erwinlemueloliva 's review for:

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

3.0

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Naval's Almanack is a compilation of his aphrorisms, which he has shared over at Twitter. The first few chapters are good, but as he suggests, it is best to understand and read ideas from their original sources. I breezed through later chapters because I disagreed with his idea of happiness. He is spiritual but he is also a realist. He lives in the moment but says life has no meaning. He also contradicts himself in later chapters. Every man and woman is unique, he says. But he points to a life of freedom from...anger, etc. While he doesn't want to give advice on happiness and wealth, he is preaching it.