If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
– Naval Ravikant
Time spent undistracted and alone, in self-examination, journaling, meditation, resolves the unresolved and takes us from mentally fat to fit.
– Naval Ravikant
The worst way to build a relationship is to try to build a relationship.
– Naval Ravikant
The goal of media is to make every problem, your problem.
– Naval Ravikant
Choose the non-emotional response to any given situation and see how much easier your life becomes.
– Naval Ravikant
Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you at the upper echelon of human success within seven years.
– Naval Ravikant
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves.
– Naval Ravikant
Instead of treating events as wins or losses, ask ‘Did I learn something I can apply in the future?’If not, you must treat it as a loss.
– Naval Ravikant
If you can’t see yourself working with someone for life, don’t work with them for a day.
– Naval Ravikant
Delete emails without responding or flinching. Don’t set up voicemail. Don’t travel purely for business. Don’t go to conferences unless speaking. Eat dinner with friends or family. Use blocks of open time to create, make good decisions, and focus on important over urgent.
– Naval Ravikant
We waste our time with short term thinking and busywork. Warren Buffett spends a year deciding and a day acting. That act lasts decades.
– Naval Ravikant
Investing favors the dispassionate. Markets efficiently separate emotional investors from their money.
– Naval Ravikant
Escape competition through authenticity.
– Naval Ravikant
Entertainment hubs masquerading as productivity devices -the perfect combo.
– Naval Ravikant
Watching TV side-by-side is not a relationship.
– Naval Ravikant
Ubiquitous streaming cameras with remote storage will eventually end almost all physical criminal activities.
– Naval Ravikant
Doing nothing is really hard for us, since we’re such a productivity-driven culture and species.
– Naval Ravikant
A leader operating in enemy territory should always project positivity and optimism.
– Naval Ravikant
Swearing signals a lack of eloquence and emotional control.
– Naval Ravikant