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Finally finished the @naval podcast with @joerogan – so uniquely insightful with a ridiculous amount of actionable advice. Here are some of my favorite quotes. podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/naval…
“When you combine things you’re not supposed to combine, people get interested. At some level, all humans are broad and multivariate. Specialization is for insects.”
“When you look at the greatest artists and creators, they have an ability to start over. You have to be willing to be a fool and have that beginner’s mind.”
“If you get enough advice, it all cancels to zero.”
“Be rich and anonymous, not poor and famous.”
“There are three things everyone wants to be: wealthy, happy, and fit. And those things can be taught.”
“If you’re so smart, how come you aren’t happy? How come you haven’t figured that out? That’s my challenge to people who think they’re so smart and capable.”
“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want. When I’m unhappy, I look for what the underlying desire is that’s not getting fulfilled.”
“We live in an age of infinite leverage. Your actions can be multiplied by broadcasting via a podcast, investing capital, having people work for you, by writing code. Because of that, the impacts of good decision-making are much higher than they used to be.”
“We like to view the world as linear. It doesn’t work that way. How you work is more important than how hard you work. Outputs are non-linear based on the quality of the work you put in.”
“You’re not going to get rich renting out your time.”
“If someone can tell you when to be at work and what to wear, you’re not a free person. You’re not actually rich.”
“I think the smart people have already started figuring out that the internet enables working remotely, on their own schedule, in their own place, with their own friends, in their own way. The information age has allowed us to go back to working for ourselves.”
“We should always strive to provide people with equal opportunity. But people confuse that with equal outcome.”
“Because of the internet, news has become commoditized. And so the entire news media has shifted to peddling opinions and entertainment. I think we will start creating decentralized media.”
“If all of your beliefs line up into one political party, you’re not a clear thinker. Your beliefs are socialized.”
“Our diseases are of abundance, not of scarcity. We are overexposed to everything.”
“Learning to be alone is a superpower everyone can attain. Meditation is the art of doing nothing.”
“Peace is happiness at rest. Happiness is peace in motion. You can convert peace to happiness at any time. Peace is what you want.”
“I can sit around and think my thoughts all day long. But when you’re forced to write it down or talk to somebody, you have to complete gaps in your thinking and make it a smarter logical chain.”
“The answers to all the great questions are paradoxical.”
“We get into this model of ‘I must work for other people and work my way up the ladder.’ But today, the most powerful money-makers are individual brands – like Elon, Kanye, Oprah, Trump – who themselves are leveraged with knowledge no one else has.”
“The way to get out of the competition trap is to be authentic.”
“Confucius had a great saying. Every man has two lives: the second starts when he realizes he has just one.”
“The cost of meetings is so high, especially given all the people in there. You’re literally just dying an hour at a time. You have to drop non-urgent meetings. The extreme example is business travel.”
