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Naval 25

Naval's 25 best quotes, as voted on by the internet

#1
A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control.
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#2
A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside their control.
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Earn with your mind, not your time.

#4
Trade money for time, not time for money. You’re going to run out of time first.
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Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep

#6
Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable.
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#7
The quality of your mind is the quality of your life.
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#8
You’re never going to get rich renting out your time.
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#9
Play long-term games with long-term people. All returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.
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#10

The only true test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.

#11
A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought — they must be earned.
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#12
You want to be rich and anonymous, not poor and famous.
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#13
The best way, perhaps the only way, to change others is to become an example.
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#14
Sing the song that only you can sing, write the book that only you can write, build the product that only you can build… live the life that only you can live.
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#15

This is such a short and precious life that it’s really important that you don’t spend it being unhappy.

#16
I would rather read the best hundred books over and over again until I absorb them rather than read every single book out there.
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#17
You make your own luck if you stay at it long enough.
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#18
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards — wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity — come from ignoring others and improving ourselves.
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#19
To be honest, speak without identity.
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#20

Escape competition through authenticity.

#21
You have two lives, and the second one begins when you realize you only have one
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#22
Your success in life depends on your ability to make good decisions. Your happiness depends on your ability to not care about the outcomes.
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#23
Forty hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge workers function like athletes — train and sprint, then rest and reassess.
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#24
The power to make and break habits and learning how to do that is really important.
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#25
The universe is rigged in such a way that if you just want one thing and you focus on that, you will get it. But everything else, you got to let go.
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