Since 2017, I’ve benefited from the aphorisms of Naval Ravikant, entrepreneur, investor, and thinker. His thread, How to Get Rich (without getting lucky), helped me achieve a relatively high level of financial freedom. He also introduced me to other writers, thinkers, and authors who inspired me on my pathless path.
When I find someone I admire, I read what they’ve read, listen to who they’re listening to, and write about them.
These are my highlights from the book Almanac of Naval by Naval and Eric Jorgensen. It’s cool that Eric created a bestselling book by harvesting and editing Naval’s best tweets and podcasts. This essay is a distillation of Eric’s distillation of Navalisms. The full book can be downloaded here, free. Naval posts on X.
All is Naval’s words unless specified otherwise.
The modern struggle:
Lone individuals summoning inhuman willpower, fasting, meditating, and exercising…
Up against armies of scientists and statisticians weaponizing abundant food…
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