Naval Ravikant explains why you don't need to be CEO

Believe it or not, there are passionate people that are world-class in the work you don’t enjoy doing. Outsource this work to the right people.

You do not have to be a CEO to be an effective founder

To be a founder, you have to be world-class in something. Make sure you’re spending the majority of your time doing that thing; this is your ‘zone of genius’. Not compromising will allow you to be a valuable contributor for a much more extended period of time and avoid burnout.

Creativity starts with an empty calendar, but eventually, your calendar gets filled up with execution and a busy calendar is the death of creativity

“Be free of mind and free of time. Boredom leads to creativity.”

Regardless of positional title, creative people within a company need to have the opportunity to control their time in a way that optimizes and maximizes their creative potential. If you let operations bog down the subconscious mind of a creator, their creations will never come to fruition

“Having control of your time in a creative job, assuming you’re self-motivated, is the ultimate hack”

Naval at AngelList reallocated the CEO responsibilities in people management so he could focus on the company from a creative and innovative perspective

You never know when being free will allow you to execute on your ‘zone of genius’