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Writer, programmer, avid student of life. Please email instead of tweet at me : https://sivers.org/contact 

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    Derek Sivers‏Verified account @sivers 25 Feb 2018
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    Get specific!https://sivers.org/get-specific 

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      1. Derek Sivers‏Verified account @sivers 25 Feb 2018
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        Thanks back, Nick!

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      2. Gooding‏ @goodingmusic 26 Feb 2018
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        You are wonderful. Love your writing and “anything you want” was extremely helpful to me. I come back to it time and time again.

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      3. Derek Sivers‏Verified account @sivers 27 Feb 2018
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        Cool! Thank you. I really appreciate it.

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      2. Dahlia Foo  🧢‏ @dahliafoo 25 Feb 2018
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        Great timing! I only recently was starting to think along those lines and see the patterns! Thanks for putting into words! A particular aha moment was putting in the context of motivation! 🙏🏻🙌🏻

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      3. Derek Sivers‏Verified account @sivers 25 Feb 2018
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        Thanks Dahlia!

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      2. ⌘‏ @PeterorjustP 26 Feb 2018
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        Good thoughts! It took me two more paragraphs to go back to thinking this wasn't a song. Now I'm assuming the rhyming was coincidental, but it was fun in the moment.pic.twitter.com/01yg8eUlDC

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      3. Derek Sivers‏Verified account @sivers 26 Feb 2018
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        Ha! Yeah. I wasn't rhyming on purpose. Thanks for noticing.

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      1. Douglas, Christian‏ @toneshifter 25 Feb 2018
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        Ahhh, simple and potent truth☺️ Thank you for sharing Derek!

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      1. Andrew Miner‏ @AndrewMinerr 25 Feb 2018
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        Love it. Very useful for a lot of people. Myself included!

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      1. Rich Leisy‏ @RichLeisy 26 Feb 2018
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        Great Monday morning advice - thanks, Derek!

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