𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘇 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆.

When Naval Ravikant was 9 years old, he and his family (mom, dad, & brother) moved from New Delhi to New York.

His father was a pharmacist in India, but his pharmacist credentials were not acceptable in the USA.

So, both his parents did clerical work initially.

But shortly after moving, his parents split up, leaving his mother responsible for raising him and his brother for the majority of their childhoods.

During his childhood, Naval read a lot because his mother was always working multiple jobs and attending night school.

He says " The library was my after-school center."

Even today he continues investing in reading - "A really good book costs $10 or $20 and can change your life in a meaningful way. It’s not something I believe in saving money on. This was even back when I was broke and I had no money. I always spent money on books. I never viewed that as an expense. That’s an investment to me."

One of my favorite quotes of his is: “Reading a book isn’t a race — the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed.”

Today, Naval is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList. He's invested in more than 100 companies, including Uber, Twitter, Yammer, and many others.

But more than that,

He is an incredibly deep thinker who challenges the status quo on so many things.

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10 of my fav quotes from him:

1. “All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.”

2. “Embrace accountability and take business risks under your own name. Society will reward you with responsibility, equity, and leverage.”

3. “If you can outsource something or not do something for less than your hourly rate, outsource it or don’t do it.”

4. “The less you want something, the less you’re thinking about it, the less you’re obsessing over it, the more you’re going to do it in a natural way.”

5. “Forget rich versus poor, white-collar versus blue. It’s now leveraged versus un-leveraged.”

6. “Forty hour work weeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge workers function like athletes — train and sprint, then rest and reassess.”

7. “Earn with your mind, not your time.”

8. “I would rather be a failed entrepreneur than someone who never tried. Because even a failed entrepreneur has the skill set to make it on their own.”

9. “Most of the gains in life come from suffering in the short term so you can get paid in the long term.”

10. “My definition of wisdom is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions. Wisdom applied to external problems is judgment.”

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