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Five Books That Will Almost Certainly Make You Smarter
What does being smart really mean?
Depends on who you ask.
To me, being smart means you have a handle on all areas of your life.
You can’t get a handle on them all at once, but you can build one pillar rock-solid and begin to work on others. These books will help because they cover all sorts of subjects you probably need to get more knowledgeable about.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant is known for packing tons of wisdom into a few sentences. He’s an entrepreneur and angel investor who’s made a name for himself by sharing his wisdom in bite-sized chunks on places like Twitter and his podcast.
His content is lucid, concise, and searingly incisive. He has his thumb on the pulse of pretty much everything.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant collects all of his wisdom from across the web and puts it in one place. Reading it is like drinking from a firehose of insights.
Here are a few quotes to give you a peek at what you’re in for:
“Memory and identity are burdens from the past preventing us from living freely in the present.”
“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get…
