The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Outline

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (2020) gathers the ideas of investor and entrepreneur Naval Ravikant on building wealth and finding happiness. Eric Jorgenson collected Naval’s thoughts from interviews, podcasts, and social media and organised them into clear themes, such as building specific knowledge, using leverage, making good decisions, and choosing peace of mind. The book offers practical wisdom in short, memorable lessons.

• Wealth and happiness can both be built deliberately, and the book treats them as two goals that work together.
• Specific knowledge is a skill that is hard to teach and hard to replace, and it is the base for building wealth.
• Leverage lets your effort and decisions reach further, so results do not depend only on the hours you work.
• Good decisions come from thinking independently rather than following the crowd.
• Peace of mind is a choice, supported by mindfulness and a deeper awareness of yourself.

Eric Jorgenson is an American writer and entrepreneur who works in product strategy and writes about business and technology. He is known for compiling and organising the ideas of successful thinkers into accessible books. His books include The Almanack of Naval Ravikant and The Anthology of Balaji.