Hey everyone! I recently completed a book, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, which my cool uncle gave me as a gift. 🎉 Here are my learnings from it, which I think you all will find valuable. 🚀

1️⃣ Specific Knowledge 🧠

Now, specific knowledge is something that is known to very few people, and you are exceptional at it. 💡 You don’t learn it from anywhere—it’s something unique to you. So practice a skill that no one can beat you at! 🔥

2️⃣ Wealth 💰

Many people confuse wealth with money. ❌ There is a big difference! When people say, "I make wealth by working a job," that’s wrong. That’s just earning a salary.

Wealth is something that generates money while you’re asleep 😴. True wealth comes from assets, investments, and businesses that make money for you—even when you’re not working. 💸

3️⃣ Ideas Can Change the World 💡

This book completely changed my perspective on generating ideas. Ideas don’t randomly pop into people’s minds. 🧠 People force their brains to think and analyze critically (critical thinking).

One should always aim to develop new ideas for the benefit of mankind. 🌎 Society will pay you big 💰 if you provide something they need—but don’t realize yet. 🤯 (Read that again!)

4️⃣ Definition of an Engineer 🛠️

Naval, the author of this book, was himself an engineer. 🏗️ He said that nowadays, people have forgotten the real role of engineers. It’s not just about building something from a blueprint and doing the donkey work. 🚜

A true engineer explores, pioneers, innovates, and pushes the limits of mankind in technology, science, and everything else. 🚀

A good engineer is someone who has problem-solving skills and the curiosity to innovate something revolutionary. 💡 5. Judgement and decision making skills

5️⃣ Judgment & Decision-Making Skills ⚖️

Judgment is a very important skill that you learn through experience. 📈 Naval says there are 3 big life decisions that people should spend more time on:

1️⃣ Your career path 🏆
2️⃣ Where you live 🌍
3️⃣ Who you’re with ❤️

Each of these decisions shapes your entire future, so choose wisely! 🔥

6️⃣ Happiness 😊

I think this is the most important part of this book. 💛

What do you define happiness as? 🤔 Let me know in the comments! ⬇️

Happiness is when you remove the feeling of something missing in your life. 🕊️ People often mistakenly believe that happiness is just positive thoughts and actions—but they are wrong. It’s much deeper than that.

💎 At last, here are some quotes from the book that sum it up perfectly:

📌 "Study psychology, persuasion, ethics, mathematics, and computers." 🧠📚
📌 "Become the best in the world at what you do, and society will love you." 🌟
📌 "Retirement is when you stop sacrificing today for an imaginary tomorrow." ⏳
📌 "The three big ones in life are wealth, health, and happiness. We pursue them in order, but their importance is in reverse." 💰💪😊
📌 "Don’t take yourself too seriously—you’re just a monkey with a plan." 🐒🛤️
📌 "No one in the world can beat you in being you. So be yourself." 💙

This book truly changed the way I think about success, wealth, and happiness. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it.

Learnings from the Book which i recently read