{"id":828,"date":"2022-04-18T09:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jiteshchhaparwal.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2022-04-18T09:37:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T09:37:31","slug":"the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jiteshchhaparwal.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"The Almanack of Naval Ravikant Book review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The diary of Naval is divided into two major sections – his thoughts on wealth creation and his thoughts on happiness, mediation, life, science, and philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noticeably short and practical book. Infinitely usable and inspiring. It will change you in some way for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is available for free on his website to download and read [Almanack of Naval Ravikant (navalmanack.com)<\/a>]<\/strong>. I bought a copy as I wanted the inspiration to sit on my bookshelf, ready for me to pick it up when I feel like it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are new to Naval, I would recommend first listening to at least one of his big interviews, watch the Joe Rogan one. So that you get the basic feel of his style and where he comes from. The book is a collection of all his interviews, writings, and sayings. So, there is no prose, or chapters as such. It is questions and answers format and the big sections I said in the beginning. So, some pre-planning will help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who follow him, a lot of this book has already been said. So, buy if you want but can skip also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Owning equity and having leverage is key. Work towards these to create wealth.
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  2. It helps a lot to read. Read, synthesize, and create mental models to live your life. Keep updating the models based on new evidence.
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  3. Happiness is when your mind is at peace.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    PS: I liked his science, happiness, philosophy section more than his wealth creation section. I am in the minority but that’s fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My rating: ***** <\/strong>(5 out of 5 stars)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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