Derek Sivers

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Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers

@sivers

Author of “Useful Not True”, “How to Live”, “Hell Yeah or No”. Former musician, circus performer, entrepreneur, and speaker. Everything is at https://t.co/fuY6AJRuz5

New Zealand انضم Mart 2007
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
Recording the audiobook for "Useful Not True", I video'd it too, then lovingly (hand-craftedly) subtitled the videos, which altogether communicates the message of the book better than plain text. I'll post all here now. Watch and see if it hits.
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Harsh@theharshpat·
@sivers love your books, have read every one of them!
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
People of India! My OCI + Airtel + HDFC has culminated in a massive achievement and rite of initiation. I have made my first UPI payment. I’m now unstoppable.
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
Some beliefs are basically facts, but without absolute proof. Tomatoes are a vegetable. Tonight’s movie starts at 7:00. Then my friend shows me proof that tomatoes are a fruit and the movie starts at 8:00. Cool! I’m glad to be corrected. But....
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
@amuralis Thanks Murali! I don't live there yet, but some day…
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Murali Allada
Murali Allada@amuralis·
@sivers Welcome to Bengaluru, Derek. I've been enjoying rediscovering Bengaluru after being away for 20 years. Hope to bump into you at one of the many cocktail bars or events here. ❤️
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Srijan R Shetty
Srijan R Shetty@srijanshetty·
@sivers Had no clue that you had ties to India. Love your books :)
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Anish Moonka@AnishA_Moonka·
Researchers put electrodes in people’s brains and found the network responsible for creative thinking shuts off completely during focused tasks and content consumption. It only fires when you do nothing. Your best ideas are behind the screen you won’t put down.
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
Whenever someone says, “I believe …”, then whatever they say next is not true. If it was a fact, there would be no need to declare a belief. You don’t say, “I believe in squirrels.” You don’t say, “I believe squares have four sides.” It’s just a fact, so....
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Darshan Gajara@WeirdoWizard·
@sivers every time I come across your stuff, I learn something new about how things could be approached differently
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Mr Mochizuki@mochizukimr·
@sivers I remember bookmarking your amazing website in my browser several years ago (to revisit ‘tech independence’). Very few have ever had the honour 😭 enjoy UPI. Use it for swiggy, Blinkit, rapido, urban company etc. UPI powers things that move fast.
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Darshan Gajara@WeirdoWizard·
@sivers Wow, didn't know you had this deep of a connection to India
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gultione@gultione·
@sivers How are you OCI...indian roots?
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
@ankith_jh Not now, but recently - and aiming to move there some day.
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Dino@DeanBuilds22·
@sivers congrats on the UPI unlock lol that first payment hits different when you've been through the bureaucracy gauntlet to get there
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
@enngees Yeah I had my first Swiggy delivery in December. That was a major achievement too, but I had to pay cash.
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enngee@enngees·
@sivers This is it! And add Swiggy/Blinkit to this mix 🤌🏽
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Derek Sivers@sivers·
@Prakashukla Thanks. Yep! My best friends live in Bangalore, and some day, I will too.
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SP Shukla
SP Shukla@Prakashukla·
@sivers Great. However UPI has most utility if you are in India or its neighboring countries with wide usage. Are you planning to spend time here ? Welcome.
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Swaroop CH
Swaroop CH@swaroopch·
Wow, @sivers saying "hell yeah" to Bengaluru! I'm forever grateful to Derek for his writings and book recommendations. I once emailed him asking about a book on marriage[^1] and he suggested the four horsemen [^2] which I promptly read and it became a landmark moment for me. Thank you Derek, hope to meet you in my next trip home 🙏🏽 [^1]: books is my preferred medium of learning [^2]: gottman.com/blog/the-four-…
Derek Sivers@sivers

People of India! My OCI + Airtel + HDFC has culminated in a massive achievement and rite of initiation. I have made my first UPI payment. I’m now unstoppable.

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Pep@peptalksblog·
I often say “I believe” when I know it’s a fact, but I also know people might dislike someone pointing out the fact because it brings discomfort. Gives people choice to accept the premise or not, even if the fact is right there in the room.
Derek Sivers@sivers

Whenever someone says, “I believe …”, then whatever they say next is not true. If it was a fact, there would be no need to declare a belief. You don’t say, “I believe in squirrels.” You don’t say, “I believe squares have four sides.” It’s just a fact, so....

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Derek Sivers@sivers·
@andy_dhanj On further thought, it's not about looking weak. It's more about preferring strong direct writing.
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Andy Dhanj@andy_dhanj·
@sivers This is why great communicators don't use "I think..." in their answers because it just makes them look weak.
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Arpit Batra
Arpit Batra@arpitbatra123·
@sivers Curious on your reasoning behind wanting to do this!
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