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I recently finished reading ‘The Almanack of Naval
Ravikant’ (from @EricJorgenson).
It's a fantastic collection of @naval's wisdom.
Some of my favourite quotes... //
Ravikant’ (from @EricJorgenson).
It's a fantastic collection of @naval's wisdom.
Some of my favourite quotes... //
"Spend more time making the big decisions. There are basically three really big decisions you make make in your early life: where you live, who you're with, and what
you do."
you do."
"What we wish to be true clouds our perception of what is true. Suffering is the moment when we can no longer deny reality."
"IF YOU CAN'T DECIDE, THE ANSWER IS NO."
"The means of learning are abundant-it's the desire to learn that is scarce."
"I don't want to read everything. I just want to read the
100 great books over and over again."
(That one's a tweet from @illacertus).
100 great books over and over again."
(That one's a tweet from @illacertus).
"I probably read one to two hours a day. That puts me in the top .00001 percent. I think that alone accounts for any material success I've had in my life and any intelligence I might have."
"Now, when someone mentions a book to me, I buy it. At any given time, I'm reading somewhere between ten and twenty books. I'm flipping through them."
"Today, I believe happiness is really a default state. Happiness is there when you remove the sense of something missing in your life."
"If you look at little children, on balance, they're generally pretty happy because they are really immersed in the environment and the moment, without any thought of how it should be given their personal preferences and desires."
"Happiness is what's there when you remove the sense that something is missing in your life."
"This is what I mean when I say happiness is a choice. If you believe it's a choice, you can start working on it."
"My most surprising discovery in the last five years is that peace and happiness are skills."
"When everyone is sick, we no longer consider it a disease."
"We evolved for scarcity but live in abundance."
"Value your time. It is all you have."
"All benefits in life come from compound interest, whether in money, relationships, love, health, activities, or habits."
