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Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn.

So what are these skills, and how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts? What does progress really look like?

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval’s wisdom and experience from the last ten years, shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections. This isn’t a how-to book, or a step-by-step gimmick. Instead, through Naval’s own words, you will learn how to walk your own unique path toward a happier, wealthier life.

This book has been created as a public service. It is available for free download in pdf and e-reader versions on Navalmanack.com. Naval is not earning any money on this book. Naval has essays, podcasts and more at Nav.al and is on Twitter @Naval.

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"I call Naval the Angel Philosopher, and the Almanack shows why. Packed with unforgettable wisdom and penetrating insights, your mental gears will be working overtime."
--Shane Parrish, founder of Farnam Street

"Naval is an incredible source of wisdom. The problem was, you had to look all over to find it. This book is the only place where Naval's genius is all collected. I've already read it twice, and plan to re-read it at least 2 times a year. I can think of no higher praise for a book."
--Tucker Max, 4x New York Times bestselling author

"I want everyone in my life to read this book, especially the happiness section."
--Kaylan from Kansas City, USA

"This isn't just a book, it's a new medium."
--Brent from Columbia, USA

"The clearest multidisciplinary thinker on the internet."
--George from London, England (via Twitter)

"I can't say anyone else on Twitter has influenced my thinking and habits as much as Naval. There have been a few topics (reading, meditation, and meetings) where Naval's advice has completely changed my approach. His words have stuck with me for years."
--David from San Francisco (via Twitter)

"You need a better title."
--Mohit from Singapore (via Twitter)

"Naval is successful because he deeply understands people. His mental models offer a blueprint on how to live your life."
--Amrit from Pune, India (via Twitter)

About the Author

Eric Jorgenson is a product strategist and writer. In 2011, he joined the founding team of Zaarly, a company dedicated to helping homeowners find accountable service providers they can trust. His business blog, Evergreen, educates and entertains more than one million readers.

Eric is on a quest to create--and eat--the perfect sandwich. He lives in Kansas City with Jeannine, the most wonderful woman in the world. Follow him on Twitter @ericjorgenson, or check out his new projects on ejorgenson.com.

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E.P. Charles5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase [FYI] Great, but Ebook is FREE by author on navalmanack.com Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2021 If you want it for free, the author has free downloads on navalmanack.com. If you want to pay Amazon, that’s fine, too. Just reading the first 80 pages will make you deeply consider your life choices. Highly recommend this compilation of Naval’s wisdom and... See more If you want it for free, the author has free downloads on navalmanack.com. If you want to pay Amazon, that’s fine, too.

Just reading the first 80 pages will make you deeply consider your life choices. Highly recommend this compilation of Naval’s wisdom and life-perspective. Going to buy the hard copy. 140 people found this helpful Helpful Report pnolan205.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Wow. Just wow. Naval is our modern day philosopher. Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020 Already purchased 5 copies to hand out and put on shelf. This will sit right next to Poor Charlie’s Almanac and Dalio Principals for me to read and review and read again for years to come. I think Naval said instead of reading 1000 books, read the 100 best books 10 times.... See more Already purchased 5 copies to hand out and put on shelf. This will sit right next to Poor Charlie’s Almanac and Dalio Principals for me to read and review and read again for years to come. I think Naval said instead of reading 1000 books, read the 100 best books 10 times. This is up there with the best of all time when it comes to content about life, wealth, and how to live.

UPDATE: 1/5/20. I was going to read this entire book again to start the new year. I purchased the Kindle Version and quickly noticed, ITS THE WRONG BOOK. Haha. How does this happen. Right cover, right page, wrong content. Please fix. 73 people found this helpful Helpful Report Diesel5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Thought-provoking and high value per minute reading Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020 I am not a Naval Ravikant follower. I didn''t know about him before this book. I am amazed at the value per minute I get while reading. I am constantly leaning back, looking up to the sky, and thinking about just how different my decision making will be now that I''ve been... See more I am not a Naval Ravikant follower. I didn''t know about him before this book. I am amazed at the value per minute I get while reading. I am constantly leaning back, looking up to the sky, and thinking about just how different my decision making will be now that I''ve been exposed to these ideas.

The one key takeaway: happiness is a muscle that we need to exercise. (and that reading opens your eyes to the possible.) 36 people found this helpful Helpful Report Louis5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase 11/10 - I dare you not to highlight the whole book. Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2020 Wow. This book is phenomenal. Eric does an incredible job distilling the absolute minimum viable principles to understand the process of building long term wealth. The book is a mixture of mind expanding realizations, harsh truths, meditations, helpful... See more Wow. This book is phenomenal.

Eric does an incredible job distilling the absolute minimum viable principles to understand the process of building long term wealth.

The book is a mixture of mind expanding realizations, harsh truths, meditations, helpful mantras and welcome punches to the face as needed.

Could not recommend this more highly for anyone aspiring to have more wealth, wisdom, time, happiness, or peace. 36 people found this helpful Helpful Report Michael He5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase You Will not be Disappointed Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2020 This is from someone, who read the PDF document, witnessed the progress on Twitter (albeit not from the start), and still waiting for the Amazon order to ship. I am not directly involved with this project in any way, just a reader. First, I want to talk about... See more This is from someone, who read the PDF document, witnessed the progress on Twitter (albeit not from the start), and still waiting for the Amazon order to ship. I am not directly involved with this project in any way, just a reader.

First, I want to talk about Naval. He has broadened my perspective on wealth creation and continues to inspire me to think bigger and better. So, his content, tweets, and interviews are guaranteed to be worthwhile. Plus, he seldomly goes on media, so the wisdom in each conversation is even more valuable.

Second, I want to talk about Eric. This book is the product of several beautiful coincidences: Eric making a casual poll on Twitter to compile Naval''s words, Naval giving Eric his blessings & dumping all his Tweets on Eric, and Eric prioritizing this over everything to produce a high-quality book of 200+ pages. I really want to thank Eric for taking the lead to do this thing many want but won''t do. It''s just like a start-up: we all want this thing, so why aren''t anyone doing it already?

Third, everyone who is part of the production process is incredible. Publishing is a very messy business. Very complicated, sometimes frustrating. However, this book has such great design, format, edits, graphics, etc. To the twenty+ people working on this and even more beta-testing readers, thank you for making this a possibility.

Last, Almanack is something that is always worth your money. Benjamin Franklin and Charlie Munger are behind some of the most re-readable books, and I think Naval''s book will be one that''s representative of the 21st Century. To publish an almanack, the subject first needs to have enough substance for that. Naval certainly does. (Peter Thiel''s Zero to One is sort of his almanack, when you think about it)

I hope this book can sell a lot of copies. Even more important, I hope people who read it can actively make use of the lessons and wisdom contained. Then, readers from other countries can get their hands on translations. People read less and less on average now, and I''m worried about the future as depicted in "Fahrenheit 451", when people have to recite books...

Buy a book, pass on the fire! 30 people found this helpful Helpful Report Mingster3.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase What are your expectations? Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2020 If you find Naval''s wisdom enlightening, but haven''t read / listened to his past content, this is a terrific book for you. It collected and curated some of the gems of his wisdom. They were organised coherently. The visuals were wonderful. If you have read /... See more If you find Naval''s wisdom enlightening, but haven''t read / listened to his past content, this is a terrific book for you. It collected and curated some of the gems of his wisdom. They were organised coherently. The visuals were wonderful.

