As I eagerly await delivery of @EricJorgenson 's Almanac of @naval we dug through our own archives for some of the most insightlful and useful knowledge bombs we could find.

Mega- Thread

Work -

Find a career/job where you’re tracked on the outputs, rather than the inputs – this will allow you to control your time much better

What you do, and how you do it, is so much more important than how hard you do it

If you have 2 choices to make, and they’re relatively equal (it’s 50/50), take the path that’s more difficult and more painful in the short term

Anger, Guilt,

Anger hurts YOU, first and foremost - “Anger is a hot coal that you hold in your hand while you wait to throw it at somebody else”

Guilt is just society’s voice speaking in your head

Discipline

Discipline is just you fighting with yourself to do something you don’t want to do

Reading:

“Read what you love until you love to read”

“I would rather read the best hundred books over and over again until I absorb them, rather than read every single book out there”

When it comes to reading, I’d make sure your foundation is very, very high-quality”

Read lots of science
Read lots of microeconomics (NOT macroeconomics)
Read what people agree on
Read the originals and classics

You don’t have to deal with anyone you don’t want to – just walk away

We’re afraid of death because we fear we haven’t spent our time here on earth wisely

Meditation:

“Meditation is the art of doing nothing. You cannot do meditation. By definition, if you’re doing something, you’re not in meditation. Meditation is a state you’re in when you’re not doing anything – physically, mentally, or consciously. You’re just making no effort

Happiness

“If you’re smart, you should be able to figure out how to be happy. Otherwise, you’re not that smart.”

“Just like fitness can be a choice, health can be a choice, nutrition can be a choice, and working hard and making money can be a choice, happiness can be a choice.

Happiness is clouded by unlimited desires. Because of this, limit the amount of desires you have.

“Pick your one overwhelming desire – it’s okay to suffer over that one. But on all the other desires, let them go so you can be calm and peaceful and relaxed.”

“To me, peace is happiness at rest, and happiness is peace in motion. You can convert peace to happiness anytime you want.”

“We are overexposed to everything. The way to survive in modern society is to be an ascetic; it is to retreat from society. There’s too much society everywhere you go. You have society in your phone, society in your pocket, society in your ears. The only solution is turn it off”

Social Media: “This is the disease of social media – everybody is getting their 5 seconds of fame and becoming a celebrity…. but celebrities are the most miserable people in the world”

Addictions: “In a first-world society, success and failure is much more about how you control, manage, and break addictions than it is about going out and doing something”

Stay Focused: “You’re better off following your genuine intellectual curiosity than chasing whatever’s hot right now”
Retirement: “Retirement is when you stop sacrificing today for some imaginary tomorrow”
Resumes: “Your real resume is just a cataloging of all your suffering

“I don’t care how rich you are. I don’t care whether you’re a top Wall Street banker. If somebody has to tell you when to be at work, what to wear and how to behave, you’re not a free person. You’re not actually rich.”

What You Work On > Picking the Right People to Work With > How Hard You Work

#1 – EVERYONE can be rich
#2 – Wealth buys you freedom
#3 – People who are living far below their means enjoy a freedom that people busy upgrading their lifestyle just can’t fathom

#4 – All the benefits in life come from compound interest, whether in relationships, life, your career, health, or learning
#5 – You’re not going to get rich renting out your time
#6 – Successful people have a strong action bias
#7 – Productize yourself

8 – Aim to become so good at something, that luck eventually finds you.
#9 – The 5 most important skills are reading, writing, arithmetic, persuasion, and computer programming
#10 – The number of iterations drives the learning curve

#11 – Get comfortable with frequent, small failures.
#12 – Become the best in the world at what you do.
#13 – Reject most advice
#14 – Results take TIME.

#15 – Know that your physical health, mental health, and your relationships will bring you more peace and happiness than any amount of money ever will

There are no adults. Everyone’s making it up as they go along. Figure it out yourself, and do it