A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned.
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The ideal school would teach health, wealth, and happiness. It‘d be free, self-paced, and available to all. It‘d… https://t.co/PO23beBAzF
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People with “founder mentality” can’t rest once a problem or opportunity is identified. They take on personal res… https://t.co/yoQiwOYhhT
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The overeducated are worse off than the undereducated, having traded common sense for the illusion of knowledge.
— naval (@naval)
When building habits, choose consistency over content. The best book is the one you can’t put down. The best exer… https://t.co/L5D0lFLmmb
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In physical domains (diet, workouts), consistency is king. In intellectual and social domains, wins are rare, sudd… https://t.co/9E9kAezN0d
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Decisions: • If you can’t decide, the answer is no. • If two equally difficult paths, choose the one more painful… https://t.co/lqkur5c9z4
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Learn from times iterated over time spent. Craft a thousand tweets before ten blog posts before one novel. Skim a… https://t.co/h6cDWouDPL
— naval (@naval)
Changing habits: Pick one thing. Cultivate a desire. Visualize it. Plan a sustainable path. Identify needs, trig… https://t.co/cgtzbxkvn5
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Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time… https://t.co/ogXgTe3lzl
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Reality is neutral. Our reactions reflect back and create our world. Judge, and feel separate and lonely. Anger, a… https://t.co/5HFyF3GiGm
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Study microeconomics, game theory, psychology, persuasion, ethics, mathematics, and computers.
— naval (@naval)
Two kinds of happiness. Worldly happiness is reward from our evolutionary program. Get praise, money, drugs, sex.… https://t.co/mGm1i8bo0l
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When you're finally wealthy, you'll realize that it wasn't what you were seeking in the first place. But that's for another day.
— naval (@naval)
You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity - a piece of a business - to gain your financial freedom.
— naval (@naval)
Smart partners negotiate fair deals because they know that lopsided deals are fragile and that most value accumulat… https://t.co/ZUJwSQ1tBH
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Knowledge is a skyscraper. You can take a shortcut with a fragile foundation of memorization, or build slowly upon… https://t.co/DJ6kKj4U8K
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Success is the enemy of learning. It can deprive you of the time and the incentive to start over. Beginner’s mind a… https://t.co/FHzW8Dj3iM
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You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale.
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Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now.
— naval (@naval)
Making money through an early lucky trade is the worst way to win. The bad habits that it reinforces will lead to a lifetime of losses.
— naval (@naval)
Specific knowledge is knowledge that you cannot be trained for. If society can train you, it can train someone else, and replace you.
— naval (@naval)
Blockchains are now sucking in top-tier Silicon Valley tech talent faster than any boom since the Internet.
— naval (@naval)
Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.
— naval (@naval)
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis fails because humans are herd animals, not independent rational actors. Thus the b… https://t.co/Lp4gUcgnLH
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Once you’ve truly controlled your own fate, for better or for worse, you’ll never let anyone else tell you what to do.
— naval (@naval)
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards - wealth, knowledge, love, fit… https://t.co/eEG8wpVvyh
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Investors have different incentives than founders. What investors often look for in a “great” founder is irration… https://t.co/BCVm2tCXlD
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Building specific knowledge will feel like play to you but will look like work to others.
— naval (@naval)
Sophisticated foods are bittersweet (wine, beer, coffee, chocolate). Addictive relationships are cooperative and… https://t.co/xptGMfpDng
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@AriannaSimpson - No meetings before 11am. - No meetings when emails or calls will do. - Don’t schedule calls, text… https://t.co/S7aLnt4v6u
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