Brain dead. No energy. During my last unmotivated funk, I realized that because nothing is exciting me, that means nothing is exciting me more than this boring necessary stuff. So I made a list of these necessary things. I grumbled and complained, but I used some caffeine and got through them. It actually felt pretty good. But doing this boring work moves me from a state of doing nothing to doing something. It makes me feel like doing something important again.

So close! Damn damn damn! The metaphor is easy to understand, but hard to remember in regular life. If you catch yourself burning with envy or resentment, think like the bronze medalist, not the silver.

Change your focus. Instead of comparing up to the nexthigher situation, compare down to the next-lower one. The happiest ones were thrilled to be able to make a living making music.

You can use that drive to practice and improve. Ambition versus gratitude. Comparing up versus comparing down. For funnier thoughts on this, search the web for Louis C. If we hate doing something, we think of it as hard. We picture it having many annoying steps. If we love doing something, it seems simple. We think of it as one fun step. Then you have to stretch. Then you put on your shoes. Then you go outside. Then you get all sweaty. Then you have to cool down. Then you have to shower.

Then you have to change. Who has the time? You just put on your shoes and go! Why would you? It sounds awful. People often ask me about starting my company. How did you manage all of that? I just made this little website, and people liked it. In my head it was just one fun step. Now I have to pay attention to that, with each new project I start. How many steps am I picturing? Now I exercise quite often.

Do you have a list of conditions you need to have met before you do something? You have to remember that there are always more than two options. When people say they have only two options, it means they got stuck. Once people get two options, they start comparing the pros and cons of those two, and forget to think of more.

As an example, a friend was trying to decide whether to stick with his frustrating job or quit to start his own company. Do this until the income from the new company is 50 percent of your salary; then quit. Great insight comes only from opening your mind to many options. Brainstorm them all, from the hybrids to the ridiculous. It takes under an hour, but has always helped my friends feel less stressed, think clearly, and get excited about decisions that used to feel like dilemmas.

He does, but when you look at the photo later, you notice that he took a photo of himself by mistake. They worked for me! Some are luck. Some are not. So which do you learn from? So if everyone around him is quitting their jobs, his advice to you will be to keep your job. Like an Oscar Wilde quip, it was meant to be mostly entertaining, maybe useful, and 60 sivers.

Ideally, asking advice should be like echolocation. Bounce ideas off of all of your surroundings, and listen to all the echoes to get the whole picture. You need to change directions a few times to get where you want to go. Early in your career, the best strategy is to say yes to everything. The more things you try, and the more people you meet, the better. Each one might lead to your lucky break. Focus all of your energy on this one thing.

Be a freak. If by chance it was a dead-end road, then switch your strategy back to trying everything. Eventually your focus on something will pay off. But this is when you need to switch strategies again. The new plan means you need to switch strategies again. Are you frustrated that the world wants you to pick one thing, because you want to do them all? The solution is to think long term. Do just one thing for a few years, then another for a few years, then another.

It keeps looking left and right, trying to decide between hay and water. Unable to decide, it eventually dies of hunger and thirst. You can do everything you want to do. You just need foresight and patience. When something is urgent and needs to be done that day, you focus. So, expand that situation into months or years. Focus on one thing at a time, knowing you can do the other stuff afterwards. Most people overestimate what they can do in one year, and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Think long term. Use the future. Ninety-four percent of professors say they are better-thanaverage teachers. Ninety percent of students think they are more intelligent than the average student. Ninety-three percent of drivers say they are safer-thanaverage drivers. When I learned this, it shook my soul. So I decided to gamble on the opposite.

It serves me well. I listen more. I ask a lot of questions. I assume most people are smarter than me. You focus on what you need to improve, not your past accomplishments.

Many people are so worried about looking good that they never do anything great. Many people are so worried about doing something great that they never do anything at all. You destroy that paralysis when you think of yourself as just a student, and your current actions as just practice. They lied. They betrayed me. They disappeared. Do you hear the pattern?

They that. But one day I tried thinking of everything as my fault. I created the environment that made them feel they had to lie. I mistook their neutral behavior as betrayal. I made it more appealing for them to disappear than to communicate. It felt so good to think it was all my fault! This is way better than forgiving. People were just playing their part in the situation you helped create.

