How I met with Derek Sivers?
It’s been a while I didn’t click & likeminded someone that much like I did Derek Sivers recently. I came across of his works online and he is a new addition to my virtual mentors.
How did I discover him?
He was a guest at the 3books podcast, which I love to listen to whenever I get bored from walking alone during my hiking trips. This is great podcast to know people based on their top 3 formative books & relationship with them.
What have I done since I met Derek Sivers?
-Read at least half of his blog posts. (He has over 340+ posts)
-Purchased his 4 books and almost read all of them. My favorite one so far How to Live
-Listened to his podcasts (very short one 2-3 minutes), which was an experiment of his daily writing during Sept-Oc 2019, and turned them into podcast episodes (I did something similar on my writings early in this year without knowing what he did:) Also listened to 5-10 podcasts they invited him as a guest. My favorite one is Knowledge Project and Cold Email Outreaching Podcast.
-Shared his site/books with my close friends and reached out to Derek via email. He was super nice to reply to me back less than 2 hours. (By the way, he loves getting an email from his fans)
It sounds like I’m Derek Sivers expert :) Once or twice a year, I randomly find great minds like Derek. One of my best findings of last year was Morgan Housel.
I will definitely use his writing as a mentor while I think about a specific topic and learn what he thought about before. How am I going to do it?
Pretty much, I’ll search a “keyword” on his blog/books. Very nice to meet you Derek.
Wow, you must be one of his top fans. I love your approach and picking virtual mentors. Who else would you list among your virtual mentors?
I think he is a great thinker. His ideas are well thought and always expressed in a concise & clear manner. I discovered him through his TED talk titled 'How to start a movement.' It was so short yet eye opening. Later, I listened some of his podcast interviews and read 'How to Live'. I have been visiting his website to explore good books.
I remember one of his advice to job seekers. Instead of sending resumes to hundreds of companies, pick one (a few) company, learn about their business inside and out, reach out to them and gain the required skills. I found that idea fascinating, there was no chance I would return such a candidate as a small business owner.