Notes from Derek Siver’s New Book Hell Yeah or No
Advice on criticism, state of mind, the concept of subtracting, and unlearning things from Derek Siver’s new book Hell Yeah or No
Derek Sivers, one of my all-time favorite people and thinkers, just released a new book called Hell Yeah or No to his e-mail subscribers. ‘Hell yeah or no’ is a philosophy that goes like this: when you are asked to do something, anything, with your time, it needs to be a ‘hell yes’ or a ‘no’. Nothing in between. The reasoning is this: if you say yes to the things that are not that important, you won’t have time for the hell yeah things in your life. The more you say no to things, the more time, energy, and focus you will have for the things that will really excite you.
I wanted to share some of the other great takeaways from the book and I hope you snag a copy for yourself (https://sivers.org/n).
The public is not you
Have you ever been offended by someone commenting on one of your blog posts? Or provided a nasty comment on your YouTube channel? I have. Derek’s point here is that your public persona is just a character, similar to how an actor plays a character in film or TV. You can hate the character, but the actor underneath is unfazed. It’s just a…