What power! My fault. I let our relationship plateau. I could get involved and change it. Try it. Think of every bad thing that happened to you, and imagine that you happened to it. But last month a bunch of stuff knocked me on my ass.

I vulnerably called on friends for help. They gave me a bunch of good advice, and helped me see things from a new point of view. Each different perspective made me feel good for a while. Then I fell back into the whirlpool of destructive thoughts. This just sucks. Eventually, I had an epiphany. I pursue being wrong and lost in small doses.

I love little lessons that surprise my expectations and change my mind. Getting knocked on my ass made me humble as hell. Do you know what musical counterpoint is? Underneath the main melody, you have a counter-melody that goes against it, and together they make harmony.

This is different from harmonizing, where someone sings along with the melody at an interval. The counter-melody is a separate melody that could stand on its own, but is mainly there to complement the main melody.

So I try to think of a good counter-melody. I do it to compensate for something I think is missing in the common message. My public writing is a counterpoint meant to complement the popular point.

Really I hope you listen to the combination. Three true stories: In , in Tokyo, I dated a girl named Masako. After our month together, she moved to London. We lost touch. In , I was in London for a few days. I wondered if Masako still lived there, sixteen years later.

A minute later, she walked by. She was studying Norwegian and planned to move to Oslo, Norway, some day. In , my band was on tour in Oslo for a few days. I was sitting in a park, wondering if Lucia ever moved there. I went to the library to write. I noticed that the guy next to me was reading a book I recommend often: Ego Is the Enemy.

We had emailed a few days ago. Some people like to think that there are no coincidences. Life feels more amazing to them if it all has meaning.

Seeking patterns in randomness is called apophenia. I like to think that everything is a coincidence. Life feels more amazing to me if it has no meaning. No secret agenda. Beautifully random. What are the odds of winning the big lottery? Fifty million to one? Someone always wins it. Amazingly rare things happen to people every day.

I used to play guitar in an Afropop band that did a lot of Fela Kuti songs. Fela Kuti did the opposite. He performed only new unrecorded songs in concert. It makes just as much sense if you think about it that way. Which of course makes me wonder about all the other beginnings and endings and things we just take for granted as fact, but make just as much sense as their opposites.

I had been coming to this beach since I was a baby, and had spent hundreds of hours walking every bit of it. But that year I lived there, on a weekday afternoon when I had the whole beach to myself, I found one: an unbroken sand dollar.

A few minutes later, I found another! Thirty seconds later, another, and another, and another! By the time I got home I had collected unbroken sand dollar shells.

I put them all out in the sun to dry, amazed at my good luck. I bragged to my family. I tried to think of all the things I could do with sand dollars. After two days the excitement wore off. I realized I was never going to do anything with them.

Now it was just stupid for me to keep all of these sand dollars sitting there doing nothing. I hope I live my life like this. One day, his horse ran away. This is such bad news. You must be so upset. The man and his son corralled all twentyone horses.

This is such good news. You must be so happy! Their ideas are unexpected and surprising, but perfect. How do they even come up with that? Amazing books, music, movies, or even amazing conversations. But I continue to do my work. I tell my little tales.

I share my point of view. Nothing spectacular. Just my ordinary thoughts. How did you even come up with that? Hit songwriters often admit that their most successful hit song was one they thought was just stupid, even not worth recording.

We should just put them out there and let the world decide. Are you holding back something that seems too obvious to share? What you want does not matter.

But happiness is the oil. Without it, the friction kills the engine. Ultimately you must be lifted by those around you. They have great intentions but lame strategies — wasted effort and unused potential. First: balance. We all have a need for stability and adventure, certainty and uncertainty, money and expression. If you have too much stability, you get bored. So keep the balance. Do something for love and something for money. Each half of your life becomes a remedy for the other.

You get paid stability for part of your day, but then need creative time for expression. So you push yourself creatively, expose your vulnerable art to the public, feel the frustration of rejection and apathy, and then long for some stability again. Each half is a remedy for the other. Look for statistics in your area about what pays the best when factoring in the required training. About your art: Pursue it seriously.

