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If you’re leveraged with capital, code, or people, and own equity, then good decisions have a much larger earning impact than hard work. - @naval

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Persistent, non-specific anxiety is the result of wanting so much, talking so much, and doing so much that you lose touch with the quiet joys of solitude. - @naval

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Teaching is more a way for the teacher to learn than for the student to learn. - @naval

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You get paid for being right first, and to be first, you can’t wait for consensus. - @naval

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A contrarian isn’t one who always objects - that’s a conformist of a different sort. A contrarian reasons independently, from the ground up, and resists pressure to conform. - @naval

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You get paid for being right first, and to be first, you can’t wait for consensus. - @naval

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People who try to look smart by pointing out obvious exceptions actually signal the opposite. - @naval

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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. - @naval

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If you’re leveraged with capital, code, or people, and own equity, then good decisions have a much larger earning impact than hard work. - @naval

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Trade money for time, not time for money. You’re going to run out of time first. - @naval

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People who try to look smart by pointing out obvious exceptions actually signal the opposite. - @naval

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Knowing how little you matter is very important for your mental health and your happiness. - @naval

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The heart decides, the head rationalizes. - @naval

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My 1 repeated learning in life: 'There Are No Adults' Everyone's making it up as they go along. Figure it out yourself, and do it. - @naval

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Once you’ve truly controlled your own fate, for better or for worse, you’ll never let anyone else tell you what to do. - @naval

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Asymmetric opportunities: Invest in startups. Start a company. Create a book, podcast or video. Create a (software) product. Go on many first datesGo to a cocktail party. Read a Lindy bookMove to a big city. Buy Bitcoin. Tweet. - @naval

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People who try to look smart by pointing out obvious exceptions actually signal the opposite. - @naval

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The best way, perhaps the only way, to change others is to become an example. - @naval

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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. - @naval

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Once you’ve truly controlled your own fate, for better or for worse, you’ll never let anyone else tell you what to do. - @naval