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

by Eric Jorgenson

You have to get out of a relative mindset. [10]

What making money will do is solve your money problems. It will remove a set of things that could get in the way of being happy, but it is not going to make you happy.

Doing something because you “should” basically means you don’t actually want to do it. It’s just making you miserable, so I’m trying to eliminate as many “shoulds” from my life as possible. [1]

Sometimes "should"s are the systematic way to realise the thinking and results of people smarter than me. Dispensing with shoulds risks dispensing with a lot of societal wisdom

Death is the most important thing that is ever going to happen to you. When you look at your death and you acknowledge it, rather than running away from it, it’ll bring great meaning to your life.