Take lessons. Make weekly progress. Release and sell your work like a professional. Find some fans. Let them pay you. But your attitude is different than someone who needs the money. Your main obstacle to this amazing life will be self-control. Most full-time artists I know only spend an hour or two a day actually doing their art.

The rest is spent on the boring work that comes with trying to make it a full-time career. So skip the art career and just do the art. Let each be what it is, and put in the extra effort to balance the two, for a great life. So try this question instead: What do you hate not doing? I was sure I was right and everyone else was wrong. After I sold my company, I felt ready to do something new, so I started to learn. But the more I learned, the more I realized how little I knew and how dumb-lucky I had been.

I continued learning until I felt like an absolute idiot. By then I was paralyzed, unable to create anything new. I spent a few years completely stuck. How horrible to waste those hundreds of hours I spent learning, and not turn it into action.

Now I aim to make my work — my little contribution to the world — just unique and useful. Some people thought the walkways should go around the grass, to leave it green. Some thought the walkways should cut across diagonally. At the end of the year, look where the grass has worn away. That shows where the students are walking. Then just pave those paths. I think about this idea applied to life plans or business plans. As time goes on, we get smarter. We learn more about ourselves or our customers — what we or they really want.

So when should you make decisions? Like the college campus, you can do without walkways for a year. Realize that now, in the beginning, is when you know the least. You need to get the ingredients before you turn on the oven. You need to bake it before you frost it and slice it.

I meet a lot of people who want to start a business. Most have an idea but no customers. It just means you need to get the ingredients before you turn on the oven. You need to be free to completely change or ditch your idea.

Provide a oneon-one personal service. Then you get another paying customer. Prove a real demand. So why am I writing about it today? Because I realized that the parenting things I do for him are also for myself. So I encourage him to keep doing it as long as possible. Other families come to the playground for twenty or thirty minutes, but we stay there for hours. Nobody else can play with us like this. Everyone else gets so bored.

Of course my adult mind wanders to all the other things we could be doing. But I let it go, and return to that present focus. Phone off. I try to see things through his eyes — to put myself into his mind. When he gets upset, I try to remember what it was like to be his age and relate at that level. When he makes up stories, I enter his invented world. The minotaur is chasing us? We both run.

Most of us have that addiction now. Broadening his inputs I want him to have a wide range of inputs into his senses. We go play in as many different forests, beaches, mountains, and towns as possible, touching and smelling everything we can. I play very diverse music in the background. We get a few new books from the library every week and read together for an hour every night. For the big Disney blockbusters, we watch the Portuguese 92 sivers.

Then this morning, I found out that one of my best friends died yesterday. He was out on a bike ride on a quiet street when a car swerved into the bike lane, killing him instantly. We shared my online music account. I see he had just downloaded the entire Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young catalog yesterday before he left on his ride.

Time really is limited. Time spent doing one thing is time spent not doing something else. Finishing that book. Writing that song. Launching that project. For me, writing is about the most worthy thing I can do with my time. I love how the distributed word is eternal — that every day I get emails from strangers thanking me for things I wrote years ago that helped them today. So this lesson is dedicated to you, Milt Olin.

Times have changed. Beliefs that were true are now false. They were based on old limitations that are now gone. The old road collapsed. Sometimes the world is the same, but my situation has changed. The solution is deliberate unlearning. Doubt what I know.

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By his … More. Shelve A Helluva Man. In fact, I was thinking if it's worth writing a review: because the book is so good it's a definite hell yeah. Then, when he released a new book with the same name, I immediately bought it. Glad I did it. I love this book because it is one of a kind. It is simple,information-dense, and impactful. I recommended it to my friends immediately after reading it. Even if you forget everything else from the book, Just remember one idea, "Whaterver scares you, go do it.

This book solves that. I ve listened to it 3 times since I bought it and look forward to listen again. Thx Derek! Fav chapter: there is no speed limit. Where do you put your time and energy when building a creative career I love his writing, and this book is no exception. Well done, Derek. It's easy to digest, thought provoking, and inspires real change. Especially because I already owned digital copies of them. Plus, I hate stuff and am always trying to get rid of everything. Books included.

