Posts by Derek Sivers
There’s No Speed Limit (The lessons that changed my life)
Whether you’re a student, teacher, or 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 met Kimo Williams when I was 17 — the summer after I graduated high school in Chicago, a few months before I was starting Berklee…
Read More“Just Tell Me What to Do” — Compressing Knowledge Into Directives
Wanting to be successful, I’ve always read every book I thought could help. Even if a book had just one useful insight, it was worth the $20 and my time spent reading and thinking. A few years ago, I realized I was forgetting the lessons I’d learned from past books. So I started taking detailed…
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