Naval Ravikant
Compressed everything into tweets
b. 1974 · Business
Naval founded AngelList and made his real mark with something that cost nothing: a body of aphorisms on wealth, leverage, judgement and happiness that has been passed around for a decade. He writes to be quoted, which is a discipline of its own — most of these are under twenty words and none of them need the paragraph they came from.
There’s no single permanent solution to happiness.
Naval Podcast: Desire Is a Contract You Make to Be Unhappy · 2020
You have to be willing to let people criticize you.
Naval Podcast: Accountability Means Letting People Criticize You · 2019
Acting ethically turns out to be a selfish imperative.
Naval Podcast: Being Ethical Is Long-Term Greedy · 2019
In fact, the most interesting things cannot be taught.
Naval Podcast: Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge · 2019
If we stayed authentic to ourselves, we would have done better.
Naval Podcast: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes · 2019
The most interesting tweets should be the ones you disagree with.
Naval Podcast: Accountability Means Letting People Criticize You · 2019
A lot of wisdom involves realizing long-term consequences of your actions.
Naval Podcast: Being Ethical Is Long-Term Greedy · 2019
The real world is always far, far more complex than we can intellectualize.
Naval Podcast: Judgment Is the Decisive Skill · 2019
The more outraged somebody is, I guarantee you, the worse their judgment is.
Naval Podcast: Judgment Is the Decisive Skill · 2019
The longer your time horizon, the wiser you’re going to seem to everybody around you.
Naval Podcast: Being Ethical Is Long-Term Greedy · 2019
The first thing to notice about specific knowledge is that you can’t be trained for it.
Naval Podcast: Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge · 2019
If you can’t see yourself working with someone for life, then don’t work with them for a day.
Naval Podcast: Reject Most Advice · 2019
When you’re finally wealthy, you’ll realize it wasn’t what you were seeking in the first place.
Naval Podcast: A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love · 2019
Avoid people who got rich quickly. They’re just giving you their winning lottery ticket numbers.
Naval Podcast: Reject Most Advice · 2019
A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought—they must be earned.
Naval Podcast: A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love · 2019
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