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@think
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Find people who do extraordinary things but don't bang on about it.
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Text is precise, compact, indexable, transmissible, translatable, asynchronous & quick to absorb. Intelligent, busy people prefer text. @naval
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Trust is binary.
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Don't force anything, let alone conversation.
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To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. – Lao Tzu
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One can't be a good 'critical thinker' without being a good 'first principles thinker.'
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Galileo died in the year Newton was born.
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@naval The triad of love, place and endeavour.
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Knowledge is beautiful.
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Self interest motivates action on all scales, from the subcellular to the individual to the multinational.
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Anything overproduced is cheap, including words.
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Behind every tweet a paragraph. Behind every paragraph a thought process. Behind every thought process a lifetime of experience.
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"The internet converging on English is a huge gift to Indians." - @naval on @joinClubhouse now.
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Observation is a dying art. – Stanley Kubrick
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" #1 NYT bestseller" is a red flag for enduring quality.
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Feynman reluctantly accepted the Nobel Prize. As did Dylan. Taleb refuses all honors and awards. Naval rejected the blue badge. The greats know honors and symbols are clouded with status and subjectivity.
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"When one teaches, two learn." – Robert A. Heinlein
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Possibility is the mother of thought. Priority is the mother of execution.
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The nadir of UX design is when a Google search is required to locate a setting.
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Don't be a pessimist: it's better to be a critical thinker than a thinking critic.
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Things people will pay a premium for: privacy simplicity wilderness organic food unbiased opinion what else?
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The camera captures the moment but also steals the moment.
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To the critical thinker disinformation, misinformation and no information are all information.
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"Independent thinkers get their feedback from markets and nature. From afar they appear quirky, but up close they are brilliant." - @naval on @joinclubhouse now with @NicoleBehnam
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Information has never been cheaper. Attention has never been more expensive.
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Silence, solitude and sweat is all it takes.
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The only thing you need is not to want.
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It's not a 'mental model' and not business, marketing or health advice. Single most valuable tweet I've ever read is this from @naval . Compressed language, simple message: easier to retrieve in the heat of the battle.
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Choose the non-emotional response to any given situation and see how much easier your life becomes.
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Kindness is endothermic - it generates inner warmth.
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"Reject most advice." - Naval Ravikant
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Talk to strangers.
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By its very nature, nitpicking is better performed on oneself not others.
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Build in private. Iterate in public. Rebuild in private. Reiterate in public...
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Curiosity is the virtue. Exploration is the path. Experimentation is the practice.
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Don't be afraid to ask for something that isn't on the menu.
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If it hijacks your mind, it hijacks your time.
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Emotion is the fuel. Intellect is the tool.
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"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goals." - unknown
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Trust enables speed.
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Expect nothing. Appreciate everything.
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Long game or no game.
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Better to get your information or life tips from those who's underlying motive isn't to build an audience.
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Value your time and respect that of others down to the millisecond.
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Passion is overrated. Obsession is underrated.
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@naval Willingness to be mocked differentiates leaders from tyrants.
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Overthinking is a product of underdoing.
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Flow is meditation in motion.
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Weaponize your tweets with brevity. Humanize your tweets with orginality.
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Light a fire of optimism that can never be extinguished.
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Reading tweets doesn't make you smarter.
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@think
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Changing default meeting duration to 19 minutes as a signal time is precious. Why conform to even brackets of 15, 30, 60 minutes?!
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Maintain your information filters like a samurai sharpens his sword.
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Selected takeaways from @naval 's business-focused @joinClubhouse session tonight. Format was Naval responding to specific questions from random people in audience. All questions were insightful. All behavior was respectful. Recording should be forthcoming on YouTube.
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The humble grow. The proud fall.
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“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” - Henry Rollins
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It's only the virtuous that don't virtue signal.
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'Followers' is an inane term. It is unsettling it is used on all social platforms. I read accounts, or I observe or listen to them. But I don't 'follow' anybody. We should abandon this cult-laden term.
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It's perfectly ok to pause mid-sentence. And there's nothing more annoying than people who think they can finish your sentences for you.
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. - Galileo Galilei, 1632 When it comes to technology development, one free genius is worth more than a million marching scientists. - Naval Ravikant, 2019
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The breath is the most portable self-calming device. Use it.
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Less is more. Except for music.
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Love: comforts but blinds. Anger: motivates but destroys. Fear: shields but limits. Emotions are paradoxical.
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Effective communication is a noise reduction process.
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Cleaning is the most underrated form of meditation.
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Perfection is the enemy of speed. Speed is the enemy of thoroughness.
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"All successful creators are tinkerers." @naval on @joinClubhouse now with @shl and @benthompson .
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The best cooks don't follow recipes.
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Delayed gratification over instant notification.
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Without care there is no craft.
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It's not the posture, it's the poise It's not the gift, it's the thought It's not the words, it's the tone It's not the what, it's the way
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"Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know." - Lao Tzu in Tao Te Ching
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Those who believe time equals money perilously undervalue time.
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On a long enough time scale, the consolidated content of @Naval Ravikant will imbue a benevolent new society.
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Clarity of thinking is reflected in cadence of speech.
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The more gentle your body language, the more inviting you are.
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Most autobiographies are résumés not books.
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The less you read the more original you'll be. The more you read the more informed you'll be.
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Resources are one thing. So is time, money and energy. But the real coefficient of action is will.
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@zachxt Obsess in craft, play in life.
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Parallel thinking is a better term than multitasking.
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"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine." – Bruce Lee "I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing." - Richard Feynman
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Everything is possible. Find a way.
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This ongoing thread compresses key points from @naval 's wonderful podcast series with @ToKTeacher on the theme of science, theory of knowledge and exploration of David Deutsch's book The Beginning of Infinity.
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@naval "It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion. It is easy in solitude to live after our own. But the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Explore the fringes of Twitter. This is where the treasure lies. You'll find quieter voices, gentler souls and monster intellects.
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Doubt preys on inertia. Confidence feasts on action.
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charcoal and paper for a masterpiece a few ingredients for a delectable meal three chords for a hit song Embrace creative constraints in all domains.
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Be resolute in pursuing your visions but keep them to yourself.
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Criticize without accusing.
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A clear thinker sequences thoughts with minimum bias.
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The lies of society are opportunities for the independent thinker.
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The obsessed don't survive in larger companies.
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There are good people and then there are good people who just get in the way. Conserve your energy and go around the latter. Attempting to rationalize, debate or inform can be futile.
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Talk, discuss, negotiate and be friendly. But letting someone know you want something from them is an invitation for them to control you.
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Sometimes the best evidence is circumstantial evidence.
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All great artists are great experimenters.
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Your mind sets limits far greater than your time.
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Delete 'impossible' from your lexicon. It's just a psychological construct promoted by the nay sayers and never doers. Find a way. Keep going. And never take no for an answer.
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The only way to lead people is by example. The only way to persuade people is by planting the seed.
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'Luck' is at the intersection of timing and preparedness.
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