning the Boats and Sinking the Ships! | Mexica: A History Podcast
- The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle | Amazon
- The 5 Levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs | Verywell Mind
- Settlers of Catan Is One of the Best Family Board Games | Playtonic
- Monopoly | Wikipedia
- Release Your Music Everywhere | CD Baby
- A Simulation Role-Playing Video Game | Stardew Valley
- Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra) by Gotye | YouTube
- The Basics | Bandcamp
- There’s Something About Mary | IMDb
- How to Get Rich: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis
- The Last Emperor | IMDb
- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford | Amazon
- The Official City Guide | Portland, Oregon
- The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence by Josh Waitzkin
- 8 Documentaries All Designers Must See | Prototypr
- Frog Design
- Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg in Antarctica: Exploring Private Fears, Bucket Lists, Going through Grief, Crafting Life Missions, and Tim’s Greatest Penguin Impressions | The Tim Ferriss Present #578
- A Uncommon Podcast at 30 Beneath Zero — Sue Flood on Antarctica, Making Your Personal Luck, Chasing David Attenborough, and Reinventing Your self | The Tim Ferriss Present #567
- John Wick: Chapter 4 | IMDb
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | IMDb
- Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples | Image Comics
- Papaoutai by Stromae | YouTube
- Lobste.rs
- Hacker News
SHOW NOTES
- [06:16] The Derek Sivers Faculty of Sufficient.
- [11:24] Scuba diving and empathy classes in Iceland.
- [16:13] Classes we apply to ourselves and others.
- [22:46] Derek’s folks compass.
- [28:14] The right way to safe your tech independence.
- [1:05:19] The unoptimized life.
- [1:16:37] The which means of Derek’s upcoming ebook, Helpful Not True.
- [1:32:55] The issue with ethical relativism and different -isms.
- [1:51:24] Large leaps.
- [2:00:10] Discovering and asking mentors for assist.
- [2:08:18] Video games.
- [2:12:26] The knowledge of quitting whenever you’re forward.
- [2:17:13] Why would Derek — by no means in want of exterior validation — search fame?
- [2:20:45] What makes Derek so darned attention-grabbing?
- [2:23:18] Has Derek at all times been a satisficer?
- [2:31:43] Dwelling on the sting case.
- [2:35:33] The true query behind “What would you inform your youthful self?”
- [2:40:29] Giving instructions in Antarctica.
- [2:41:46] How do you train an 11-year-old to behave like a 16-year-old?
- [2:45:45] Parting ideas.
MORE DEREK SIVERS QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW
“In the event you surprise why I’m so completely happy, why I’m thriving, why I appear to be doing effectively, a variety of my happiness comes from this worldview that’s radical doubt. It’s skepticism. I’m going to provide this the shorthand of calling it ‘Helpful Not True.’”
— Derek Sivers
“In the event you arrange what you are promoting to serve the folks that you just love being round, even when it makes much less cash, you’re going to be a lot happier.”
— Derek Sivers
“I feel that saying ‘ok’ is a superpower.”
— Derek Sivers
“We spend the primary half of our life deferring to authority and pondering that authority has energy over us. And at a sure level, you understand that you just’re free. You’re liberated from that so long as you don’t break the regulation.”
— Derek Sivers
“The temptation to maintain taking part in, regardless that the rewards are carried out, isn’t that the definition of dependancy? Persevering with a conduct regardless that it’s not rewarding you anymore?”
— Derek Sivers
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