The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
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Summary
Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with。 These aspirations may seem out of reach， but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn。
So what are these skills， and how do we learn them？ What are the principles that should guide our efforts？ What does progress really look like？
Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur， philosopher， and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness。 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval's wisdom and experience from the last ten years， shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections。 This isn't a how-to book， or a step-by-step gimmick。 Instead， through Naval's own words， you will learn how to walk your own unique path toward a happier， wealthier life。
So what are these skills， and how do we learn them？ What are the principles that should guide our efforts？ What does progress really look like？
Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur， philosopher， and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness。 The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval's wisdom and experience from the last ten years， shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections。 This isn't a how-to book， or a step-by-step gimmick。 Instead， through Naval's own words， you will learn how to walk your own unique path toward a happier， wealthier life。
Reviews
Faiz Hadiyan
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So good！ Very compact and high-value writing actually。 I need to re-read it again to visualize all the content within the book
Dami
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DNFShallow “philosophy”， perfect for Twitter。
Anna Hui
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A book of wisdom indeed。 Naval Ravikant’s Insights are not something new but definitely wisdom on the art of living that is always around us for our own discovery。 Grateful that the author summarised it so systematically。 I read the ebook version but will definitely buy a physical one to be kept in my shelf。
Anil Bhat
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Lot of golden nuggets cramped into a small book。planning to re read it once again after a while。
Anirudh Singh
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CLEARY ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THIS YEARThe book is a compelling and practical guide to wealth and Happiness。 Eric Jorgenson has done a remarkable job in bringing the wisdom of Naval Ravikant to the public in the form of a perfect text。Combine an Entrepreneur with a philosopher and you get Naval。 The guy is like those wise men you just think of when you hear the word ideal but of course， he doesn't feel that way， in fact， he doesn't take himself too seriously as Tim Ferris reminds us in the for CLEARY ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THIS YEARThe book is a compelling and practical guide to wealth and Happiness。 Eric Jorgenson has done a remarkable job in bringing the wisdom of Naval Ravikant to the public in the form of a perfect text。Combine an Entrepreneur with a philosopher and you get Naval。 The guy is like those wise men you just think of when you hear the word ideal but of course， he doesn't feel that way， in fact， he doesn't take himself too seriously as Tim Ferris reminds us in the foreword of this book。 one of my many many favorite quotes in this book regarding this would be the one where he talks about happiness in life。。。Don't take yourself too seriously， you are just a monkey with a plan。The book is filled with immensely practical and simplistic advice which will definitely make this a must-read for all！ 。。。more
Deepak Mishra
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The book is added in my To be read again list。 The book is highly powerful， motivating and so enlightening that made me to rethink about myself while reading some of the chapters。Book is a wonderful compilation of lessons about life。
Zayed Lasheen
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Praise personally （try find the best example） and criticize generally （general approach） Peace is happiness at rest and happiness is peace in motion It’s good book
Davied Lubinson
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（Listening Lengtht4 hours and 53 minutes）
Harvey
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Easy read。 There are some good concepts and advice here。 Def great value for a free ebook。
Yanyi
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This is essentially a collection of Naval's quotes / words that he has said or written。 The structure and flow of it is a little messy at times， but I really enjoyed all the bite-sized wisdom and advice。 You can tell that this guy （Naval） has a bit of an attitude， and all the stuff that he says is only possible because he has "made it" in life or "successful" （up to one's interpretation on what/how that is defined）， so take some of it with a pinch of salt。 This is essentially a collection of Naval's quotes / words that he has said or written。 The structure and flow of it is a little messy at times， but I really enjoyed all the bite-sized wisdom and advice。 You can tell that this guy （Naval） has a bit of an attitude， and all the stuff that he says is only possible because he has "made it" in life or "successful" （up to one's interpretation on what/how that is defined）， so take some of it with a pinch of salt。 。。。more
Bhumika Monani
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The best self help book I have ever read。 Profound and mind blowing read。 You would be amazed to read philosophies and truths about life and many more。 Go pick it up！
Swapnil Deshpande