But I also could not NOT buy them. And then they arrived. I eventually found a home for them on a windowsill… And then one day I walked into my living room to find my not so little kid holding his book. And it all made sense to me. And as a writer myself, I'm always jealous of how clear and concise Derek manages to write, saying so much in so few words that are also easy and joyful to read. I guess it shows the power of a "hell yeah or no" approach in his editing as well.

Just what I needed to read. Even the title just did it for me. I love the short article format - no need to get bogged down in detail, easy to read, grab a chapter any time - inspiring and wonderful.

Thank you Derek. Thoughts-Hearts provoking, fluent and creative. The book trigered a powerful creative process within me. Hell Yeah or No is more of a theme than a singular piece of information, and this book contains a new way of thinking on every single page — Kyle AKA zenmastaflash I've lost count of how many times this book has helped me get clear on what I need to do in a given moment.

Always useful, always accessible. I see it less as a book and more as a tool I regularly use. Just as intended from pg Is this a "hell ya" moment or a "no" moment? Learned to make more time for the important things in my life.

It's a whole bunch of golden nuggets of wisdom that challenge the status quo of thought. Many catalysts on how to reconsider life A great book that can be picked up and revisited time after time, on any page! Leave it where you can pick it up It is such a practical, helpful, and actionable guide, and I highly recommend it.

As Derek has noted, so much of what we think of as learning is just rote memorization, whereas real learning means integration: real-world testing, processing, experimenting, and making the lesson our own. Some of my favorite lessons of Derek's that I've road-tested include: Overcompensate to compensate I use this with coaching clients all the time , relax for the same result, and of course, the ever-popular hell yeah or no.

I can't quantify how much time, effort, and money these essays have saved me, but it's a lot. This book has a place of honor on my shelf. Thank you, Derek! The wonderful anecdotes are quirky, subtle and transformative. Thank you for packing life lessons in bite-sized, entertaining stories. As soon as it was available I bought 20 copies to give to friends, family, and colleagues.

So far 10 of them have contacted me to share something they changed about their lives as a result of reading this excellent book. Before becoming a Tim Ferriss Podcast fan I had never given a book as a gift this is one of Tim's standard interview questions.

The blog post this book is titled for changed my life so I had to buy the book as the first one I've purchased to give as a gift. Makes sense being that I first learned of Derek Sivers through his appearance on Tim's podcast. Thanks for the wealth of information and insights you share through your work Derek.

You are helping people around the world with your work. The book is rational, brief and organized. Literally every page has logical and consistent knowledge. After reading this book, I ditched my personal instagram account.

It's not worth doing. Derek has a witty and smart way of peeking your perspective around a hidden corner that you didn't realise was there. I'd highly recommend it. I have it on my desk and it is a great tool when you want to get back to reality or as a constant source of inspiration.

I highly recommend this book for everyone, from a teenager to a business man. It will transform you in many ways. Love it! For me, it's a great continuation of Anything You Want. As usual, it's full of Derek's wisdom and deep understanding of human psychology. Couldn't recommend it more. Literally had to put it down for a day after two pages just to digest it and make sure I didn't skim past some words of wisdom.

Highly recommend this and all of Derek's books. I love how Derek presents his thoughts not as some know it all guru, but as a regular guy who found his way to success. Maybe some of the things he shares might be of value to you on your path. At the very least they will help you think from different perspectives. The effort taken by Derek to distill each of the sections really shines through.

I've read this a book a few times and each time I get something new. Definitely one I'll keep picking back up for years to come. In fact, I was quite upset with my purchase. I'm really glad I decided to keep reading, because it turned out to be an amazing book, sharing some great lessons. At times, it felt like Derek was reading my mind. Either that, or we think alike.

This book was full of wisdom, especially because I read it during a low point in my life and it helped me process a lot of life questions I too was thinking about at the time. Overall, highly recommend.

It is an easy read. But I would say Let the wisdom soak it. That is the only way to get the most out of this book. There is so much precious content in just over pages and it is incredible!

As a young music manager and entrepreneur it is extremely valuable to read the experiences, perception of the industry and self approach to this lifestyle from somebody who really knows this stuff, who is dedicated to create tools and content that is useful to a lot of people. I take the opinions, experiences and advices of Derek not to necessarily change my perception, but to strengthen it. Suggest this book, and all the others because I read them all , to everyone.

