Naval Ravikant on Deep Work Quotes

"Earn with your mind, not your time."

"Escape competition through authenticity."

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

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

"Specific knowledge is found by pursuing your genuine curiosity and passion rather than whatever is hot right now."

"Apply specific knowledge, with leverage, and eventually you will get what you deserve."

"Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable."

"Impatience with actions, patience with results."

"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."

"Arm yourself with specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage."

"Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep."

"Free time is where the clarity comes from."

"The ability to focus is a superpower in the modern economy."

"A busy calendar and a busy mind will destroy your ability to do great things in this world."

"Study microeconomics, game theory, psychology, persuasion, ethics, mathematics, and computers."

"Hard work is really overrated. How you work matters. Who you work with matters. What you work on matters."

"Ideally, you want to be in a position where your inputs and outputs are disconnected."

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

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

"I don’t have a schedule. I just do whatever I want."

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

"Read what you love until you love to read."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind."

"Inspiration is perishable - act on it immediately."

"Be impatient with actions, patient with results."

"Building specific knowledge will feel like play to you but will look like work to others."

"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."