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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
Candy read that is not really a book, not really written by Naval, with a lot of pithy sayings that are positive but not life changing
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 unique
4. Value your time at an hourly rate and work to save that time
5. Play Long-Term Games With Long-Term People. invest in compound interest in most aspect of life including relationships
6. 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.
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 unique
4. Value your time at an hourly rate and work to save that time
5. Play Long-Term Games With Long-Term People. invest in compound interest in most aspect of life including relationships
6. 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.
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This was just wow.
Succinct and the reading recommendations are highly appreciated!
Made me happy
Succinct and the reading recommendations are highly appreciated!
Made me happy
inspiring
medium-paced
There are some books which pack a punch without a lot of fluff. At 244 pages, this brings actionable advice and a quick reality check on many of our lives day to day things. From Managing money, choosing careers, to moving to different countries, there is clear advice without the usual 'it depends'.
Naval Ravinkant is a famous investor and a very active Twitter user. Author Eric Jorgenson compiled Naval's tweets, interviews and podcasts, and synthesised them in a book format.
This is one of those self-help books that you should read and then keep on your coffee table and occasionally browse through again and again for greater impact. Some of his ideas come off strange, although they have worked for him. Keeping this book around helps you course correct when you just sample some self-help at a time.
Naval Ravinkant is a famous investor and a very active Twitter user. Author Eric Jorgenson compiled Naval's tweets, interviews and podcasts, and synthesised them in a book format.
This is one of those self-help books that you should read and then keep on your coffee table and occasionally browse through again and again for greater impact. Some of his ideas come off strange, although they have worked for him. Keeping this book around helps you course correct when you just sample some self-help at a time.
informative
fast-paced