May 22, 2019
The Naval Podcast – A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love
Check out Naval’s Episode Page & Show Notes
This podcast clip is part of a conversation between Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi. Unless otherwise noted, quotes are from Naval. For reference, check out Naval’s famous How to Get Rich tweet storm.
Key Takeaways
- The last tweet in Naval’s famous “How to get rich (without getting lucky)” tweet storm:
- “When you’re finally wealthy, you’ll realize that it wasn’t what you were seeking in the first place”
- Money solves your money problems, but it doesn’t get you everywhere
- “The first thing you realize when you make a bunch of money is that you’re still the same person”
- If you’re happy, you’ll still be happy
- If you’re unhappy, you’ll still be unhappy
- “The first thing you realize when you make a bunch of money is that you’re still the same person”
- Naval’s personal favorite tweet of his – “A calm mind, a fit body, and a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned.”
- Even with all the money in the world, you can’t buy those things
- “Those three things (your health, your mental health, and your close relationships) are things that you have to cultivate and can probably bring you a lot more peace and happiness than any amount of money ever will”
- Naval is planning a new tweet storm about how to create a calmer internal state
- He says he has about 100 tweets already written
- If you have a calm mind and you’ve already made money, you probably already have good relationships
- Many external battles in life happen because your internal state isn’t optimized
- When you’re internally peaceful, you’re going to pick less fights
- “Money solves your money problems, buys you freedom in the material world, and lets you not do the things that you don’t want to do” – Nivi
- “The ultimate purpose of money is so that you do not have to be in a specific place at a specific time doing anything you don’t want to do” – Naval
