Derek Sivers' 6 Steps to Being Antifragile & Thriving Amid Disaster

Shane Introduces Derek Sivers

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The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

AD: Metalab

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AD: Caramba Furniture

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AD: 8020

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'The Knowledge Project' Is 1 of Only 3 Podcasts Derek Sivers Subscribes To

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Derek Sivers Trained a Replacement Before Quitting His Job as a Librarian

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People Imitate Others Without Questioning It Enough

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Derek Sivers Designed His Own Website, Neglecting to Use WordPress or Medium

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Rich Hickey Taught Derek Sivers the Difference Between Simple & Easy

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Because Derek Values the User Experience, He Prefers Innovating Instead of Imitating

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Distinguishing Between Imitators & First Principles Thinkers Is Difficult

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Derek Sivers' 'Hell Yeah! or No' Framework for Deciding What to Work On

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Apply Derek's 'HELL Yeah! or No' Rule When Drowning in Opportunities

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Learning to Delegate Helped Derek Sivers 20x CD Baby's Revenue

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When Delegating Tasks for the First Time, Take a Long-Term Perspective

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Ideas Are Multipliers of Execution

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Feedback on an Business Idea Can Lower Willingness to Execute

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'Awaken the Giant Within' By Tony Robbins Changed Derek Sivers' Life

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Tony Robbins Talked About Filters on Life Through a Party-Photo Metaphor

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Derek Sivers Reads Books to Solve Problems & Gather Insights

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Derek Sivers Reads Books Start to Finish; He Never Skims

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Derek Sivers Underlines a Book's Interesting Ideas & Saves Them in a Text File

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Derek Sivers' Saves His Reading Highlights in a Database With Tags

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Derek Sivers Communicates Ideas Through Succinct Directives

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When Learning New Topics, Supporting Evidence Isn't Necessary If You Trust the Source

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Derek Sivers' 6 Steps to Being Antifragile & Thriving Amid Disaster

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If You Want to Stop Being Happy & Rich, Do These 7 Things

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When Making Decisions, Derek Never Aims for Reality; He Uses Perspectives That Facilitate Action

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Derek Sivers Applies His Music Background to Decision-Making

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The A-Ha Moment That Convinced Derek to Turn Towards the Spotlight After Selling CD Baby

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Derek Sivers' Biggest Mistake: Wrecking a Romantic Relationship

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Derek Sivers' Compass Is All or Nothing — He Obsesses Over Whatever He's Working On

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Avoid Fighting Reality and Work With the World, Not Against It

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Over Time You Can Reconstruct Who You Are

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Before COVID-19, Travel Was One of Derek Sivers' Foundational Values

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Derek Loves Changing His Mind, Understanding Different Viewpoints & Creating Useful Things

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Giving Derek Sivers $1 Billion Wouldn't Change His Life in the Slightest

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How Did Derek Sivers Become a Minimalist?

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Derek Put His Stuff Into Storage, and Ended Up Leaving it There for 6 Years

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If Derek Sivers' House Was Burning Down, What Would He Run Inside to Grab?

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Unhappy Parents Are Always Eager for the Next Phase of Their Child's Life

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The Most Common Mistake People Repeatedly Make: Drinking Alcohol

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According to Derek Sivers, What's the Meaning of Life?

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Derek & Shane Outro

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Shane Parrish Outro

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