Derek Sivers interviews

my top three books

Great interview with smart questions. How to make the difficult things fun, my thoughts on money, failure, finding your mission

Tips on connecting with people through email.

How to maintain flow and keep your momentum, How to Live, time and schedules

Centered around a topic I really care about: focus and distraction. Tips for eliminating distractions, monk mode, when playing hooky is a good thing, why we should commit to a problem but not the solution, building willpower and discipline, deliberate consumption

Why I respond to every email, ignoring the daily and looking at the big picture instead, why difficult times are great catalysts for personal reinvention.

Smart conversation. Why minimalism is considerate, how to make your website future-proof, how to stop procrastinating, achieving excellence, why truth isn’t succinct, why I’m self-publishing

Success, radical honesty, doing the things that scare you, why I love changing my mind

Changing identities, tea, thinking through things slowly, why you shouldn’t be attached to plans

Fun conversation about music. Creative ways to pursue your music career, developing an alter ego, mastering distraction, how the only wrong choice is to do nothing, faking it as an introvert, mentors.

Really fun conversation. Lots of topics I rarely talk about. Building your values, learning and growth, How to Live and my directives, leaving a legacy through what you create, being a life explorer, minimalism

Private call to an association of professional speakers. Tips for giving a good talk, building an audience, keeping people surprised, being social as an introvert, sharing one idea at a time, how inspiration meets us halfway

The difference between what you want now and what you want most, letting go of goals, getting things done, why I’m never busy, when to focus and when to explore

Making music and the creative process. Really fun conversation.

Our competitive advantage over AI, minimalism, why you should think like a geologist with technology, and more

How goals shape our actions, accidental success, work as a public service, Sethlings, and listening to your audience.

Different approaches to curiosity, self-reliance, becoming a world citizen, seeing things from a different point of view

Great conversation on letting go of goals, developing laser focus for the most impact, finding a different angle on perseverance, questioning your own answers

Introversion, world travel, and being “cloud free” : tech independent

Beliefs expire. Add value to others. Understand what works for you. You don’t need more. Operating at a different pace, and more. Fun talk. Gary Bertwistle and Darren “Robbo” Robertson

Living abroad, Stoicism, why you should write your own autobiography

on slow thinking, how actions reveal your true values, goal-letting vs. goal-setting

Music: creative process, motivation, originality, and smart career building.

subtracting to add value, unlearning, play as work, shallow happy vs. deep happy, doing what you want most

First interview in over three years. About being an introvert in the music industry, finding balance as a creative, the benefits of a stage name, and conferences.