3 Incredibly Wise Quotes by Naval Ravikant That Have Actually Changed My Life

And (if applied) can change your life as well

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Naval Ravikant is one of the wisest men to have ever walked the planet. And he isn’t stingy with distributing his wisdom.

He disseminates it in concise ultra-distilled doses through his podcast and tweet-storms. Quickly lapping it up, the internet wrings out iconic quotes from it.

While every Naval quote is a delicious concoction of insight that I love devouring from time to time, 3 of them have proved outright life-changing.

I want to share them with you — I hope they prove life-altering for you as well.

What Efficient Work Really Is Like

If you’ve been a constant reader of mine, you’d have seen me quote this at least a million times.

“Forty-hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge workers function like athletes — train and sprint, then rest and reassess.”

This quote encompasses all productivity advice—work in short focused bursts, indulge in mind-recharging breaks, and repeat. Studies have found this to boost your productivity…