Naval Ravikant on Deep Work Quotes

"To make an original contribution, you have to be irrationally obsessed with something."

"If you have specific knowledge, you have accountability, and you have leverage, they have to pay you what you’re worth."

"Specific knowledge is highly technical or creative. It cannot be outsourced or automated."

"Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work."

"The direction you’re heading matters more than how fast you move."

"Creativity is the last frontier... automation will replace everything else."

"Productize yourself."

"Set up systems, not goals."

"If you can’t code, write books and blogs, record videos and podcasts."

"I would rather read the best 100 books over and over again until I absorb them rather than read all the books."

"If society can train you, it can train someone else, and replace you."

"A clear mind leads to better judgment, better judgment leads to better outcomes."

"Hard work is really over-rated. How hard you work matters much less than what you work on and who you work with."

"If you can't see yourself working with someone for life, don't work with them for a day."

"You want to be rich and anonymous, not poor and famous."

"Retirement starts when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow."

"If it feels like play to you, but looks like work to others, you will become unbeatable."

"You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity - a piece of a business - to gain your financial freedom."

"The reality is life is a single-player game. You’re born alone. You’re going to die alone."

"Free time is more important than money."

"No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what you need the most."

"The secret to wealth is to create more value than you capture. This is the definition of a positive-sum game."

"Spend more time making the big decisions. There are basically three big decisions in your life: where you live, who you’re with, and what you do."

"The ability to stay calm during conflict is a superpower."

"Specific knowledge feels like play to you but looks like work to others."

"In an age of infinite leverage, judgment is the most important skill."

"The most important thing for any knowledge worker is to be able to think clearly."

"Code and media are permissionless leverage. They're the leverage behind the newly rich. You can create software and media that works for you while you sleep."

"Escape competition through authenticity."

"Only when you are bored can you have great ideas."

"Be too busy to 'do coffee,' while still keeping an uncluttered calendar."

"Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep."

"You want to be a lion, not a cow. You want to sprint, you want to eat, you want to rest. You don't want to be grazing all day long."