The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Eric Jorgenson
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. more
244 pages, Kindle Edition
First published Magrathea Publishing
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Eric Jorgenson
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Eric Jorgenson is an entrepreneur, writer, and investor. He is on the founding team of Zaarly, and has been publishing online since 2014. His blog has educated and entertained over a million readers.Eric is on a quest to create (and eat) the perfect sandwich. He tweets at @ericjorgenson and publishes new pieces and projects on ejorgenson.com/blog
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I will tell you an anecdote before going into the review. In India, IITs are the premier technical institutions with around 1% acceptance rate and . 1% for the top 1000 ranks. Kids can become minor celebrities in their circles just by clearing the exam - which is no easy feat. With launch of Quora, I came across several such cringey questions related to people who got into IIT. more
I cannot believe how great this book is. I was familiar with Naval through Tools of Titans, but reading this showed that he is so much more than a few pages - no matter how well written - can capture. This book is bound to be a classic, and the fact that Eric and Naval collaborated to release this for FREE, is amazing. For more social proof, Tim Ferriss even broke his iron rule of No Forewords to write the foreword to this book. There is no excuse for not picking this book up. more
(The free version of this book is available online in pdf, mobi and epub file format). This might just be the best book I've read this year. Self-help as a genre is rightly derided these days,but this is more than that, it's pure wisdom. This book is a compilation of some of the best tweets by Naval Ravikant, including the famous 'How to get rich' tweetstorm from 2018, and includes extra commentary from Naval. He explains his ideas and the reasoning behind them in simple,lucid text and lays out his principles of generating wealth succintly. more
The content of this book is pure gold, 5 out of 5. I have some issues with editing and organizing the Naval's insights. I feel like it could've been much easier to read if there was more effort put into connecting and ordering them right. Web-version is full of typos, errors, and repetitions. Ebook versions seem to be a bit better (I switched half-way). more
"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. " This is the "the-sooner-you-read-the-better" kind of book. The meaning of Almanack here is the diary. My Five Big Takeaways are :1. more
From the broad category of "business/life self help" I feel this book is not very helpful. Naval has obviously made it, most the book is kind of jerking off to that. The practical content of the book is common sense: excercise, value your time, don't be asshole, collect wealth and so on. The most useful part is the book recommendation list at the end. more
"The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is an absolute gem of a book. It is full of insightful nuggets of wisdom, practical advice, and relatable anecdotes that will make you think and inspire you to take action. One of the things I appreciated about this book is its holistic approach to wealth and happiness. It goes beyond just financial success and touches on important aspects of life such as relationships, health, and purpose. I found myself highlighting and re-reading passages as I took notes. more
I'm not going to b*shit you, the life's philosophy of NR resonates with me a lot. Like 99% of cases. This book is nothing more or less, but the essence of this philosophy. Don't get me wrong - it's far less unique than one could think about: there are pieces of stoicism, entrepreneurial approach to the career, healthy approach to balance (in life, in general), praise for essentialism, etc. But Ravikant is a true master in getting to the point: expressing the quintessence of what he means in an extremely convincing way, in the absolutely the fewest number of words possible. more
A non-fiction I genuinely liked. Worth the read. more
Genre: Nonfiction/self help, business Main themes:☑️wealth ☑️happinessNote: the book talks about Naval Ravikant but from someone else’s perspective on the habits, likes and book recommendations of the said personality I needed a better clear perspective and I feel the presentation of the book could have been much betterNot for the beginners and occasional readers though it is easy to readA good book if you are looking for motivation and a little pick me up when you are feeling lowTip: Do not worry about the title. Expect the book to be more like tweets rather than complete whole chapters. The first half may be a bit difficult to go through but the second half is for everyone. more
No doubt there are some nuggets of wisdom in here. They are, unfortunately, surrounded by dense forests of platitudes and broetry-like aphorisms that render the text hard for me to enjoy. The book describes a sense of self determinism that I feel resonates well with much of the audience, but to me it seems to come across more like the age-old boomer cry "if I could do it why can't you". That is in fact, how he starts out the book "you could strip away all my wealth and I could probably get it back again". My favorite is when he removes himself from the line of criticism because "if the exceptions are obvious then either the author is dumb or you are" - gee thanks Naval. more
For a 200+ page book, I took quite a while. I guess the best reason I have for this delay can be explained through Naval Ravikant's own words:"Reading a book isn't a race—the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed. "Clearly, this was one of the "better" ones. My mind was left in awe at the amount of wisdom this guy has, with each page enlightening me with new insights, whether on wealth, business, meditation, or philosophy. By virtue of the trials and tribulations he encountered in business and decision-making, he was able to develop a pragmatic yet staggeringly original outlook on life. more
