Mickey Patel
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Mickey Patel
Oh, yeah, the news and Twitter is so toxic; the human brain is not designed to manage every emergency in the world in real-time. We’re not designed to process all the breaking news on the planet in our heads. And this is one of my recent tweets, but the goal of the media these days is to make every problem your problem; that’s how they get... See more
tim.blog • The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Naval Ravikant on Happiness, Reducing Anxiety, Crypto Stablecoins, and Crypto Strategy
That’s really an impact of the Internet. Once the Internet came along, I think it destroyed everyone’s attention span. Now all of humanity’s works are available to you at any given time and you’re being interrupted constantly. Our attention span goes down, our ability to focus goes down. At the same time, we just become more judicious. We want the... See more
Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher
As investor Charlie Munger says, “To find a worthy mate, be worthy of a worthy mate.” [4]
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Another one is I only believe in peer relationships. I don’t believe in hierarchical relationships. I don’t want to be above anybody, and I don’t want to be below anybody. If I can’t treat someone like a peer and if they can’t treat me like peer, I just don’t want to interact with them.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Honesty is a core, core, core value. By honesty, I mean I want to be able to just be me. I never want to be in an environment or around people where I have to watch what I say. If I disconnect what I’m thinking from what I’m saying, it creates multiple threads in my mind. I’m no longer in the moment—now I have to be future-planning or
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Don’t spend your time making other people happy. Other people being happy is their problem. It’s not your problem. If you are happy, it makes other people happy. If you’re happy, other people will ask you how you became happy and they might learn from it, but you are not responsible for making other people happy. [10]
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Courage isn’t charging into a machine gun nest. Courage is not caring what other people think.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
I think everyone knows it’s possible. There’s a great Osho lecture, titled “The Attraction for Drugs Is Spiritual.” He talks about why do people do drugs (everything from alcohol to psychedelics to cannabis). They’re doing it to control their mental state. They’re doing it to control how they react. Some people drink because it helps them not care
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Saving Yourself Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself.