13. Eric Jorgenson: Health, Wealth, & Wisdom from Naval Ravikant
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My guest today is Eric Jorgenson, the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness. Naval Ravikant is the co-founder of AngelList, investor in 200+ companies, and considered by many to be a modern-day philosopher.
This book is a collection of Naval's wisdom and experience shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews, essays, and podcasts. In our conversation, Eric shares Naval's advice on how to build wealth, learn the skill of happiness, become a better reader, and much more.
You can get a free ebook copy of the book here: navalmanack.com
TIMESTAMPS:
- [00:41 ] - The background story of this book
- [03:18 ] - Who is Naval Ravikant?
- [05:13 ] - How to get rich without getting lucky
- [08:12 ] - If you want to get rich, you have to own equity
- [11:23 ] - How you can use leverage to create wealth
- [16:27 ] - Why you want to productize yourself
- [21:27 ] - Happiness is a skill you can learn
- [32:03 ] - The benefits of meditation & how it can make you happier
- [37:25 ] - How Naval reads books & reading tips
- [43:33 ] - How has Eric evolved after studying Naval
- [46:12 ] - How to apply what you read
- [49:50 ] - Books that had a huge influence on Eric & how they changed him
- [54:50 ] - Update on Alex & Books
Learn more about the author:
- Twitter: @EricJorgenson
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