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Money mindset

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

Build wealth through ownership and leverage, play long-term games with long-term people, and above all avoid ruin.

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Chapters

14
  1. Chapter 01Understand How Wealth Is CreatedWealth is assets that earn while you sleep - build those, not a bigger salary or a flashier status.Read this chapter →
  2. Chapter 02Find and Build Specific KnowledgeBuild the one thing you know deeply that can't be trained or outsourced - that is your real edge.Read this chapter →
  3. Chapter 03Play Long-Term Games with Long-Term PeopleCompounding works in trust and reputation too - repeat the same game with the same good people for years.Read this chapter →
  4. Chapter 04Take on AccountabilityPut your name on the risk; people who take real accountability get rewarded with equity, leverage and trust.Read this chapter →
  5. Chapter 05Build or Buy Equity in a BusinessYou'll never get rich renting out your hours - you get rich owning a piece of something that grows.Read this chapter →
  6. Chapter 06Find a Position of LeverageThe same effort goes further with leverage - labour, capital, and today's free leverage: code and media.Read this chapter →
  7. Chapter 07Get Paid for Your JudgmentIn a leveraged world you're paid for being right, not for how hard or how long you worked.Read this chapter →
  8. Chapter 08Prioritize and FocusSay no to almost everything so you can go all-in on the few things that actually matter.Read this chapter →
  9. Chapter 09Find Work That Feels Like PlayDo the work that feels like play to you but looks like work to others - that's where you out-compound everyone.Read this chapter →
  10. Chapter 10How to Get LuckyYou can build the kind of luck that comes looking for you - through a distinctive skill and a good reputation.Read this chapter →
  11. Chapter 11Be PatientWealth builds far slower than you hope, then arrives faster than you expect - so keep showing up.Read this chapter →
  12. Chapter 12Building JudgmentClear thinking comes from dropping your ego, collecting mental models, and reading the foundational stuff deeply.Read this chapter →
  13. Chapter 13Learning HappinessHappiness is a skill and a choice - mostly the absence of the nagging feeling that something is missing.Read this chapter →
  14. Chapter 14Saving Yourself and PhilosophyPeace comes from wanting less and living by your own values, not from acquiring more.Read this chapter →

This is my own plain-English understanding of the book’s ideas, in my own words with my own ₹ examples, laid out against the book’s real chapters so you can relate the two. It is not the book and reproduces none of its text - if it helps, please buy the book. Not affiliated with the author or publisher. The author is not SEBI-registered; nothing here is investment advice.