It’s all who you know? | Derek Sivers
2013-02-11 When you hear, “It’s all who you know,” it sounds so intimidating — like you need to be a former roommate of Mark Zuckerburg, cousins with Richard Branson, and dating Taylor Swift. But simply contacting a stranger can lead to a worldwide network of connections. When I was 18, at Berklee College of Music, we had a guest speaker named Mark Fried, who was an executive at BMI — a big music
Should you learn programming? Yes. | Derek Sivers
When I was 14 years old, my guitar teacher told me something important: “You need to learn to sing. Because if you don’t, you’re always going to be at the mercy of some asshole singer.” His point was about self-reliance. If you ever have any ideas, whether for songs or apps, you need to have some basic skills to turn those ideas into reality. One of the most common things I hear from aspiring entr
Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software | Derek Sivers
Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software 2013-01-06 I’ve been doing this for a year, and it’s the most helpful learning technique I’ve found in 14 years of computer programming. Background: I’m an intermediate programmer. I didn’t go to school for it. I just learned by necessity because I started a website that just kept growing and growing, and I couldn’t afford to hire
Everything is my fault | Derek Sivers
2012-12-09 I used to get mad at people. They lied. They betrayed me. They disappeared. Do you hear the pattern? “They this. They that.” When someone upsets you, it’s human nature to feel it’s their fault. But one day I tried thinking of everything as my fault. I created the environment that made them feel they had to lie. I mistook their neutral behavior as betrayal. I made it more appealing for t
You don’t have to be local | Derek Sivers
2012-12-02 You can focus your time locally or globally. If you’re local, you focus on your community, doing things in-person. But this means you have less time to focus on the rest of the world. If you’re global, you make things for the whole world. But this means you have less time to be part of your local community. Neither approach is right or wrong, but you need to be aware of the trade-off. I
Delegate or die: the self-employed trap | Derek Sivers
2011-01-23 Most self-employed people get caught in the delegation trap. You’re so busy, doing everything yourself. You know you need help, but to find and train someone would take more time than you have! So you keep working harder, until you break. Here’s my little tale of how I broke into the delegation mindset. In 2001, CD Baby was three years old. I had eight employees but I was still doing ev
Push, push, push. Expanding your comfort zone. | Derek Sivers
2012-08-13 I’m 40 meters underwater. It’s getting cold and dark. It’s only the third dive in my life, but I’m taking the advanced scuba course, and the Caribbean teacher was a little reckless, dashing ahead, leaving me alone. The next day I’m in a government office, answering an interview, raising my right hand, becoming a citizen of Dominica. I’m backstage at the TED Conference, about to go on, b
Why you need your own company | Derek Sivers
2009-06-10 We all need a place to play. Kids need playgrounds and sandboxes. Musicians need an instrument. Mad scientists need a laboratory. Those of us with business ideas? We need a company. Not for the money, but because it’s our place to experiment, create, and turn thoughts into reality. We need to pursue our intrinsic motivation. We have so many interesting ideas and theories. We need to try
TED talks, conference talks, and presentations | Derek Sivers
Berklee College of Music keynote Length: 10 minutes. Date: 2008-09 6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee. Lessons apply to other aspects of life, too. The opposite may also be true Length: 2 minutes. Date: 2009-11 Japanese addresses, Chinese doctors, Nigerian music, and an upside-down map. Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy Length: 3 minutes. Date: 2010-02 First follower. How to
Smart people don’t think others are stupid | Derek Sivers
2012-05-16 The woman seemed to be making some pretty good points until she stopped with, “Ugh! Those people are just so stupid!!” She could have said Southerners, Northerners, Liberals, Conservatives, Chinese, or Americans. It doesn’t matter. She just proved that she wasn’t being smart. There are no smart people or stupid people, just people being smart or being stupid. Being smart means thinking
No yes. Either HELL YEAH! or no. | Derek Sivers
2009-08-26 Use this rule if you’re often over-committed or too scattered. If you’re not saying “HELL YEAH!” about something, say no. When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than “Wow! That would be amazing! Absolutely! Hell yeah!” — then say no. When you say no to most things, you leave room in your life to really throw yourself completely into that rare thing that makes y
There’s no speed limit | Derek Sivers
2009-12-01 Whether you’re a student, a teacher, or a parent, I think you’ll appreciate this story of how one teacher can completely and permanently change someone’s life in only a few lessons. I was seventeen and about to start my first year at Berklee College of Music. I called a local recording studio with a random question about music typesetting. When the studio owner heard I was going to Berk
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