Naval Ravikant Quotes

The enemy of peace of mind is expectations drilled into you by society and other people.

Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time and wealth. Status is your place in the social hierarchy.

Sophisticated foods are bittersweet (wine, beer, coffee, chocolate).

Addictive relationships are cooperative and competitive.

Work becomes flow at the limits of ability.

The flavor of life is on the edge.

Every tool can be abused. True since the the invention of fire.

You lead by being willing to walk alone.

As long as I have a book in my hand, I don’t feel like I’m wasting time.

Every overcapitalized startup eventually becomes an incubator.

The best argument for immigration is that immigrants are the highest variation people in the world, and an individual’s upside is unlimited, but downside is limited.

To measure the quality of your life, simply do nothing, and see how it feels.

A car with a driver is the new horse and buggy.

When the email hosts, the web hosts, the domain registrars, the banks, the payment systems, the censors and the politicians crack down on crypto... only then will we see the true power of decentralization.

The right model to think about productivity in software engineering is to consider that each engineer is backed by an infinite army of robots.

The gate to heaven is sealed with paradox.

Learn to sell, learn to build. Learn both and you will be unstoppable.

The modern caste system is built around the university diploma.