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

Eric Jorgenson (curating Naval Ravikant) · navalmanack.com Free Intermediate

The clearest distillation of Naval's philosophy on wealth, leverage, and, crucially, inner peace. Free to read online, it reframes ambition and happiness for founders chasing the next milestone.

  • Real happiness comes as a side effect of peace, not from external achievement
  • Desire is a contract you make to be unhappy until you get what you want, choose desires deliberately
  • Build wealth through specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage
  • Peace comes from accepting reality and reducing internal chatter, a skill you can practice
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It answers 4 questions

  1. Do I need to be an expert in an industry to start a company in it?
  2. Is it normal to feel like a fraud when I have no idea what I'm doing?
  3. I'm passionate about an idea but have zero background in it. Should I still do it?
  4. How do I find peace and happiness while still being ambitious?

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