It was given to me by a friend and I have subsequently bought it and given it to two others as gifts. Both recipients loved it as much as I did.

I wish I had read a book like this 20 years ago. Even if you are familiar with many of of these ideas, it was wonderful to see it all together in this very enjoyable collection. I am happy and grateful for what I am doing, but we tend to have a lot of these discussion at home with our kids so sometimes a simple message like this is quite helpful. The shopping experience is pleasantly minimal, a bit of a throwback compared to the large online shops.

In my early days of Internet, I was naive enough to imagine that we could be shopping like this one day Overall, bottom line is to develop or tune your "First Principles" thinking or doing things from scratch. This is a easy to read collection that drives home that and similar ideas. It's full of practical life and business advice, with no unnecessary filler like most books. I love it. I rarely get the opportunity to say that, but I am saying it here. I find myself returning to it for one short chapter per day, often.

It is not a one and done book like so many today. Derek continues to challenge your mind with wisdom that enriches your life with each short chapter. Including the wisdom in Chapter 25 which includes what that Pelican did to him while riding his bike along the 7. Everything is an opportunity for a lesson in wisdom. Derek's stories and ideas are incredibly personal, but at the same time, they hold up a mirror and ask the reader, "What do you see in yourself?

I read the chapter 'You don't have to be local' and we decided we wanted to be local and reading this made me feel alright with that, in knowing that's where we want to be right now. Thanks Derek for your words of wisdom. Luke — Luke Carpenter An absolutely lovely read!

It makes you think about your processes differently and elevates you into a more whimsical curiosity for life. A lot of great thoughts that make one think and lightweight and inspiring to read. Thanks Mr. It was an enlightening and liberating read. I plan on reading it again. The book is great for picking up and quickly reading one or two articles to provide food for thought.

I like to have it lying around the house or to take it me with me for occasions when reading will be brief and and interrupted. Because we all think we have to say "yes" to so many things You will be happier and wiser after reading this book. I enjoyed it! I started journaling because of this book. In fact, it is not, and I like how that is teased out throughout the book. I have a tendency to read a book and stop for a period of time and it's so easy to get back to reading this book.

I've recommended to many friends. Campson The most useful book I've read in years. Helped me figure out what I really want out of life. It feels like you are digesting soul-satisfying food. Seem simple, but more difficult to change or maintain. Must read! Words that continue to inspire me daily to focus on what's absolutely essential.

This book will forever hold a treasured place in my personal library. It was a wonderful read and is highly recommended! Using the "Hell Yeah or No" method to answer invitations is amazing! And I love it for that. No fluff, just a friendly voice sharing what has worked for him. Salas-Porras Would I recommend this book? Derek has gift for questioning "common knowledge. Much Appreciation!!

Today's world can be overwhelming, so it's refreshing to take a step back and think about what really matters to you. This book is a good start. Recommended to all my friends, sound wisdom as always from Sivers. I have read this book multiple times and refer to it often. It helps when trying to make a decision or just get insight on life. I enjoyed it a lot and learned a bunch of stuff about how to relate to things that are and should be important to me. A really nice read, or listen in my case.

Sometimes, I'll re-read an old one, sometimes I'll just skim quickly through one. Usually, I'll read until I find something that resonates with me and it usually doesn't take very long. Then, I'll set it down until my next visit. His writes brief passages that clearly express what he means.

I read a page or two, and think about it. His back story is amazing and covered in a previous book. Lots of short ideas to help kick start your important work. He will make you question your paradigm and open up worlds you never thought possible. He does all of this in his signature quiet, poetic and humble way. Excellent guide for self-examination— something we all need more of. There are so many timeless pieces of advice I simply love it — Charles Miele Refreshing!

Every page, every topic pushed my thought process. Reading this book to get perspective of what really matters and gaining at least a bit of experience from someone more experienced in life.

Life is short, this book can make it better. My 12 year old son also thinks it is great! I love this idea. Amazing book! The writing is great. The ideas are firm and applicable - they give a fresh perspective. The question is - are you going to do anything with it? Hell yeah! Not everything resonated with me but the bits that did made it worth it. Full of little nuggets for a better life. Very easy to read and listen. It uses very simple words to describe scenarios and situations and how to deal with them.

