About this episode
Eric Jorgenson discusses key ideas from his conversation with Naval Ravikant, expanding on themes from the Almanack.
It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We recorded hours of that conversation to share with you. You can purchase the new expanded edition with nearly 4 hours of new material on Audible here: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Almanack-of-Naval-Ravikant-Audiobook/B0FBCP1JWJ Chapters: 00:00 - Building Wealth 37:49 - Building Judgement 01:12:30 - Learning Happiness 02:15:17 - Saving Yourself 02:50:17 - Philosophy To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Buy a copy of The Anthology of Balaji: https://balajianthology.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the podcast to a friend
People in this episode
Host: Eric Jorgenson
Guest: Naval Ravikant
Topics covered
- wealth building
- judgment
- happiness
- self-improvement
- philosophy
Keywords
- Naval Ravikant
- wealth
- judgment
- happiness
- philosophy
- self-improvement
- Almanack
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Audible, Navalmanack, The Anthology of Balaji, Rolling Fun, ejorgenson.com
Books & works: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
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