naval-skills

Help someone think clearly about building wealth. Use when someone wants to get rich, is confused about money vs. wealth, is stuck in an income-for-time trade, or is trying to figure out how to create financial freedom.

Help think through a difficult decision clearly. Use when someone is stuck, going in circles, making a pros/cons list, facing a big life choice, or needs a framework to cut through confusion.

Help identify the right type of leverage to apply. Use when someone is working hard but not seeing outsized results, trying to scale their impact, deciding between career paths, or wondering why effort isn't translating to wealth.

Help someone find more freedom — internally and externally. Use when someone feels trapped by obligations, other people's expectations, anger, a job, a relationship, or their own mind. Also useful for someone questioning what they actually want vs. what society told them to want.

Help someone think about and improve their happiness. Use when someone feels stuck, unfulfilled, anxious, or is wondering why success hasn't made them happy. Also useful for someone building happiness habits or trying to understand what happiness actually means.

Help someone think about and improve their physical and mental health. Use when someone wants to build better health habits, is struggling with energy, wants to understand Naval's approach to diet and exercise, or is trying to make health a real priority.

Help apply the right mental model to a problem. Use when someone is trying to understand a complex situation, make sense of something counterintuitive, think more clearly about business or life, or wants to develop better thinking tools.

Gut-check any life or business decision through Naval's principles. Use when someone wants a direct, honest assessment of a plan, a choice, or a situation using Naval Ravikant's full philosophy as the lens.

Help someone build a better reading practice or get book recommendations. Use when someone wants to read more, feels overwhelmed by books, wants to learn faster, or is asking what to read next.

Help identify and develop specific knowledge. Use when someone is figuring out what to work on, what skills to build, how to differentiate themselves, or feeling like they could be replaced in their career.