The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson

4.21 AVERAGE

unusedphd's review against another edition

4.0
This is a book that you can return to and leaf through to find interesting tidbits to contemplate. For the most part it serves as an intro to concepts that you will want to dig into further, bit it serves as a great start to any path of learning. I enjoyed the first section on wealth significantly more then the second on happiness however. The extra reading section will also serve as a great list for further reading.

This was a quick read and I'll likely be returning to this book in the future.

curionautchronicles's review against another edition

5.0
hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

bighomer's review against another edition

4.0
Naval writes a lot of truth. Two takeaway messages are:

- Wealth is something that grows while you sleep
- Happiness is a mindset and a skill

The book is fairly short. It is a collection of tweets and interviews with Naval rather than a collection of stories about others.

Some more keywords:
equity, productize yourself, work as play, learn to build + learn to sell, scale, specialized knowledge, value your time
happiness is internal, positive + zero-sum games, keep your mood stable, avoid caffeine + alcohol,

sundance's review

5.0
Changed my life.

biancamikaila's review against another edition

4.0
challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

shubg's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
 Eric Jorgenson does an excellent job of compiling  Naval's wisdom that has been shared in various forms in tweets, podcasts and blog posts. Naval provides you with a general set of guidelines for acquiring wealth and happiness. This is in no way a book that guarantees you'll become rich and happy but if you can even take 50 percent of what he says and apply them to your life, you'll have a real chance at achieving those two things.