From How to Live
Many huge achievements are just the result of little actions done persistently over time.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Goals donât improve your future. Goals only improve your present actions. A good goal makes you take action immediately. A bad goal doesnât. A goal shows whatâs right and wrong. What moves you towards your goal is right. What doesnât is wrong.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
When talking with people, ask deep open-ended questions â like âWhatâs your biggest regret?â â that will lead to unexpected stories.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Put yourself into stressful situations. Eventually, almost nothing will seem stressful.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
But your future self shouldnât be bound to what your past self predicted. So never make plans.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
When youâre really learning, youâll feel stupid and vulnerable â like a hermit crab between shells.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Rules must be absolutely unbreakable. If you try to decide, each time, whether itâs OK to break the rule or not, then youâve missed the whole point of rules. Rules are to save you from deciding. Thatâs why hard rules are easier to keep.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Pity people who canât enjoy anything less than the best.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Practice being uncomfortable, even in small ways. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Skip eating for a day, or sugar for a month. Go light-weight camping for a week. Befriend discomfort so that youâll never fear it.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Own as little as possible. When you realize youâre dependent on something, get rid of it to prove you donât need it. The less you have, the less you have to lose.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
No matter how honest you are, thereâs always more honest.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Turn your experiences into stories. A story is the remains of an experience. Make your stories entertaining, so people like to hear them.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
You use your past to make your future.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Invite your dream date to dinner. While everyone else is nervously preparing, you jump right in, unafraid to fail.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
If you go through life without changing anything, what have you done?âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Changing the world includes changing yourself. Change your beliefs, preferences, acquaintances, hobbies, location, and lifestyle.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
If you have feelings for someone, and you donât let that person know, youâre lying with your silence. Be direct. It saves so much trouble and regret.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Projecting perfection onto someone is not love. You say âI love youâ but really mean âI love thisâ.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Most of what you make will be fertilizer for the few that turn out great.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Your imitation of anything will be unrecognizably warped by your own twisted perspective.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
When youâve finished a work, wait a while before you release it to the world. By then, youâre on to something new. The public comments wonât affect you, since they will be about your past work.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Keep a counterweight job. Something effortless that covers your bills. Something you can do a few hours per day, but otherwise not think about. It gives discipline and regularity to your life.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Donât try to be more right. Just be less wrong.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Embrace whatâs weird about you, and use it to create. Never think you need to be normal or perfect.âDerek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted