Naval Ravikant on Vision Quotes

"Founders run the company. It’s their vision. If you don't like the vision, don't join the company."

"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."

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

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

"Reality is neutral. Reality has no judgments. To a tree, there is no concept of right or wrong, good or bad."

"A contrarian isn't one who always objects—that's a conformist of a different sort. A contrarian reasons independently, from the ground up, and resists the pressure to conform."

"Impatience with actions, patience with results."

"The modern devil is cheap dopamine."

"Think clearly. Understand the basics. If you're memorizing advanced concepts without understanding the basics, you're building a tower of cards."

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

"Play long-term games with long-term people. All returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest."

"Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep."

"Optimism is a better way to see the world because it liberates you to attempt things."

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

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

"Don't take yourself so seriously. You're just a monkey with a plan."

"If you want to be successful, surround yourself with people who are more successful than you. If you want to be happy, surround yourself with people who are less successful than you."

"I don't have time is just another way of saying, it's not a priority."

"Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you at the upper echelon of human success within seven years."

"To be a clear thinker, you cannot be a tribe member. Politics is the mind-killer."

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

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there. Direction matters more than speed."

"The people who succeed are the irrationally passionate. Rational people don't get anything done."

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

"Intentions don't matter. Actions do. That’s why being ethical is hard."

"Happiness is a choice you make and a skill you develop."

"Values are a set of rules you use to make decisions."

"The greatest superpower is the ability to change yourself."

"Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want."

"Most of modern life, all our diseases, are diseases of abundance, not diseases of scarcity."

"Escape competition through authenticity. No one can compete with you on being you."

"A happy person isn't someone who's happy all the time. It's someone who effortlessly interprets events in such a way that they don't lose their innate peace."

"The closer you want to get to the truth, the more silent you have to be inside."