How to get rich ( without getting lucky)

✍ Scribed by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi

• Publisher: Guustaaf Damave
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 127
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. These aspirations may seem out of reach, but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn.So what are these skills, and how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts? What does progress really look like?

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness. HOW TO GET RICH is a collection of Naval’s most insightful interviews and poignant reflections. Through Naval’s own words, you will learn how to walk your own unique path toward a happier, wealthier life.

✦ Table of Contents

1. Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status
2. Make Abundance for the World
3. Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans
4. Making Money Isn’t About Luck
5. Make Luck Your Destiny
6. You Won’t Get Rich Renting Out Your Time
7. Live Below Your Means for Freedom
8. Give Society What It Doesn’t Know How to Get
9. The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities
10. Play Long-term Games With Long-term People
11. Pick Partners With Intelligence, Energy and Integrity
12. Partner With Rational Optimists
13. Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge
14. Specific Knowledge Is Highly Creative or Technical
15. Learn to Sell, Learn to Build
16. Read What You Love Until You Love to Read
17. The Foundations Are Math and Logic
18. There’s No Actual Skill Called "Business"
19. Embrace Accountability to Get Leverage
20. Take Accountability to Earn Equity
21. Labor and Capital Are Old Leverage
22. Product and Media are New Leverage
23. Product Leverage is Egalitarian
24. Pick a Business Model With Leverage
25. Example: From Laborer to Entrepreneur
26. Judgment Is the Decisive Skill
27. Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate
28. Work As Hard As You Can
29. Be Too Busy to "Do Coffee"
30. Keep Redefining What You Do
31. Escape Competition Through Authenticity
32. Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
33. Eventually You Will Get What You Deserve
34. Reject Most Advice
35. A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love
36. There Are No Get Rich Quick Schemes
37. Productize Yourself
38. Finding Time to Invest in Yourself