Naval Ravikant

"‘I don’t have time’ is just saying it’s not a priority."

- Naval Ravikant

"When you’re dishonest with yourself, you’re disconnected from reality. You’re going to make poor decisions. You’re going to drop out of the moment, and you’re going to be less happy, and you’re going to be wrong."

- Naval Ravikant

"Read what you love until you love to read."

- Naval Ravikant

"Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress."

- Naval Ravikant

"Early on, find things where you have any interest and take on accountability. Don’t worry about short-term compensation. If you dive into the edge of knowledge, which nobody knows how to solve, and solve the hard problems, people will line up behind you. The leverage will come."

- Naval Ravikant

"The goal is not to be rich. The goal is to be financially independent."

- Naval Ravikant

"The smarter you get, the slower you read."

- Naval Ravikant

"If they wrote it to make money, don’t read it."

- Naval Ravikant

"The worst outcome in this world is not having self esteem. If you don’t love yourself, who will?"

- Naval Ravikant

"A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned."

- Naval Ravikant

"Escape competition through authenticity."

- Naval Ravikant

"Figure out what you’re good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project."

- Naval Ravikant