Book Review

Almanack of Naval Ravikant

The Book in a Sentence

This book captures Naval's rich and simple wisdoms succinctly, definitely one of the best books out there that has a high density of life lesson about wealth, health, happiness, and wisdom.

Impressions

So good. So much wisdom. period.

Who Should Read It?

Anyone who wants to live a happy & abundant life

How the Book Changed Me

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I've been a huge fan of Naval, and this book provided a structured way to review and explore Naval's teachings. I've been really inspired by Naval's ability to observe insightful wisdom and turn them into simple words... that's a skill I want to cultivate.

My Top Quotes

Getting rich is about knowing what to do, who to do it with, and when to do it. It is much more about understanding than purely hard work.

Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.

Escape competition through authenticity. When you are competing with people, it's because you are copying them. It's because you are trying to do the same thing. But every human is different. Don't copy.

Knowledge only you know or only a small set of people knows is going to come out of your passions and your hobbies, oddly enough.

The meaning of life is to do things for their own sake. Ironically, when you do things for their own sake, you create your best work.

You are more likely to have skills society does not yet know how to train other people to do it.