By ofwisdomowl If you want to know more about Naval:
- Naval’s Twitter
- With Joe Rogan
- With Tim Ferris
- Have a read at this great book “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” (Kindle Version) by Eric Jorgensen.
- Have a look at my posts on “Naval’s Favourite Books and Blogs” and “Naval’s Formulas and Rules”
Naval’s Quotes
“Health, Love, and your mission, in that order. Nothing else matters”
On Decision Making”
“The more you know, the less you diversify.”
“Simple heuristic: If you’re evenly split on a difficult decision, take the path more painful in the short term.”
“If there’s something you want to do later, do it now. There is no “later”
On Reading and Learning
“Read what you love until you love to read.”
“Reading a book isn’t a race—the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed.”
“If they wrote it to make money, don’t read it.”
On Happiness
“A calm mind, a fit body, and a house full of love. These things cannot be bought. They must be earned.”
“The three big ones in life are wealth, health, and happiness. We pursue them in that order, but their importance is reverse.”
“When working, surround yourself with people more successful than you. When playing, surround yourself with people happier than you.”
On Meditation and Mental Strength
“Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind.”
“Time spent undistracted and alone, in self-examination, journaling, meditation, resolves the unresolved and takes us from mentally fat to fit.”
“Be present above all else”
On Growing Yourself
“Advice to my younger self: Be exactly who you are.”
“To make an original contribution, you have to be irrationally obsessed with something.”
Become the best at what you do. Refine what you do until this is true. Opportunity will seek you out. Luck becomes your destiny.”
On Philosophy
“The older the question, the older the answers.”
“Inspiration is perishable—act on it immediately.”
“Earn with your mind, not your time.”