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Mostly listened to the audiobook while doing chores and walking back from groceries/gym。 Fairly well known anecdotes like:1。 You need to have some level of financial independence to be happy。 2。 Read a lot。3。 Take care of your physical and mental wellbeing。4。 Peace comes from acceptance and from being present。The things I liked about this book are:1。 Not a book solely on building wealth or philosophy or happiness but all of these things combined in a small neat package。 Usually books I read on e Mostly listened to the audiobook while doing chores and walking back from groceries/gym。 Fairly well known anecdotes like:1。 You need to have some level of financial independence to be happy。 2。 Read a lot。3。 Take care of your physical and mental wellbeing。4。 Peace comes from acceptance and from being present。The things I liked about this book are:1。 Not a book solely on building wealth or philosophy or happiness but all of these things combined in a small neat package。 Usually books I read on either of these topics are just limited on that one particular topic。 It’s refreshing to see something that combines every single one of these things from someone who “made it”2。 It has references to lot of other good books so I’m glad because now I have more books to add to my （ever increasing backlog of） “Want To Read” list3。 Not lengthy。 Literally based on a series of Naval’s tweets4。 Easily accessible: Modern tech， content creation and finance talked in common terms like “leverage”， mind as talked in terms of “operating system”， etc。Things I disliked about this book are:1。 Has mostly “aphorisms” found literally everywhere else。2。 Since it talks about a lot of different things sometimes things feel like they’re all over the place 。。。more
Denis
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Read his pinned ‘how to get rich’ tweet thread， and if you want context or an explanation for any of those points， that is what this book is for。 In short it is the result of him looking at the history of his 40 some year old life， finding the things that worked for him and putting it in a concise format。 It’s also great for the price （free）。 Although lots of it is common sense it’s good to get reminded once in a while。 Will likely reread bi-annually as with the rest of my favourite books。 The b Read his pinned ‘how to get rich’ tweet thread， and if you want context or an explanation for any of those points， that is what this book is for。 In short it is the result of him looking at the history of his 40 some year old life， finding the things that worked for him and putting it in a concise format。 It’s also great for the price （free）。 Although lots of it is common sense it’s good to get reminded once in a while。 Will likely reread bi-annually as with the rest of my favourite books。 The book recommendations at the end make this book worth reading 。。。more
Samiur
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Solid mindset book， in my opinion， on philosophy of life and living life and building wealth。 His recommended reads are great recommendations。
Francis Kwan
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this book is by far the best self-growth up book I've read in 2022。 it tells you how to be a person in the world and to live your life as per your will， not by the world。 a lot of pragmatic advice are given in the book。 Naval is a man with real-life wisdom。 this book is by far the best self-growth up book I've read in 2022。 it tells you how to be a person in the world and to live your life as per your will， not by the world。 a lot of pragmatic advice are given in the book。 Naval is a man with real-life wisdom。 。。。more
Sakrita Maharjan
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I want to start by saying that the book is freely available in the official website https://www。navalmanack。com The book is basically a collection of 'If I can do it， so can you' advices。 It was just okay for me。 I didn't find it ground-breaking or the ideas especially compelling。 The format of writing felt like snippets from a Ted talks - it was like reading highlighted theme and concept from a much more deep and detailed lecture。 This format simply didn't work for me。 It leaves the reader want I want to start by saying that the book is freely available in the official website https://www。navalmanack。com The book is basically a collection of 'If I can do it， so can you' advices。 It was just okay for me。 I didn't find it ground-breaking or the ideas especially compelling。 The format of writing felt like snippets from a Ted talks - it was like reading highlighted theme and concept from a much more deep and detailed lecture。 This format simply didn't work for me。 It leaves the reader wanting for more explanation， details， anecdotes or even more meaning to the original statement。 The author simply filled the entire book with so much fluff that it became hard to draw out actual useful concepts from it。However， having said that the book is not totally useless。 There are a lot of good advices in the book。 I just wish there was more elaboration on the concept。 But For someone who is new to self help books， this might be a good starting point。 It has some good ideas and takeaways such as:1。 Wealth comes from assets， not money。 2。 Focus on creating leverage : labor and capital。 Leverage is a tool you use to amplify your efforts。3。 you can be wealthy if you focus on developing specific knowledge that makes you unique4。 Value your time at an hourly rate and work to save that time5。 Play Long-Term Games With Long-Term People。 invest in compound interest in most aspect of life including relationships6。 The freedom is to have control of your time， unlike a 9–5。7。 To build specific knowledge， read what you love until you love to read。 。。。more
Basavaraju Kidiyappa
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Great read
Pratyush Rathore
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I picked up this book thinking， "Huh， let's check out what's the big deal about it。 Sounds like self help"。 I was wrong。 This book changed something fundamental in me。 The most difficult part of this book is to apply it in practice。 For example， the almanack says that if something is below your daily worth， hire somebody to do it。 He goes ahead that he would refuse mom for some work if it didn't fall into that criteria。 And I have been working my ass off for the past two days for some pretty mun I picked up this book thinking， "Huh， let's check out what's the big deal about it。 Sounds like self help"。 I was wrong。 This book changed something fundamental in me。 The most difficult part of this book is to apply it in practice。 For example， the almanack says that if something is below your daily worth， hire somebody to do it。 He goes ahead that he would refuse mom for some work if it didn't fall into that criteria。 And I have been working my ass off for the past two days for some pretty mundane and pointless tasks for mom while thinking about those lines。 It has made the last two days a lot more drudgery than what they initially seemed。 Pretty amazing read。 Highly recommended。 。。。more
