Derek Sivers Podcast-Creating a Life You Love, Useful Beliefs & Why Mastery is the Ultimate Status

[@mollyking949]

Thank you for this! It’s Thanksgiving Day and what a great interview to listen to today. ❤

[@WhatGotYouThere]

Thanks so much Molly! I'm glad you enjoyed it and hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

[@JonandEva]

Great interview. Thank you.

[@Isagi__000]

Great.

[@asbeautifulasasunset]

Listening notes: (paraphrasing of course - any errors? please correct with reply) 1) Passion can come AFTER you make the commitment, dedicate yourself to doing the work. 2) Expire any old beliefs that don't work for you. Explore or try on other beliefs. They might work better for you. Just play around with beliefs. Choose a belief and adopt it and see what results. Take the opposite of a belief you have now and play around with that belief. 3) You can use journaliing for asking yourself questions. What makes me happy? Unhappy? Would I be happier doing X,Y,Z? Or nothing at all? Best answer to questions is always: "I don't know." So don't take the answers that appear as THE answer. Doubt your answers. You may have a different answer tomorrow. 4) Throwing the baby out with the bath water: discarding someone's work or contribution because the author or contributor has personal flaws. 5) "Whatever scares you, go do it." 6) Most people take action in order to feel an emotion. Practice feeling emotions intentionally instead of taking an action to feel the emotion. You can remember a moment that you cherished and close your eyes and really feel that emotion. Maybe you don't need to go to Maui to feel relaxed. Maybe you can relax in other ways. Use visualization of desired reality if you can't physically take yourself to some place. 7) Develop yourself by being consciously aware of you. (A modern version of "know thyself".)

[@lashajakeli]

Useful belief concept sounds like Pascal's wager to me: you should believe god exists because if he does you were right, if he does not you did nothing wrong :))