You take action immediately, becoming more productive or taking better decisions. A must in your library. Its outsides are just a tactile pleasure. Its insides are written in such a way it's easy just to open it wherever and feel you're reading a fortune cookie, only with more actionable content or just with more meaning. Most of the chapters have left me with a thoughtful 'Huh' in the end, for which I tip my hat towards Mr. It's like your pocket mentor full of timeless advice.

It has opened my mind to how I approach myself and others. Read it. You will be inspired. The short chapters make it easy to just read here and there, but like the best chocolate cake, I kept going and devoured the whole thing!!

Refer to it almost daily. And I reread different essays all the time, kind of like a "life manual" to refer back to. It's a really useful book to me. A different way of viewing every day situations that has helped me to be step back and observe the way my mind is working It's the only book that has a permanent place on my desk at the moment.

Easy to read and rich to ponder. Sparks interesting conversation. No self-help-book-tones, elaborate morning routines, manifestation practice, or vision boards, just simple, real, lived out, evergreen advice.

Can't wait for the next book! Easy to chew and digest and keep taking it! Keep it up and do more like this! Those times, it suggests me concrete and practical steps to move on and keep doing. I also love how succinct it is and how naturally it flows, the effort to pick it up and have a bite is really low! The challenge is to pick which ones to start and very soon we get into that quagmire.

Derek simplifies this for us. A must-read and do-not-miss book! If you struggle with this, I recommend keeping it by your nightstand or somewhere you can read some it everyday.

Even the title reminds you! The "Hell Yeah or No"-Approach guides my decision making since i read 'anything you want' from Derek which lead to a much less stressfull and therefore more happier live. Fresh perspective that makes you think and look at your everyday life differently. Wish I was better at it, but at least now I know what needs improving : — Henrik Saetre The definitive guide to wise decision making and key questions in life.

Everybody should read it, period. Lots of actionable wisdom in Derek's concise, fun style. Really enjoyed it. Hell Yeah or No is great for when I'm feeling overwhelmed and need to step out of my unending search for efficiency and find more creativity, inspiration, and clarity. This book is a "Hell Yeah! This has been a game changer for me! The advice and stories are very valuable to me.

I use it often as a reference book which is the highest rating I could give any book. It helped to gain better consciousness of my life's choices in a way that I could clearly relate to learning and interpreting music. I ended up buying copies for a few of my friends!

Learning to say "Hell Yeah! This book will definitely help you discover what is Hell Yeah! A great book that you will want to read many times. I keep it on my desk and use it whenever I need perspective: I just open it and read a couple of pages. There's always something to take me out of a bad loop. Derek is much better than I at succinct sentences see previous and I enjoyed the read and relating the content to events of my own life and times.

It was a thoughtful collection of original introspection. I am certain I will come back and read it several more times. I read it all the way through and now keep it on the nightstand and digest a few tidbits whenever it feels right. Great book for yourself and for a gift for a friend. Helpful for brains that tend to get caught in analysis paralysis. Dave Hall — Dave Hall Many, many golden nuggets in this book. I found myself telling a lot of people about it and that they should buy it.

I didn't want to forward my copy to them because if you can't fork up the few dollars for your own copy then you're not really serious Reading it was great for me, but most of it was "yeah, of course, I know".

Not saying that as a bad thing -- simply saying that me and Derek are thinking similarly about a lot of things in the book — Filip Stanojevic I read the hell yeah or no book and found the bite sized life lessons good. They are easy to relate to and I'm following some of them. Also love the cheery yellow cover.

Can pick up at any time and get a nice little lesson or anecdotal piece of advice. The book is rich in interesting ideas, and I loved it. You will too! Great source for asking yourself the right questions and to reflect on your thoughts and actions or non-actions. Insightful ideas without the fluff!

Great for those of us with short attention spans. One for me and four to give to others. Good for college grads and old industry folks alike. Sometimes, when you feel lost, just 2 or 3 chapters are enough to make you think straight again. Tips and advice for how to apply it and when it isn't the right time in someone's career to adopt the principles. I've been using this as a daily journal that I reflect on. I got stuck on some pages for weeks thinking on how to apply some of the learnings in my own life.

