The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

How you make a habit doesn't matter. Do something every day. It almost doesn't matter what you do. The people who are obsessing over whether to do weight training, tennis, Pilates, the high-intensity interval training method, “The Happy Body,” or whatever. They're missing the point. The important thing is to do something every day. It doesn't matter what it is.

Before you can lie to another, you must first lie to yourself.

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

Courage isn't charging into a machine gun nest.
Courage is not caring what other people think.

The hardest thing is not doing what you want—it's knowing what you want.

Whenever we say we're going to try to do something or try to form a habit, we're wimping out. We're just saying to ourselves, “I'm going to buy myself some more time. ” The reality is when our emotions want us to do something, we just do it.

Too much sugar leads to a heavy body, and too many distractions lead to a heavy mind.

Walking meetings:

• Brain works better

• Exercise & sunlight

• Shorter, less pleasantries

• More dialogue, less monologue

• No slides

• End easily by walking back

Stop asking why and start saying wow.

If you can't see yourself working with someone for life, don't work with them for a day.