The Life-Changing Power Of Changing Your Perspective - Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Tony Robbins once famously asked, “How can the worst thing that ever happened to you become the best thing?” This highlights the power of reframing. By changing your perspective on life events—whether they’re objectively true or not—what matters is their usefulness. If a perspective serves you positively, it works, and that’s the real power of perspective. Expect to learn how you can reframe your perspective for the better, what the term ‘Useful Not True’ means, why your thoughts cannot be trusted nor should you believe each one that pops into your head, why people don’t bond over facts but rather perspectives, how to not become discouraged if you are thrown off course, how to make better decisions and make the best choice possible and much more... - 00:00 Useful But Not True 06:41 Why is Reframing Important? 13:08 Derek’s Car Accident 23:11 We Bond Over Our Perspectives 28:29 Is it Right to Sometimes Break the Rules? 36:35 Your Own Thoughts Are Untrue 47:28 Evaluating Beliefs Fuelled By Emotion 55:39 Judge the Content & Not the Box 1:06:05 The Value of Diverse Worldviews 1:17:30 How to Better Reframe Your Experiences 1:32:22 Are These Tools Universally Useful? 1:41:46 Our Desire to Be Perfect Immediately 1:48:25 You Are What You Pretend to Be 2:01:37 Where to Find Derek - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/