naval
American entrepreneur and investor (born 1974)
Naval Ravikant is an Indian-born American entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder and chairman of AngelList, a platform for startups, investors, and job seekers.
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What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
View reading as an investment.
The robot army is already here—code lets you tell them what to do.”
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
99% of all effort is wasted.
Forget rich versus poor, white-collar versus blue. It’s now leveraged versus unleveraged.
Don’t debate people in the media when you can debate them in the marketplace.
Wealth is a positive sum game and status is a zero-sum game.
Technology democratizes consumption but consolidates production. The best person in the world at anything gets to do it for everyone.
Escape competition through authenticity.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Solve via iteration. Then get paid via repetition.
Inspiration is perishable, act on it immediately.
Impatience with actions, patience with results.
Earn with your mind, not your time.
Optimistic contrarians are the rarest breed.
Become the best in the world at what you do, keep redefining what you do until this is true.
The more you know, the less you diversify.