Naval – AMA Excerpt (Life)

My top takeaways about life, peace and happiness - from Naval Ravikant’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) on October 31st 2020 on Twitter. All teaching are paraphrased for ease of reading.

  1. Intellectual curiosity and determination made me who I am today.

  2. The key to happiness is self-awareness and self-reliance

  3. My biggest misconception was focusing outward for happiness.

  4. When most people say they want happiness, they actually want peace.

  5. The most common cognitive trap that people fall prey to is wanting to be liked.

  6. To make better decisions in life you need complete, utter and totally honesty.

  7. My advice for when you are in your 20-30’s: Look after your health and don’t worry so much.

  8. To become less emotional, you need to soak in the consequences of being emotional.

  9. If you’re dealing with indecisiveness on life path choices, keep looking. You’ll know when you find it.

  10. Being “normal” is a choice.

  11. Anger is fear of losing control.

  12. Help others. No man is an island.