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I used to be stressed and anxious out of my mind...

Then I found Naval Ravikant and obsessedly spent 400 hours+ binge-watching all of his podcasts online.

His ideas will make you immune to depression & anxiety.

This is Naval's Happiness Protocol: 🧵
Practical philosophy doesn’t have to be abstract.

Naval’s approach is simple:

• Health
• Wealth
• Happiness

If something works for one person, it can work for another.

But that's not all... Image
Live long enough, and you’ll ask:

• How do I stay happy?
• How do I stay healthy?
• How do I get wealthy?
• How do I raise a good family?
Three kinds of health:

• Financial: no daily fear about money
• Physical: no chronic disease or addiction
• Mental: peace and contentment with yourself

You can be happy without wealth — but it’s playing on hard mode. Image
1. HEALTH

• A sick man wants only one thing.
• A healthy man wants 10,000 things.

If your body breaks down, your mind follows.

Your genetics set the baseline — but you control more than you think.

Like fitness or nutrition, happiness can be learned and improved. Image
2/ DESIRE

Desire is a contract you make to be unhappy until you get what you want.

• Reduce your contracts.
• Reduce your unhappiness.

No single thing will make you happy forever. Image
3/ MEANINGFUL PLEASURE

Pursuing pleasure for its own sake leads to addiction.

Addiction creates fake work, fake play, fake relationships.

• We don’t just want peace of mind.
• We want peace from mind.

Breaking it means building a life where you’re happy without the noise. Image
WHY HAPPINESS?

A peaceful mind makes better decisions.

Warren Buffett wins by making a few high-quality decisions each year.

Peace improves judgment — and compounds faster than hard work.

Weaponized pleasures are everywhere. Image
Moments of awe silence the inner voice — and that’s what we crave.

Peace is happiness at rest.
Happiness is peace in motion.

Peace comes from understanding truth — not chasing more activity.

The closer you are to the truth, the quieter you become inside. Image
Wisdom creates stoicism — not the other way around.

Society says:

• Money won’t make you happy
• School is for education

Truth-seeking means seeing through consensus illusions.

Most self-improvement is disguised self-conflict.
True change is natural and arises from deep understanding.

Happiness isn't found; it's uncovered by shedding illusions, addictions, and finding truth.

Enjoyed this thread? Join me to explore psychology and game theory for self-mastery.

Follow @mentalities_ to become Der Übermensch.
Naval's words will change your life, highly recommend giving his article a read:

nav.al/happiness

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Aug 12
I used to have no idea what I wanted in life...

Then I learned the ancient dark psychology of happiness

There're 11 psychological ideas that separate the depressed from happiness:

BECOME THE BLACK SHEEP: 🧵
First, understand this:

Your brain is wired for survival, not joy.

That's why 1 in 6 adults feel depressed right now.

But the Übermensch knows: You can hijack your own mental programming.
1. THE CONNECTION PARADOX

Research proves: relationships predict happiness more than money.

But here's what they don't tell you:

Quality > quantity.

One deep alliance beats 100 shallow connections.

Power move: Cultivate strategic bonds. Image
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I used to think I was disciplined & motivated.

Then I discovered Angela Duckworth's insight from 1000+ hours of research on the #1 predictor of success.

This ONE characteristic separate the survivors from the victims.

THREAD 🧵
GRIT.

Angela Duckworth defines it as "passion and perseverance for long-term goals."

The latest research shows you can build it like a muscle.
James Clear—"The ability to stick with something when it's not exciting is what makes the difference."

Translation: Motivation is overrated.

Systems are everything.

Here's how to build GRIT—3 strategies: Image
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Aug 7
In 1972, a French scientist locked himself in a pitch-black cave 440 feet underground for 180 days.

No light. No time. No human contact.

He wanted to uncover the secrets of the human mind—and what he found was literally TIME-BENDING: 🧵 Image
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Michel Siffre was a geologist and researcher obsessed with understanding human biology in extreme conditions.

He believed the key to unlocking the human mind lay in its relationship with time.

To test this, he devised a radical experiment. Image
Siffre volunteered to live completely isolated in a cave.

No clocks. No sunlight. No way to track time.

He wanted to find out:

• How the brain reacts to total isolation.
• What happens when you’re cut off from natural cycles.
The world thought he was insane. Image
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Aug 5
I used to think I was rationale.

Then I found the forgotten art of manipulation and dark psychology.

There're 10 mind control signs separate the survivors from the victims.

Test yourself now: 🧵
First, dark psychology isn't evil magic. It's the weaponization of human nature.

Those who master it understand one thing:
• Your emotions are predictable
• Your desires are exploitable
• Your fears are controllable

Knowledge is your only defense. Image
1. PALTERING: The Truth That Lies

They tell you facts but hide the context.

"I've never cheated on anyone" (they were never in a committed relationship)

The most dangerous lies contain 100% truth.

Watch what they DON'T say. Image
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Aug 1
The most overlooked curse of the 21st century:

Having an IQ over 130.

- 27% develop depression
- 20% suffer anxiety disorders
- 182% higher risk of mood disorders

What they don't tell you about being "gifted": Image
Being smarter than average comes with a psychological price most people never see.

While society celebrates high IQ, the brilliant minds behind those numbers are quietly struggling with mental torment.

Here's why intelligence can become a burden...
Reason #1: The Overthinking Trap

Highly intelligent people have "psychological overexcitabilities."

Dr. Nicole Tetro explains: "A minor insult like a clothing tag triggers chronic stress responses."

Their hypersensitive minds turn small problems into mental storms. Image
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Jul 31
In 1920, a psychologist tortured a 9-month-old baby to prove humans could be programmed like machines.

What he revealed was the terrifying truth about how your fears were truly created.

Welcome to the Little Albert experiment: 🧵 Image
John B. Watson was the "Father of Behaviorism."

His radical belief: All human behavior—love, fear, anger—could be controlled through conditioning.

To prove this, he needed a test subject who had no existing fears.

He found the perfect victim. Image
"Little Albert" was a 9-month-old baby whose mother worked at Johns Hopkins University.

Watson first exposed Albert to various stimuli:

• A white rat
• A rabbit
• A dog
• Masks

Albert showed no fear of any of them. He was fearless.

That was about to change. Image
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