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.