Naval Ravikant Quotes
About Naval Ravikant
An entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the startup fundraising platform AngelList. A prominent Silicon Valley figure, he made successful early investments in giants like Uber and Twitter. He is also a respected modern philosopher, widely followed for his insights on wealth, startups, and happiness.
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Actionable Takeaways
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Truth comes from testing your ideas in the world, not from counting heads who agree.
Actionable Takeaways
- When confused, test the thing rather than ask.
- Track actual outcomes, not feelings about outcomes.
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Motion creates clarity faster than advice.
Actionable Takeaways
- Google your question before asking a human.
- Build a prototype instead of writing a business plan.
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Read, reflect, love, seek truth, and ignore society. Build, sell, write, create, invest, and own.
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Cultivate your inner mind while building assets in the real world.
Actionable Takeaways
- Block out one hour for deep work (building).
- Work on your side project for 30 minutes everyday.
- After learning something, build one small thing applying it.
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The genuine feeling of love is generated by the act of giving it, not by the reward of receiving it. It reframes love as an internal ability to express care freely, rather than a transaction where you expect something in return.
Actionable Takeaways
- Give love and kindness without expecting it to be returned.
- Focus on what you can contribute to a relationship, not what you get.
- Practice expressing care as an action, independent of your feelings.
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Productize has specific knowledge and leverage. Yourself has uniqueness and accountability. Yourself also has specific knowledge.
Actionable Takeaways
- Find out which of your skills or knowledge others would pay to learn.
- Think long-term, ask yourself, "Is this truly me? Is it myself that I’m projecting? Am I turning this into a product? Am I growing it? Am I scaling through people, money, code, or content?"
- Find three hobbies: One that makes you money, one that keeps you fit, and one that makes you creative.