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One of the books Shaun rated five out of five.

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Naval Ravikant

  • 5/5
  • Finished 2022
  • Leadership
  • Self-development
  • Memoir
  • Use leverage
    1. labour (hardest)
    2. capital
    3. product with no marginal cost of replication (code/media)
  • Value your time at a ridiculous high hourly rate. Ruthlessly spend to save time
  • Spend time when young on the 3 most important decisions:
    1. where you live
    2. who you’re with
    3. what you do
  • Retiring is when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow
  • Ways to get lucky:
    1. blind luck
    2. Hustle until you stumble into it
    3. Be sensitive to chances others miss
    4. Become the best at what you do
  • Networking is < being a maker who creates something people want
  • Praise specifically, criticise generally
  • Read classic originals, not modern day (Darwin > Dawkins). Math, science, philosophy
  • Happiness; view the negative before you can aspire to appreciate the positive. Embrace the present moment and the reality of what is, and the way it is
  • Every desire is a chosen unhappiness. Confucius: “you have 2 lives, and the 2nd one begins when you realise you only have one.”
  • Working, surround yourself with people more successful than you are.
  • Playing, surround yourself with people happier than you.
  • Embrace death, there’s no legacy.
  • Values; long term thinking, peer relationships not hierarchical.
  • Inspiration is very perishable; act on it immediately.