#249: Derek Sivers – Social Media, Mentors, & Friends

Derek Sivers is a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and author.

In this conversation, we spoke about how to attract an intelligent audience, how living abroad has changed him, why people follow norms, and why his autobiography will go live the week he passes away.  

To me, Derek is the gold standard as a creator. Everything he does is thoughtful and of extreme quality. If you like Derek Sivers, I like you.

Timestamps:

(0:00) Intro 

(0:54) Intelligent Audience 

(6:51) Social Media 

(16:27) Language 

(21:15) Living Abroad 

(29:20) Using Technology 

(35:51) Friendship 

(40:52) Writing 

(44:45) Leadership 

(50:21) Following Norms 

(59:14) Giving Advice 

(1:02:38) Mentorship 

(1:07:30) Autobiography 

(1:12:44) How To Live 

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Resources Mentioned  

• Derek Sivers on Tim Ferriss (Part 1) – https://tim.blog/2015/12/14/derek-sivers-on-developing-confidence-finding-happiness-and-saying-no-to-millions/ 

• Derek Sivers on Tim Ferriss (Part 2) – https://tim.blog/derek-sivers-reloaded-on-the-tim-ferriss-show-transcript/ 

• How to ask your mentors for help – https://sive.rs/ment 

• OK Milt, I’ll start writing again - https://sive.rs/milt 

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Connect with Derek...

Derek's Blog: https://sive.rs/blog

Derek's email: derek@sivers.org 

How To Live by Derek Sivers: https://sive.rs/h 

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