June 17, 2025

232: Useful Not True, with Derek Sivers

1 hour 16 minutes

Derek Sivers joins us to talk about personal agency, idea ownership, saying no, and (of course) journaling.

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Guest Starring:

Derek Sivers

Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. Derek Sivers CD Baby Hell Yeah or No | Derek Sivers How to Start a Movement | TED Talk Useful Not True | Derek Sivers Anything You Want | Derek Sivers Your Music and People | Derek Sivers How to Live | Derek Sivers How to do what you love and make good money | Derek Sivers One big choice shapes a hundred more | Derek Sivers Vim Scripting News The Confident Mind by Nate Zinser Mark Twain by Ron Chernow The Political Thought of Xi Jinping Book I've Read | Derek Sivers Pandoc What I’m doing now | Derek Sivers What I’m Doing Now | MacSparky Contact | Derek Sivers