Read the excellent Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson @EricJorgenson.
This booked is packed with @naval wisdom and insight.
Read it on Kindle.
"Yellow" highlights are the good stuff. "Red" highlights are the great stuff.
Here are my Red highlights.
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"Figure out what you’re good at ,and start helping other people with it. Give it away. Pay it forward." - @naval
Love the spirit of generosity in this statement.
"Don’t take yourself so seriously. You’re just a monkey with a plan." - @naval
Naval does not pull punches and always puts things into perspective.
"You’re born , you have a whole set of sensory experiences and stimulations (lights , colors , and sounds), and then you die . How you choose to interpret them is up to you — you have that choice." - @naval
Life is short, treasure it.
"Today, the way we think you get peace is by resolving all your external problems. But there are unlimited external problems. The only way to actually get peace on the inside is by giving up this idea of problems." - @naval
You can choose to see problems as opportunities.
"You’re going to die one day, and none of this is going to matter. So enjoy yourself. Do something positive. Project some love. Make someone happy. Laugh a little bit. Appreciate the moment. And do your work." - @naval
Beautiful sentiment.
"I never met my greatest mentor. I wanted so much to be like him. But his message was the opposite: Be yourself, with passionate intensity." - @naval
The most powerful thing you can be in life? Yourself.
"Value your time. It is all you have. It’s more important than your money. It’s more important than your friends. It is more important than anything. Your time is all you have. Do not waste your time." - @naval
Time > Money
"The reality is you’ve been dead for the history of the Universe, 10 billion years or more. You will be dead for the next 70 billion years or so, until the heat death of the Universe." - @naval
Naval putting things in perspective again.
@naval -Thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world. 🙏 @EricJorgenson -Thank you for this labor of love. 🙏 @tferriss -Thank you for the Foreward. 🙏 @jackbutcher -Thank you for the great visuals. 🙏
Listened to the @SamanthaRyNZ Save Planet, Get Rich podcast with Naval Ravikant @naval.
Naval was on fire. It took me two hours to get through an hour long podcast. I had to keep pausing to take notes.
Here are my main take-aways from this excellent podcast episode.
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"If it is not making you happier, or healthier, or calmer, or having better relationships, or wealthier, then what good is it? It's useless. You can safely discard it." @naval
Great perspective on what to pay attention to and what to safely ignore.
"It is very easy for self-improvement to degenerate into self-conflict, and self-conflict to self-misery." @naval
It is great to improve and develop yourself. Just make sure you are coming from a place of self love and respect.
"When someone’s doing something for love, being generous instead of stingy, trusting instead of fearful, it triggers this law: We want to give to those who give." @sivers
-Establish your Goals.
-Identify required Habits.
-Turn Habits into a System.
-Schedule System on your calendar.
-Be Disciplined and honor your Schedule.
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Example 1:
Goal - Lose 10 pounds
Habits - Exercise
System - Cardio 4 X's/week
Schedule - Block cardio time M, T, TH, FRI on calendar
Discipline - Honor your Schedule!
Example 2:
Goal - Become more peaceful
Habits - Meditate
System - Use a guided meditation in Headspace app 5 X's/week.
Schedule - Block 10 minute Meditation time off on your calendar in the morning M-F.
Discipline - Honor your Schedule!