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

Stop playing status games and discover the deterministic path to wealth

Eric Jorgenson

2020

8 Key Insights

About This Book

This transformative guide shows you how to move beyond the grind of trading hours for dollars and status politics. You’ll learn to cultivate unique, high-leverage skills, embrace accountability under your own name, and build assets that earn while you sleep. Through clear principles—like playing long-term games, compounding relationships, and harnessing permissionless leverage—you’ll map a deterministic blueprint to wealth creation. Along the way, you’ll also explore how freeing yourself from destructive desires unlocks lasting happiness. Apply these insights and watch your productivity soar, your influence grow, and your life shift from reactive busyness to intentional abundance.

About the Author

Naval Ravikant is a renowned entrepreneur, angel investor in over 200 companies, and co-founder of AngelList. Raised by a hardworking single mother, he went from catering in a van at fifteen to earning spots at Stuyvesant High School and Dartmouth, and ultimately to shaping the startup ecosystem with his timeless principles on wealth, health, and happiness. His insights blend economic theory, psychology, and tech innovation into clear, actionable advice.

Biggest Takeaway

You’ll gain clarity on where to focus your time and energy, shifting from fleeting status games to scalable wealth creation. By mastering specific knowledge and choosing leverage wisely, you’ll amplify your impact and accelerate financial freedom. You’ll strengthen key relationships through compound interest, learn to confidently take on accountability to unlock opportunity, and protect your most valuable asset—time—by setting a personal hourly rate. Finally, you’ll cultivate inner peace by understanding how desire drives unhappiness, making room for sustained contentment.

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