Naval Ravikant is an Indian-American entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder, chairman and former CEO of AngelList.
Quotes
“Don’t take yourself so seriously. You’re just a monkey with a plan.”
“The only true test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.”
“The most dangerous things are heroin and a monthly salary.”
“Desire is a contract that you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.”
“You have two lives, and the second one begins when you realize you only have one.”
“Escape competition through authenticity.”
“I don’t actually read a lot of books. I pick up a lot of books and only get through a few, which form the foundation of my knowledge.”
“The smarter you get, the slower you read.”
“To the experts, what looks like hard work from the outside, is play from the inside.”
“The means of learning are abundant, the desire to learn is scarce.”
“A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside their control.”
“Status is your ranking in the social hierarchy.”
“You make your own luck if you stay at it long enough.”
“If you want to be a philosopher king first become a king then become a philosopher. Not first become a philosopher and then become a king.”
“The people who have the ability to fail in public under their own name actually gain a lot of power.”
“A taste of freedom can make you unemployable.”
“Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or build slowly upon a steel frame of understanding.”
“Renting out your time means you’re essentially replaceable.”
“Wealth buys your freedom.”
“Reading is the ultimate meta-skill that can be traded for anything else.”
“If it entertains you now but will bore you someday, it’s a distraction. Keep looking.”
“Taleb’s Skin In The Game is required reading.”
“Art is anything done for its own sake.”
“People living below their means have freedom.”
“Competing without software is like competing without electricity.”
“I would rather read the best 100 books over and over again until I absorb them rather than read all the books.”
“Impatience with actions, patience with results.”
“All greatness comes from suffering.”
“Inspiration is perishable-act one it immediately.”
“You must own equity to gain your financial freedom.”
“People creating wealth will always be attacked by people playing status games.”
“So, you want to look for professions and careers where the inputs and outputs are highly disconnected.”