Thanks Derek for an amazing book. Plenty of practical examples. Derek has a refreshingly unique mind, and I enjoyed hearing his narration of the audiobook.

Straight to the point, educational on how to live a meaningful life. Definitely got me thinking. I will keep a highlighter at hand next time I read it! These three words have been a guide for me as a writer and creative for years. No one does those words justice more than Derek Sivers. His books, much like the title of this one, cut directly to the point in a way that is simple, easy to remember, and most importantly, easy to implement in one's life.

I recommend his books more than any others. Well, besides perhaps Stephen King. But who can blame me for that? Stephen King has like 60 books. Reading Derek's book may spark some insights that can enable you to make better decisions faster for yourself while avoiding some of life's missteps. Some chapters are practical and instructive, others are philosophical and poetic, but each one teaches an important lesson that can set you on a new path.

My personal favorites are " sand dollars" and "There's no speed limit". Absolutely worth it. This book is full of really great advice to make things happen, but different from others blablabla and repetitive productivity books.

Every day brings new possibilities, ideas and distractions. In this book Derek has come up with a simple philosophy on how to navigate the modern world and ensure your limited time is spent on the things that really matter.

Great knowledge written in this book. I would not hesitate to refer it to many of my collaborators. You can't find the rules for being successful but you can find the rules to open your mind. It's a great book! An interesting twist on how to priorize our time and therefore our life.

I love that I always walk away with something new and practical to try in my own life. Excellent coffee table book! Derek makes it easy to refresh and reset perspectives in less than an hour read. It's one of my top gifting books, because it's too good not to share. Truly great for the opportunity to read this book. A lot of them echoed with mine on multiple levels, hence it was refreshing to see the same things in fresh light.

I will definitely see myself referring back to quite a few of the sections in time. Maybe re-read it too. I've listen to it 4 times in its entirety.

Road trips, walks, every time something has clicked with a decision, struggle, adventure that I am facing. How I choose projects to work on is based on many lessons available in this book.

This book is as insightful and thought pondering as all of his other writings. It's well worth the time to read, which won't take very long, because Derek writes to get the point across and not to add more words to his tomes to make them appear of more substance and costly to print.

There is plenty to think about in all of his writings, even the single sentence ones he scribes. It should be required reading for all people as they first enter into the complexities of their life. It helps a person see things from many different perspectives and dimensions. Each chapter is a delightful morsel to sample like a dessert in a 5 star restaurant.

Tasty and leaving you wanting more. Then the sad moment comes, you've finished the book and there's nothing left!! Then just re-read it! I'd say Hell yes to this book. Important to read every year to stop your life becoming full of meaningless obligation. It is like an energy shot for the mind! This book contains so many gems, if you would re-read or re-listen to it every month, I'm convinced you would find new learnings every time.

What really helps me to memorise most of the content are the great stories Derek used to transmit his messages. Best example: I still remember exactly how he describes his red face while riding his bike at a high speed! Great read, and has the potential to be a timeless piece I can always come back to. Great job, Derek! Thank you for writing this. Now that you are here, what are you going to do?

Sivers has some suggestions. They are spot-on. Reclaim your time and ultimately your life with what is presented herein. There were so many nuggets, but what definitely stuck was for example. That they should help us to change our actions in the present moment I think it is time to reread this masterpiece :. I enjoyed it so much, I bought a second copy to give to a younger relative — which he loved! I've known him for nearly twenty years through his emails and writings.

A man well beyond his years and brimming with wisdom, his books are a pleasure to read and a window to the future, when man finally wakes up to the mess he calls life, come here for some of the answers. Inspiration and courage ooze from every page. Our 'Vibe Tribe' provide perspectives helpful to us in navigating reality. This is one such book.

Do Read. Do Enjoy. I highly recommend. Nothing unneeded in this book to waste your time it's to the point something I love about derek. No fluff, clear and to the point. And a lot of the ideas are thought-provoking.

Derek loves parables and fables, and like most good parables, his book isn't so much instructional, but a way of thinking. He gives you ideas and frameworks to think about your own life. I dug this. While I had gobbled those up as soon as they were posted, I really enjoyed reading a second time in one sitting.