Maria Gracella
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The hardest thing is not doing what you want—it’s knowing what you want。”—————————review to come。
Akshay Surya
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I was not able to finish it。 This was recommended to me by many of my colleagues and hence I decided to try it。 Good god， it was completely unpalatable for me。 Okay half of the things he says are good and I agree with those but the rest of the half feels stupid。 Maybe it's just for me， maybe I am reading it all wrong。 But I feel like what he says is the same bullshit I can find in YouTube shorts and Instagram reels。 I was not able to finish it。 This was recommended to me by many of my colleagues and hence I decided to try it。 Good god， it was completely unpalatable for me。 Okay half of the things he says are good and I agree with those but the rest of the half feels stupid。 Maybe it's just for me， maybe I am reading it all wrong。 But I feel like what he says is the same bullshit I can find in YouTube shorts and Instagram reels。 。。。more
Alish bodar
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motivation does work when it doesn't present itself in the cover of motivation。 most reasonable book in the self help genre， which dives deep into the human psychology， evolution， critical thinking and also why we function the way we are functioning right now as a society。 this must be most influential book for me and also I consider it as bible for modern business person。 I Like how in simplistic manner he explained about all the aspects of books。 motivation does work when it doesn't present itself in the cover of motivation。 most reasonable book in the self help genre， which dives deep into the human psychology， evolution， critical thinking and also why we function the way we are functioning right now as a society。 this must be most influential book for me and also I consider it as bible for modern business person。 I Like how in simplistic manner he explained about all the aspects of books。 。。。more
Avinash Tendulkar
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Allround book on health ， wealth and happiness 。。must read
Deepesh Lakhotia
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Naval Ravikant is one of the most renowned investor and entrepreneur of our times。 The book is a summary of insights focusing on two things: how to build wealth and how to be happy。 Emphasis is on the fact that these are not out of reach but rather skills that can be learned。 There are a few central themes towards learning those skills - developing mental models， focusing on building specific knowledge and being the best at it to build leverage， accepting that happiness is a skill too and lastly Naval Ravikant is one of the most renowned investor and entrepreneur of our times。 The book is a summary of insights focusing on two things: how to build wealth and how to be happy。 Emphasis is on the fact that these are not out of reach but rather skills that can be learned。 There are a few central themes towards learning those skills - developing mental models， focusing on building specific knowledge and being the best at it to build leverage， accepting that happiness is a skill too and lastly， embracing death。 The issue I have with the book is how it is constructed - it doesn’t flow organically and finds itself repeating insights with similar quotes from other places in the book。 For those who have not been following his tweets over the years， this is an excellent read。 For those who have， the book doesn’t say much more but still a great read。 Favourite Quotes:“Picking the direction you’re heading in for every decision is far， far more important than how much force you apply”“Inspiration is perishable - act on it immediately” 。。。more
Daniel Grau
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Love the way this was written - clear thoughts straight to the point followed by conclusions。 Easy read， enjoyable and filled with life-guiding applicable principles。
Sawdah Jaulim
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Omg。 What in the Almanack of bs is this bs？ Seriously？ Ew。
Archita
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Loved every bit of it。Really gives you a clear perspective on things that actually matter。Looking forward to delve into other writings of the Naval Ravikant。 All recommendations are welcomed！
Rohit Lawange
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4 stars， as this book is not a masterpiece， or a "one of a kind" type。To be honest， this book is not actually a book in true sense。 It's a compilation of tweets and insights of Naval Ravikanth， put as words of wisdom by the writer/authorNevertheless， it's not bad。 Some of the passages are extremely enlightening， while some are like meh。 But this is expected as it's a compilation of various topics and thoughts。Overall， it's a good read。 4/5 4 stars， as this book is not a masterpiece， or a "one of a kind" type。To be honest， this book is not actually a book in true sense。 It's a compilation of tweets and insights of Naval Ravikanth， put as words of wisdom by the writer/authorNevertheless， it's not bad。 Some of the passages are extremely enlightening， while some are like meh。 But this is expected as it's a compilation of various topics and thoughts。Overall， it's a good read。 4/5 。。。more
Paulius Virbickas
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Practical everyday wisdom from Silicon Valley Buddha - no religion （he's an atheist）， but still spiritual enough for technocrat he is。 Practical everyday wisdom from Silicon Valley Buddha - no religion （he's an atheist）， but still spiritual enough for technocrat he is。 。。。more
Yanna Holunha
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Really with reading if you wish to read some good ideas about wealth and happiness。 It is full of wisdom that I will definitely go back to from time to time。
Bernadette Figueroa
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