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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
informative
fast-paced
Naval Ravikant values his time at $5,000 per hour.
By doing this, naturally there’s things he refuses to do.
Helping his mother with a to-do list? “I just don’t do that.”
Fixing something for his wife? “That’s not a problem I solve.”
Responding to an emergency? “I don’t care if the world is imploding and melting down, it can wait another thirty minutes until I’m done working out.”
Now before you start thinking of Naval as a self-absorbed prick, he goes on to share his love for his family.
“The moment you have a child…all of a sudden the most important thing in the Universe moves from being in your body into that child’s body. That changes you. Your values inherently become a lot less selfish.”
Which values?
“My number one priority in life, above my happiness, above my family, above my work, is my own health.”
Come again?
“It starts with my physical health. Second, it’s my mental health. Third, it’s my spiritual health. Then, it’s my family’s health.”
For those taking notes in the back, that’s family health at number four.
While that quote seems to directly contradict the previous one, it’s possible to charitably think he said those things at different stages in life.
Oh wait. He said those quotes on the same day.
He has better things to say about learning, “The genuine love for reading is a superpower,” happiness, “Envy is the enemy of happiness,” and business, “Play long-term games with long-term people.”
Unfortunately that does not make up for the values he espouses.
Naval has some nuggets of wisdom, but he is not a wise man.
Take the nuggets, leave the rest.
By doing this, naturally there’s things he refuses to do.
Helping his mother with a to-do list? “I just don’t do that.”
Fixing something for his wife? “That’s not a problem I solve.”
Responding to an emergency? “I don’t care if the world is imploding and melting down, it can wait another thirty minutes until I’m done working out.”
Now before you start thinking of Naval as a self-absorbed prick, he goes on to share his love for his family.
“The moment you have a child…all of a sudden the most important thing in the Universe moves from being in your body into that child’s body. That changes you. Your values inherently become a lot less selfish.”
Which values?
“My number one priority in life, above my happiness, above my family, above my work, is my own health.”
Come again?
“It starts with my physical health. Second, it’s my mental health. Third, it’s my spiritual health. Then, it’s my family’s health.”
For those taking notes in the back, that’s family health at number four.
While that quote seems to directly contradict the previous one, it’s possible to charitably think he said those things at different stages in life.
Oh wait. He said those quotes on the same day.
He has better things to say about learning, “The genuine love for reading is a superpower,” happiness, “Envy is the enemy of happiness,” and business, “Play long-term games with long-term people.”
Unfortunately that does not make up for the values he espouses.
Naval has some nuggets of wisdom, but he is not a wise man.
Take the nuggets, leave the rest.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
One of the most wisdom-filled books I've ever read. Probably in my top 10 books of all time. Really incredible content to digest and reflect upon. I will absolutely revisit this one down the road.
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Brilliant. Naval tells you all the wisdom in the world as if he was a close friend who doesn't want you to waste time and neither does he.
slow-paced
The abundance of 5 stars for this book was well deserved, I truly loved this book so much! It gave a lot of insight into a lot of different things, whether it be wealth, knowledge, or happiness. And there were a lot of things I learned in the book, especially on building wealth and happiness.
The advice given in this book was very useful, and it's something that I feel like I will be able to apply to my life if I thought about each of the pieces of advice that were given carefully. Overall, I felt like, despite this book is more than 200 pages long, it was an extremely fast read, and it's very brief and straightforward, which I liked very much. This book is definitely one I will reread again.
The advice given in this book was very useful, and it's something that I feel like I will be able to apply to my life if I thought about each of the pieces of advice that were given carefully. Overall, I felt like, despite this book is more than 200 pages long, it was an extremely fast read, and it's very brief and straightforward, which I liked very much. This book is definitely one I will reread again.