I get this question a lot, so here’s my honest answer.| Derek Sivers blog
Book a flight to Kolkata India, and from Kolkata to Istanbul, for at least four days each, between February and April.| Derek Sivers blog
Imagine you’re a ghost.| Derek Sivers blog
I was dating for the first time, after a six year long relationship.| Derek Sivers blog
Sofia was my first big love.| Derek Sivers blog
This is a real question.| Derek Sivers blog
I was 36, and had been living in Portland for two years.| Derek Sivers blog
I’m going for the double meaning of “get me” that also means “understand me”.| Derek Sivers blog
According to statistics, I’m in the final third of my life.| Derek Sivers blog
Because I was raised with no religion, I used to think they were all ridiculous.| Derek Sivers blog
My parents never mentioned God or any religion.| Derek Sivers blog
Dismissing gives me a quick little lift.| Derek Sivers blog
Dubai was in my “Top 5 places where I NEVER want to go”.| Derek Sivers blog
Tomorrow you have plans to go to an event with a friend.| Derek Sivers blog
I used to live in a basement apartment, next to the trash room.| Derek Sivers blog
For many years, I was a touring musician, performing live on stage every week.| Derek Sivers blog
Not a new idea, but just another visualization and reminder.| Derek Sivers blog
the problem:| Derek Sivers blog
You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article?| Derek Sivers blog
Background| Derek Sivers blog
I’ve asked my favorite musicians if, when they’re done writing a new song, they feel it’s the best song ever.| Derek Sivers blog
I just got the call from the super-connected Alex Steininger that our mutual friend Ben Kihnel died in his sleep.| Derek Sivers blog
In Harry Potter, there’s a magic mirror that reflects the viewer’s desire.| Derek Sivers blog
UPDATE:| Derek Sivers blog
Since I mentioned that I learned JavaScript, people have asked me how and what I recommend.| Derek Sivers blog
Some people have asked, so here is how I do my backups.| Derek Sivers blog
This is a lukewarm little story with a few connected bits, but it might be interesting or even helpful.| Derek Sivers blog
People search for their passion or purpose.| Derek Sivers blog
I sell my books directly through my website, sivers.com, for a few important reasons.| Derek Sivers blog
My band was playing a gig in Oslo, Norway, when I struck up a conversation with a woman who was staring at me.| Derek Sivers blog
I forbid myself from anything too tempting or addicting.| Derek Sivers blog
In 2020, I was about to move to New York City.| Derek Sivers blog
I’m pretty bad at bowling and frisbee.| Derek Sivers blog
When you think something nice about someone, you should tell them.| Derek Sivers blog
UPDATE: I moved the conversations to sive.rs/met.| Derek Sivers blog
When I was 21, I moved to New York City.| Derek Sivers blog
Because of my open inbox, I meet a lot of strangers.| Derek Sivers blog
My favorite moments in life are when someone shows me a new perspective — a way of thinking I had never considered.| Derek Sivers blog
Tyler Cowen is my favorite interviewer of all-time.| Derek Sivers blog
Kids scream, “Monster in the hallway!”, and hide behind the couch.| Derek Sivers blog
If you have a static HTML website, but you want to include comments, here’s an interesting way to do it using PostgreSQL’s NOTIFY and LISTEN.| Derek Sivers blog
Every day you go on a long run through the forest.| Derek Sivers blog
We all confabulate without realizing it.| Derek Sivers blog
Here’s a story about my shortest date, and ketchup.| Derek Sivers blog
Today I’m releasing something I’ve been working on since 2019.| Derek Sivers blog
In 2011, I got a phone call from a number I didn’t recognize.| Derek Sivers blog
I used to scoff at those people who had panic attacks.| Derek Sivers blog
My advice to anyone who writes:| Derek Sivers blog
Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures.| Derek Sivers blog
If you need a new domain name, and you want a .com, and you don’t want to type random ideas into a registrar search, here’s a way to do it.| Derek Sivers blog
“Once you have a baby, you can’t travel.”| Derek Sivers blog
My Sivers ancestors came from Grantham, Lincolnshire, England on a boat to America in 1849.| Derek Sivers blog
I write almost everything important in my life: thoughts, plans, notes, diaries, correspondence, code, articles, and entire books.| Derek Sivers blog
You often need to generate random strings, like for login cookies and unique entry codes.| Derek Sivers blog
At sive.rs/book I have a collection of my notes from the 320+ books I’ve read since 2007.| Derek Sivers blog
Is this a duck or bunny?| Derek Sivers blog
All bad things in life come from extremes.| Derek Sivers blog
Change the world as much as you can.| Derek Sivers blog
You learn best from your mistakes.| Derek Sivers blog
There’s only one law of nature: if you survive, you win.| Derek Sivers blog
The most valuable real estate in the world is the graveyard.| Derek Sivers blog
Not love, the feeling, but love the active verb.| Derek Sivers blog
People say everything is connected.| Derek Sivers blog
Suspend judgment.| Derek Sivers blog
Focusing on yourself seems smarter and easier, but it’s short-sighted.| Derek Sivers blog
Things are going to get harder.| Derek Sivers blog
A gorilla, speaking with sign language, makes a joke.| Derek Sivers blog
You know what your great book is.| Derek Sivers blog
Learning is underrated.| Derek Sivers blog
The longer something lasts, the longer it will probably last.| Derek Sivers blog
Live in the world of tomorrow.| Derek Sivers blog
Nobody had ever run a mile in under four minutes.| Derek Sivers blog
The past?| Derek Sivers blog
Everything good comes from some kind of pain.| Derek Sivers blog
We think we see patterns and causes.| Derek Sivers blog
Be a monomaniac on a mission to be truly great at something difficult.| Derek Sivers blog
You recently had a day, or even a month, that you can’t remember.| Derek Sivers blog
We’re all cousins.| Derek Sivers blog
In 1790, Benjamin Franklin gifted £2000 to the cities of Philadelphia and Boston by putting it into a 200-year trust, and by 1990 it was worth over $7 million.| Derek Sivers blog
The ten commandments said what not to do.| Derek Sivers blog
If you’ve ever been confused or distracted, with too many options…| Derek Sivers blog
All misery comes from dependency.| Derek Sivers blog
I love having my own store so I can make things the way I think they should be.| Derek Sivers blog
I used to have too many pets.| Derek Sivers blog
2023 UPDATE: see “$575K of books sold. $575K to save lives.”| Derek Sivers blog
A new day begins when I wake up, not at midnight.| Derek Sivers blog
One approach to music is to do whatever you want.| Derek Sivers blog
I just finished an experiment.| Derek Sivers blog
Articles:| sive.rs
Me in 10 seconds| sive.rs
AI usage| sive.rs
Sacrifice what you are for what you could become.| sive.rs
from the book “Hell Yeah or No”:| sive.rs
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Tech blog:| sive.rs
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from the book “Anything You Want”:| sive.rs
Useful Not True| sive.rs
from the book “How to Live”:| sive.rs