If you have been following Naval for the last year or so, there is nothing new here. All the concepts, once very novel and insightful, have been paraded enough on tech twitter with 100s of blogs and tweetstorms. If you are someone who has been remotely in this space and has been following content of shane parish, tim ferris et al, you have probably read all of this in some form of the other. If not, you can find a lot of good content here. Try the free pdf, if it works for you, maybe go for it then. more
The thought that such a mind exists, and we can know about it, learn from it, grow from it: absolutely brilliant. Important takeaways (for me, for now)1. Health is key. Physical, mental, spiritual. 2. more
Phenomenal book. Had some repetition, but generally a short and impactful read packed with principled advice. My biggest takeaways:A. Approach to building wealth1. Pick an industry where you can play long-term games with long-term people. more
Wonderful read. Really needed someone to remind me to stop being poor and get rich. Rehash of corporate/self-help platitudes, I've no idea why this is considered wisdom these days. more
Against popular opinions, I absolutely hated the book. It has no structure to it and the author struggles to connect the insights. It just seemed as if random texts from the internet were thrown haphazardly between the covers and called a book. It’s not a book. Of course it has to be freely available since a person in their right mind won’t buy it. more
Paraphrasing Charlie Munger's book title set a high bar. Naval Ravikant is one of the most lucid thinkers of Silicon Valley and I really enjoy reading his tweets and listening to him in interviews (the one with Tim Ferriss is a good example). But this is not a traditional book because he didn’t write it but it’s a compilation of his work made by Eric Jorgenson and illustrated by Jack Butcher. I follow them on Twitter from before and like their work so I was really interested in learning which was the result of this combined effort. Probably for someone who is not used to Naval’s thought this book is going to be much breathtaking. more
Loved, loved, loved this book. So much wisdom and good old common sense, all distilled from Naval's interviews, blog posts and tweet storms. A perfect gift for someone young, a book like this can transform the whole trajectory of someone's life in a meaningful way. I'm glad I read it now. I wish I read it much earlier. more
short, insightful, concise, direct. I wish I had read this 2 years ago. . more
4. 5really thought provoking. not unlike a lot of books in the genre. didn't agree with every point and at times seemed a bit unorganized . more
Increíble. Uno de los mejores libros que he leído y uno de los autores que más van a influenciarme a partir de hoy mismo. Lo he escuchado en audiolibro y antes de terminar ya he comprado la versión en Kindle para tenerla guardada. No descarto comprar el libro físico. Lo necesito cerca. more
3. 4！前50%讲wealth，比较成功学，对我这种不想挣钱 只想普普通通、平静躺平的人不友好，真让人焦虑🥲🥲“They can train you to do something, they can train a computer to replace you” he said. 😿😿后50%讲happiness，友好一些，但因为是tweets和合集，比较细碎。很喜欢的一个论点是：we all have three options: change it, accept it or leave it. 可能只选最重要和可实现的事情来“change”，and work for it。但是要be aware，当我们选择“change” something，we create a desire，and we will suffer until it is changes。所以，accept是通往happiness的桥梁。另外，meditation大法好👍. more
(My initial rating of the book was 4/5, but the fact that I could receive the information condensed in a book format and for free from navalmanack. com , has compelled me to increase the rating to 5)The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval’s famous tweetstorms, podcasts and interviews. Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist (Twitter, Uber, Clubhouse are some of the companies where he has been the early-stage investor)The book is divided into two sections: Wealth and Happiness. A reader of philosophy and spirituality may not find anything new in the chapters of peace and happiness. While it was good to read how Naval is trying to implement those wisdom into his life, I derived a lot of value from the first section where he talks about the mindset he has applied for creating wealth and the principles that guide his work life. more
I didn’t finish this book. It became increasingly annoying to read on account of the author’s self-aggrandising writing style. There was also very little support for the author’s principles besides “This is what I believe and I’m successful so it must be true”. I have no doubt that he is a smart man, but expressing his thinking (admittedly it was actually him) does not seem to be his strong suit. more
Do you know those books that were recommended to you and you wish they weren’t. This is one of them. It follows the typical Tim Ferriss narrative, acting as if every choppy piece of advice is some nugget of enlightenment. Here’s my advice, pass on this book. more
This book is simply brilliant. All of Naval's greatest wisdom compiled into one book. Naval has the outstanding skill of explaining complex skills in a very easy way. Probably because as he says himself, he focuses on the basics and really tries to understand everything at a very fundamental level. I absolutely loved this book and will definitely re-read it in the future. more
О ЧЕМ КНИГА:Мысли о бизнесе и жизни от одного из самых извес��ных и уважаемых венчурных инвесторов - основателя Angel List Навала Равиканта. Автор собрал твиты и высказывания Равиканта и объединил их по темам. Книга состоит из коротких глав с ответами на самые важные вопросы, которые нас волновали всегда: финансовый и бизнес успех, счастье, здоровье и осознанность. Книгу можно открывать на любой главе и каждый раз вы найдете в мыслях Равиканта для себя что то новое и ценное. Уверен, что буду перечитывать эту работу еще много раз. more
This is compilation of some of the pithy and wise quotations from Naval Ravikant. He talks about life, learning, work, success, happiness, reading, valuing time, etc. among other things. If someone has been following Naval for some time on Twitter and listening to his podcasts, there is nothing new here. For those new to Naval, this is a very good starting point, though a lot has been left out of this book. more
Топовая книжка, одна из тех что стоит перечитывать каждый год. Бизнес, философия, психология, здоровье. Дельные ответы на важные вопросы. Пример, почему имеет смысл читать для саморазвития. more