44 quotes from the book "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant"

👇 Actually, there are more of them out there, but I decided to write only 44 of them down that directly hit the point. So, here we go:

99% of the efforts are wasted.
How many things there are in this world that I do not want?
You are never going to get rich by renting out your time.
You do not get rich by spending time to save money. You get rich by saving time to make money! (Read again!)
If you can’t decide, the answer is: no!
Your resume is just a catalogue of all your sufferings!
Art – is anything that is done for its own sake!
Be maker who makes something interesting!
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the earth (Archimedes).
Retirement – is when you stop sacrificing today, for imaginary tomorrow. When today is complete, in and of itself, you are retired.
Value your time at an hourly rate, and ruthlessly spend to save time at that rate. You will never be worth more than you think you are.
Earn with your mind, not your time.
Do not take anything too goddamn seriously.
Read what you love until you love reading.
If you cannot see yourself working with someone for life, do not work with them for a day.
Happiness is what’s there when you remove the sense that something is missing in your life.
Real happiness only comes as side-effect of peace.
Enlightenment is the space between your thoughts.
What if this life is a paradise we were promised, and we are just squandering it.
Desire – is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
Happiness is being satisfied with what you have. Success comes from dissatisfaction. Choose!
You can get almost anything you want out of this life, as long as it is one thing and you want it for more than anything else.
Peace is happiness in rest, and a happiness is peace in motion. You can convert peace into happiness anytime you want. But peace is what you want most of the time. If you are peaceful person, anything you do will be a happy activity.
One of the things that I am trying to get rid of is the word “should”. Whenever the word “should” creeps up in my mind, it is guilt or social programming. Doing something because you “should”, basically means you do not actually want to do it. It is just making you miserable, so I am trying to eliminate as many “should”s from my life as possible.
The world just reflects your own feelings back to you.
A personal metric: How much of the day is spent doing things out of obligation rather than out of interest.
First you know it. Then, you understand it. Then, you can explain it. Then, you can feel it. Finally, you are it.
In any situation in life, you always have three choices: you can change it, you can accept it, or you can leave it!
When everyone is sick, we no longer consider it a disease.
Most fit and healthy people focus on how much more on what they eat than how much. Quality control is easier, than quantity control.
The ability to singularly focus is related to the ability to lose yourself and be present, happy, (ironically) more effective.
Impatience with actions, patience with results.
Set up systems, not goals (ScotT Adams).
The current environment programs the brain, but clever brain can choose its upcoming environment.
If there is something you want to do later, do it now. There is no “later”.
The hardest thing is not doing what you want – it is knowing what you want.
Values: old me “freedom to”. Now, it is “freedom from”.
Be exactly who you are.
Anger is its own punishment. An angry person trying to push your head below water is drowning at the same time.
People who live far below their means enjoy freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyles cannot fathom.
A busy mind accelerates the passage of subjective time.
The real truths are heresies. They cannot be spoken. Only discovered, whispered, and perhaps read.
To find a worthy mate, be worthy of a worthy mate (Charlie Munger).
There is no answer you could give that would not have another “why”.

Olimjon Khatamov

July 6, 2025 | 05:49 AM