{"id":679,"date":"2022-01-30T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T15:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2022-01-30T15:47:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T15:47:11","slug":"is-the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant-worth-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Is The Almanack of Naval Ravikant worth reading?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am writing my thoughts on the book, “The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” that I just finished reading. I don’t generally write my thoughts on books right away, but I am learning to do it because it helps me recall what I read, and engrave it deeply in my mind. There’s no other way I will remember this book a week from now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is a compilation of Naval’s tweets, interviews and other interactions all compiled into two broad themes of wealth and happiness. Its generally difficult to read non fiction books. When I started incorporating non fiction into my reading routine, it felt super boring. I just couldn’t make progress with them. I generally liked the flowing speed at which I read fiction books, and wanted to match that speed with non fiction. Here’s a book which doesn’t feel like a non fiction read at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The reading experience <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite my slow speed to get through non fiction, I read this book like a breeze! I didn’t realise when I reached the last page and in all honesty, wanted to go on and on and on. Why? Because reading this book felt like being in a dialogue with Naval Ravikant himself, or maybe as if listening to his podcast (highly recommended btw)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think he has some really powerful ideas, and much like me, his thinking is also influenced by Buddhism. As a famous entrepreneur and investor, his ideas are of immense relevance for me to have read it at this this juncture in my life because his words make a lot of sense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ideas on wealth that I loved <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are loads more because I made so many notes and highlighted stuff while reading the book, but I will stick to 10 for now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Getting rich is about knowing what to do, who to do it with, and when to do it.<\/li>
  2. It is totally possible to ethically create wealth, but one should not be thinking negatively about wealth in the first place.<\/li>
  3. One never gets rich by renting out their time.<\/li>
  4. One should learn to sell and build.<\/li>
  5. Polish your skills and strengthen your basics.<\/li>
  6. Wealth means to own assets that earn while you sleep.<\/li>
  7. Society pays for things it wants, but does not know how to create those things yet.<\/li>
  8. Build specific knowledge by pursuing your talents and satiating your curiosity.<\/li>
  9. Intentions don’t matter, actions do.<\/li>
  10. Earn with your mind, not your time.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Ideas on happiness that I loved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    1. Don’t take yourself so seriously. We are all monkeys with a plan.<\/li>
    2. Happiness is a skill that one can build, and a choice one can make.<\/li>
    3. The environment reflects our own feelings back to us, so work needs to be done internally, rather than getting other people to change.<\/li>
    4. Life and reality is neutral, it is how we interpret it that makes us feel what we feel.<\/li>
    5. Anger is poison.<\/li>
    6. The more secrets you have, the less happy you will be.<\/li>
    7. You are best at being you, learn from and observe others, but don’t copy.<\/li>
    8. You are what your habits are (no surprises there!).<\/li>
    9. Value your time, this moment is all we have (literally!).<\/li>
    10. Inspiration is perishable, so act on it as fast as you can.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Closing thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      There are a heap of other ideas in this book, which honestly, even I haven’t grasped in just one read. I will probably find myself re-reading and re-reading this book till I verify some of the ideas for myself and understand them better. It’s one of the most influential non fiction books I have read, and I would give it a 5\/5. Definitely getting a hard copy of this book! Want yours? Hit up this link<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Photo by\u00a0Sumit Mathur<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      One of my most loved non fiction books!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeedrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-sumit-mathur-2099691.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683,"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions\/683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coffeedrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}