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

About the book

Published in 2020, the book is assembled primarily from Naval's own words and organized around wealth, judgment, learning, and happiness. It is a curated source collection, not a Naval-authored memoir.

Why read it

Best if you want a compact collection of Naval Ravikant's ideas on leverage, specific knowledge, judgment, reading, and happiness

Evidence and original sources

David calls it one of his favorite books and says it's key for anyone building a business in the age of infinite leverage.

• Naval Ravikant (A Guide to Wealth and Happiness) — Episode is built around this book as its dedicated subject for the day.
• Founder of the Rothschild Family Dynasty — David applies Naval's principle of finding work that feels like play.
• James Dyson (Against the Odds) — David calls the book's “neither decreed nor degreed” line one of its most important ideas.
• Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft — David attributes the 'work that feels like play' principle to this source, citing prior podcast coverage.
• Paul Van Doren (Founder of Vans) — David connects Naval's advice about becoming the best in the world at what you do to Paul Van Doren.
• Ed Thorp (My personal blueprint) — David points back to the prior Naval episode, misstating it as #181; the indexed dedicated episode is #191.