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Eric Jorgenson // Philosophy of Wealth + Happiness // The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Nov 15, 2021

02:11:15

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Episode notes

The Leverage Part Is Really Key

01:47

Warren Buffett: Spending a Year Deciding and a Day of Acting

01:34

Happiness to Me Is Not Suffering

02:37

Introduction

2min

Al Manak of Naval Ravakant by Eric Jorgensen

2min

Are You Re-Evaluating Your Life?

4min

The Philosopher of Our Time

2min

Angel Is an Amazing Story

3min

Founder of Venture Hacks, Joe Rogan

2min

What Makes Your Book Different From Other Books?

3min

What I Love About MVP

3min

How to Write a Book?

2min

10.

How to Write a First Draft and Edit

3min

11.

How to Get the Right Thread of Ideas in a Book

3min

12.

I'm Not Like a Tool Junkie, but I've Don't Go All In

2min

13.

Podcast Podcasting - Is There a Substitute for Time With the Ideas?

2min

14.

What Is the 80 20 of Noval's Philosophy on Wealth?

2min

15.

The 80 20 Is Fractal, Right?

4min

16.

What I've Learned From Warren Buffett and Munger?

3min

17.

The Older the Problem, the Older the Solution?

3min

18.

Is There a Difference Between Religion and Self-Improvement?

3min

19.

Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status

2min

20.

How to Build Wealth Through Buying Assets That Earn While You Sleep

6min

21.

Building Equity in a Business Chapter

3min

22.

The Leverage Idea

5min

23.

The Permissionless Leverage in Code and in Media

2min

24.

Tools Are a Weak Spot for Me

2min

25.

The Permissionless Leverage Is the Gatekeeper

2min

26.

Is There Nuance in People Leverage?

2min

27.

The Leverage Part Is Really Key

2min

28.

The 10 Laws of Leverage

3min

29.

Warren Buffett: Spending a Year Deciding and a Day of Acting

2min

30.

Don't Underthink It

2min

31.

Retirement Is When You Stop Sacrificing Today for an Imaginative Tomorrow

2min

32.

The Ability to Choose Your Work

4min

33.

I Love Conversations and I Hate Meetings

2min

34.

What's the Difference Between Creator and Entrepreneur?

2min

35.

Is There a Section on Being Rich?

2min

36.

The Right Path Is Better Than Hedonic Treadmill, Right?

3min

37.

Is There a Magic Number?

4min

38.

Money Mustache - I'll Teach You to Be Rich

3min

39.

How Does Leverage Apply to That?

3min

40.

Happiness to Me Is Not Suffering

3min

41.

You Know, You Choose a Thousand Like Small Sufferings Every Day

3min

42.

Desire Is a Contract You Make With Yourself to Be Unhappy Until You Get What You Want

2min

43.

Is It So Easy to Have New Desires?

4min

44.

Do You Have a Desire to Run a Marathon?

2min

45.

Do You Have a Desire That Drives You in the Past?

4min

46.

Is Happiness Peace in Motion?

3min

47.

You've Got Your Life to Live and He's Got It

3min

48.

The Difference Between Freedom to and Freedom From

3min

49.

You Don't Need to Make the Same Mistake, Right?

3min

In this conversation, we explore:

Eric's approach to writing a book entirely made up of Naval's words
philosophy around wealth + happiness
eastern vs western approaches
permissionless leverage + ownership
why desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy
freedom to vs freedom from

Watch the full episode on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/J7j-5sgDkxQ

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Snippet
0:01:50 - Intro + Figuring Out Transitions
0:08:54 - Who Is Naval Ravikant?
0:15:08 - Unique Approach To Writing This Book
0:21:08 - Process Of Writing A Book
0:30:17 - Not Letting The Tools Get In The Way
0:33:12 - 80/20 Of Naval’s Philosophy on Wealth + Happiness
0:39:36 - The Older The Problem, The Older The Solution
0:41:10 - Eastern + Sufi Philosophy, Imam Ali + Nahj al-Balagha
0:45:06 - Western vs Eastern Philosophy - Meditation Example
0:46:49 - Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status
0:51:59 - Ownership, Wage Work + “Do not fear work that has no end”
0:55:51 - Types of Leverage
1:00:17 - Sponsor Break - Nord VPN
1:01:20 - Permissionless Leverage, Gatekeepers + DeFi
1:12:33 - Creative Work For Its Own Sake
1:14:33 - A Year To Decide, And A Day of Acting
1:18:58 - Antigoals + Sacrificing Today For An Imaginary Tomorrow
1:25:49 - Background on Creator Lab
1:27:48 - Buddha Was A Prince
1:32:56 - FIRE Community + Knowing How Much Is Enough?
1:40:43 - Direction vs Speed
1:44:10 - Happiness = Not Suffering
1:49:19 - Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy
1:56:38 - Losing Motivation + Hunger
1:59:47 - Happiness is peace in motion, and peace is happiness at rest
2:03:07 - Healing Old Wounds
2:05:38 - Freedom To vs Freedom From

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