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I’m a Very Slow Thinker
Derek Sivers
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Jan 2023
In fact, I’ll tell you a secret. When someone wants to interview me for their show, I ask them to send me some questions a week in advance.
19 Jan 2023
People say that your first reaction is the most honest, but I disagree. Your first reaction is usually outdated. Either it’s an answer you came up with long ago and now use instead of thinking, or it’s a knee-jerk emotional response to something in your past.
When you’re less impulsive and more deliberate like this, it can be a little inconvenient for other people, but that’s OK. Someone asks you a question. You don’t need to answer. You can say, “I don’t know,” and take your time to answer after thinking. Things happen. Someone expects you to respond. But you can say, “We’ll see.”