Derek Sivers Quotes

Your whole experience of life is in your mind.
Focus on your internal world, not external world.

Here’s how to live: Master something.

Only these proven things are worth your time and attention.

The biggest obstacle to learning is assuming you already know.
Confidence is usually ignorance.

In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

We’ve all heard about the importance of persistence. But I had misunderstood. Success comes from persistently improving and inventing, not from persistently doing what’s not working.

The best tool for a balanced life is the clock.

no matter what you tell the world or yourself your actions reveal your real values. your actions show you what you really want

Starting small puts 100 percent of your energy into actually solving real problems for real people.

Since you can’t avoid problems, just find good problems.
Happiness isn’t everlasting tranquility.
Happiness is solving good problems.

Here’s how to live: Laugh at life.

If more information was the answer, then we'd all be billionaires with perfect abs.

Just pay close attention to what excites you and what drains you. Pay close attention to when you're being the real you and when you're trying to impress an invisible jury.

You don’t love someone to shape their future.
You don’t judge your friendships by how successful your friend becomes.
So don’t love and judge your children that way.
Don’t try to change them.
Just give them a great environment where they can thrive.
Give them the safety to experiment, make mistakes, and fail up.

If the relationship isn’t going to work, it’s better to know early, instead of hiding your true self and putting up a façade for a long time before finding out.