Derek 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.

16 conversations in super-multicultural Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: sive.rs/met/at-13

@emzhung @readswithravi Thanks Emz!

@readswithravi Derek Sivers!! @sivers

Have you ever read a book by an author that was so good it made you want to read everything else they've written?

@mariaddeepak Thank you. All good now. You caught it during the process of moving to a new server.

@sivers Thought of reading a few blog posts of yours. But realised your website is down. sive.rs You may have noticed already but saying just in case you missed.

India tech friends: I just bought my ticket to IndiaFOSS in BLR Sept 26-27: fossunited.org/indiafoss/2026 Want to meet? Email me: sive.rs/contact

@interintellect_ @TheAnnaGat Transcription: sive.rs/2025-02-anna Thanks for having me. ☺

Few names are as synonymous with wisdom on the internet as @sivers. A generation of readers has learned from his insights on simplicity, creativity, and personal growth to help us think more deeply and live more intentionally. In the Super Salon, "Wisdom," @TheAnnaGat hosted Derek to dive into the core philosophies behind his work, including the ideas that shaped "Useful Not True". The conversation explores a powerful mindset shift: stop obsessing over whether an idea is perfectly "true," and start asking if it is useful for your life, your creativity, and your decision-making. They discuss how letting go of rigid definitions of truth can actually free you up to think better, parent more intentionally, and live a more unconventional life.

Fight Club: I liked it the first time years ago, but watching a second time when you already know the end reveal? Elevates it from good to great. So many brilliant details in the screenplay. What else in life is better the second time?

@JuliannPod Wow! Well-put! Thanks Juliann.

@sivers Unprepared nos come out as excuses. Prepared nos come out as direction. Same word, different shape.

Prepare your “no” and keep it handy: sive.rs/n0

@CatalinWaack This situation is not temporary. ☺

@sivers What was your biggest no

@CatalinWaack Answering this question. ☺

My life was changed by four sentences in four books : sive.rs/4s4b

@igormomentum @moretothat Thanks Igor!

@moretothat Great essay, I quote it often! "I'm a very slow thinker" is his another essay that I quote often: sive.rs/slow

This is so good. I love Derek's essays.

@0xnglif @moretothat sive.rs/ment

@moretothat where is the link..?

@pfanis @moretothat Sorry. It's back now: sive.rs/ment No real newsletter, but I do have a private email list you're welcome to be a part of. Just say hello here: sive.rs/contact

@moretothat Does he have a newsletter? His site seems down

@unlikelydoorway @moretothat Sorry about that. It's back now. sive.rs/ment

@moretothat @sivers !!

@nirajsheladiya Sorry about that! It's back now: sive.rs/4d

i don't know but @sivers website is not working

Geography is four-dimensional: sive.rs/4d