Tag: Naval Ravikant

Learnings

Meditation is like an email mailbox

Chris Labs

As we grow up, so many things are happening in your life. Some of it you’re processing, some of it you’re absorbing and some of it you should probably think a bit more about. So it’s just like an email inbox. It’s piling up. Email after email. Goign back 10, 20, 30 years. And when you start to meditate, those emails start coming back to you. What about this issue? What about that? It’s scary. So people think I can’t clear my mind. But really what’s happening it’s like self-therapy. And you just have to sit there and process those … Continue reading Meditation is like an email mailbox

Learnings

Memorize stuff is the worst thing, you can do. You need to understand it. A good way to do so is to articulate it in writing or talking.

Chris Labs

There are gaps in thinking where you make leaps. Because youère kind to yourself. But you don’t know you’re making those. But when you’re forced to write it down, or to articulate it, or talk to somebody, you have to complete those gaps and make it a logical chain. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 1h32mins Continue reading Memorize stuff is the worst thing, you can do. You need to understand it. A good way to do so is to articulate it in writing or talking.

Learnings

Clear mind results in better judgement which results in better outcome

Chris Labs

If you want to be effective in business, you need a clear, calm, cool mind. Warren Buffet spends his days playing bridge, taking walks, not constantly feeding his mind with information. If you want to operate at peak performance, you have to learn how to tame your mind, the same way you have to learn to tame your body. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 19mins Continue reading Clear mind results in better judgement which results in better outcome

Happiness

When unhappy, look for the underlying unfulfilled desire

Chris Labs

Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get that thing you desired. It’s okay to have desires. But don’t pick too many. Pick ONE desire that you can suffer for, but for all the others, you want to let go so you can be calm and peaceful and relaxed. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 17mins Continue reading When unhappy, look for the underlying unfulfilled desire

Learnings

Set your hourly rate at a 1000$ an hour

Chris Labs

You can’t penny pinch your way to wealth You can spend your life however you want. But if you want to get rich, it has to be your top priority. It has to come before anything else, which means you can’t penny-pinch. This is what people don’t understand. My aspirational rate was $5,000/hr Fast-forward to your wealthy self and pick an intermediate hourly rate. Before I had any real money and you could hire me, I set an aspirational rate of $5,000 an hour. Of course, I still ended up doing stupid things like arguing with the electrician or returning … Continue reading Set your hourly rate at a 1000$ an hour