Naval Ravikant Quotes

We crave experiences that will make us be present, but the cravings themselves take us from the present moment.

Your goal in life is to find the people, business, project, or art that needs you the most. There is something out there just for you. What you don’t want to do is build checklists and decision frameworks built on what other people are doing. You’re never going to be them. You’ll never be good at being somebody else. [4]

Myers-Briggs is astrology for the overeducated class.

If you want to learn macroeconomics, first read Adam Smith, read von Mises, or read Hayek. Start with the original philosophers of the economy. If you’re into communist or socialist ideas (which I’m personally not), start by reading Karl Marx. Don’t read the current interpretation someone is feeding you about how things should be done and run.

Reading is the ultimate meta-skill that can be traded for anything else.

If it’s not based on merit, it’s based on popularity.

Lot of people claim they’re in decentralized finance when really they’re just in unregulated finance.

A good employer willfully overcompensates you.

In a negotiation, whoever cares less, wins.

Most of the time, the mind is just mud wrestling with itself.

There are basically three really big decisions you make in your early life: where you live, who you’re with, and what you do.

True, unconditional, love is the province of parents and saints.

If you’re going to live in a city for ten years, if you’re going to be in a job for five years, if you’re in a relationship for a decade, you should be spending one to two years deciding these things. These are highly dominating decisions. Those three decisions really matter.

Partially decentralized is the same as centralized.

Unionization in tech won't work because 10x (and 100x) engineers are a real thing.