If you have read / heard most of his stuff, there isn''t much additional in this book. I expected to read more about the author''s take on the content, or different perspectives/interpretations of Naval''s wisdom. The visuals did that, but that''s about it. 15 people found this helpful Helpful Report N. Vadulam1.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Condensed Junk! Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2021 This book is full of plagiarism! The contents of this book is just a rehash of J. Jrishnamurti''s writings and some Buddhists'' literature. Not only I have read J. Krishnamurti, I have attended several of his lectures both in the United States and India. Even... See more This book is full of plagiarism!
The contents of this book is just a rehash of J. Jrishnamurti''s writings and some Buddhists'' literature.

Not only I have read J. Krishnamurti, I have attended several of his lectures both in the United States and India. Even more, I have met with him one-on-one in person three times. He was a great man and had something to say. If you want the real stuff, go to Krishnamurti''s writings. He has published several books, including his talks given under the trees. It should also be noted that he had affairs witha married woman. For that, you have to read another book.

The only thing I found useful in Mr. Ravikant''s Book:
1. He is rich.
2. Read, read, read : Mathematics , Science
3. You are born, have some experience, you die.

The only reason I bought Mr. Ravikant''s book is because I wanted his secret to become rich. I could not find any.
We admire the rich. So we buy these junk books to be disappointed.
Take heart. There is nothing new here. Besides, this book is not expensive! 6 people found this helpful Helpful Report majida2.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Okay... What''s the hype? Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2021 I was hoping this book would have more substance than it did but it didn''t. It took less than an hour to read and everything in the book you can find online in his interviews. *I am confused about the part where he mentions that muslims pray to a prophet? That''s absolutely... See more I was hoping this book would have more substance than it did but it didn''t. It took less than an hour to read and everything in the book you can find online in his interviews. *I am confused about the part where he mentions that muslims pray to a prophet? That''s absolutely incorrect, plenty of information is online and a simple google search would have corrected that error but instead it''s incorrectly in your book. Because of that I am returning the book, it doesn''t matter what religious beliefs you don''t agree with or believe in, spreading false/incorrect information about another religion is not ok. 6 people found this helpful Helpful Report

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Bikash Gurung5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Amazing compilation of all Naval work Reviewed in India on November 3, 2020 I gave full star for this book because the writer deserves the credit for the amount of work he has put on this book. I know it''ll be difficult but if we read this book again and again and try to apply this in our lives, our life would be amazing. 84 people found this helpful Report Tech Gurl5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Kindle is fixed Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 22, 2020 I have only started reading the book but just wanted to say re previous reviews saying its contents are wrong - well that issue is fixed. Once I''ve read I will update. 27 people found this helpful Report Mr A Lewis1.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Wrong book contained within Kindle version Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2020 Having pre-purchased this and looked to read immediate (big fan of Naval) - the kindle version is currently the wrong book (on September 15th 2020). After the (correct) front page the content inside is the book ''Called to Care'' that you can find at the below link....See moreHaving pre-purchased this and looked to read immediate (big fan of Naval) - the kindle version is currently the wrong book (on September 15th 2020). After the (correct) front page the content inside is the book ''Called to Care'' that you can find at the below link. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Called-Care-Providers-Humanizing-Healthcare-ebook/dp/B08G3QDWQK/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?dchild=1&keywords=larry+benz+called+to+care&qid=1600128907&sr=8-1-fkmr1 Please fix amazon. 22 people found this helpful Report punit4.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase Excellent tour of Naval''s internal though process Reviewed in India on December 28, 2020 Initially I though this book would be just compilation of various tweets and podcast but after reading it I am pretty much satisfied reading book and learnt actual meanings of thoughts and elaborated examples which help made better sense of those publicly available wisdom...See moreInitially I though this book would be just compilation of various tweets and podcast but after reading it I am pretty much satisfied reading book and learnt actual meanings of thoughts and elaborated examples which help made better sense of those publicly available wisdom from Naval 46 people found this helpful Report Parthiban5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase An excellent & complete book Reviewed in India on September 20, 2020 It would impact readers with respect to their current stage in their life. Nicely compiled. An interesting read. An gateway to explore your own curiosity. 37 people found this helpful Report

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