Derek Sivers

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2022-10-30

  make believe

Kids scream, “Monster in the hallway!”, and hide behind the couch. They stack up cushions for protection, and plan their defense. They know it’s not true — there’s not really a monster in the hallway — but it’s exciting to feel the adrenaline of pani...
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2022-10-28

  a daily run, part two

In my previous post, “a daily run” — (please read it first) — running was a metaphor for whatever actions you take in your life. The story is about how we choose beliefs because they’re useful, not true. Beliefs make emotions. Emotions make actio...
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2022-09-28

  a daily run, part one

Every day you go on a long run through the forest.
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2022-09-20

  Your explanations are not true

We all confabulate without realizing it.
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2022-09-12

  shortest date, and ketchup

Here’s a story about my shortest date, and ketchup.
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2022-08-25

  Anything You Want — third edition for 2022

In 2011, I got a phone call from a number I didn’t recognize.
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2022-07-26

  scuba, panic, empathy

I used to scoff at those people who had panic attacks. “The cake is late! Oh no! I’m freaking out! I can’t breathe!” Ridiculous. Hysterical. Over-reacting.
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2022-06-20

  writing one sentence per line

My advice to anyone who writes: Try writing one sentence per line. I’ve been doing it for twenty years, and it improved my writing more than anything else.
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2022-06-19

  the joke that changed my life

Growing up in America, I didn’t know much about other cultures.
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2022-03-24

  Ancestors, Luck, and Descendants

My Sivers ancestors came from Grantham, Lincolnshire, England on a boat to America in 1849. The boat crashed on rocks in the Irish sea, caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean, got pushed off course repeatedly by storms, and finally landed in New Orleans af...
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