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✍️ '''40 – Naval’s Writing.''' I close with two of my own compendia. Life Formulas I (2008) sketches terse equations as personal algorithms—Happiness = Health + Wealth + Good Relationships; Health = Exercise + Diet + Sleep; Sleep = No alarms + 8–9 hours + circadian rhythms; Income = Accountability + Leverage + Specific Knowledge; and so on—offered as notes to self, not scripture. Naval’s Rules (2016) distill habits and guardrails: be present above all else; desire is suffering; anger is a hot coal; if you can’t see yourself working with someone for life, don’t work with them for a day; earn with your mind, not your time; truth is what has predictive power; watch every thought; mathematics is the language of nature; every moment must be complete in itself. Together they compress the book’s two arcs—wealth and happiness—into portable checklists that steer behavior without drama. They also show how I think: reduce to essentials, test, and keep what works. Read them as prompts for your own formulas and rules, not as a creed. The deeper intent is alignment—build a life where your daily choices naturally serve health, love, and mission. The mechanism is a personal operating system: clear values, simple heuristics, and consistent practice. ''Health, love, and your mission, in that order.''
⏭️ '''41 – Next on Naval.''' After cutting an enormous manuscript down to this book, I point readers to “Navalmanack” shorts on Navalmanack.com—spin‑off chapters published online that go deeper on Education, the Story of AngelList, Investing, Startups, Crypto, and Relationships. I also direct you to Naval’s ongoing channels: Twitter.com/Naval for aphorisms and threads, the Naval podcast for long‑form thinking, and nav.al for essays and transcripts. The page curates an entry point for newcomers by calling out the “How to Get Rich” podcast compilation as the most popular set at the time of writing. These links turn a static book into a living syllabus: you can move from a printed passage to a tweetstorm, from a tweet to a podcast, and from a podcast back to a long essay. The intent is pragmatic—follow your curiosity into the format you’ll actually consume. In the book’s wealth-and-happiness frame, this section functions like leverage: free distribution through code and media lets the ideas scale without permission. The mechanism is an open information funnel—shorts, feeds, and episodes that compound understanding as you iterate.
🙏 '''42 – Appreciation.''' A half‑assed tweet kicked off the project, and trust from a stranger—Naval—turned it into a book, so I begin by thanking him for responsiveness and generosity. I thank Babak Nivi for the most succinct, precise writing advice I’ve received and for spending time to make the manuscript better. I thank Tim Ferriss for bending his no‑forewords rule and contributing one that helps more readers find their way here. I thank Tucker Max for creating Scribe, assembling a team, and giving this project personal attention—including the candor to hurt my feelings in pursuit of a great product. I thank Bo and the whole team at Zaarly for patience and grace while I obsessed over this work. Finally, I thank the many friends and strangers online whose DMs and encouragement helped me through the thousand hours it took to create this for you. The through‑line is simple: none of this exists without a network of collaborators and readers. Gratitude here is not ornamental; it documents the real labor and trust behind the pages. ''There is so much to be grateful for, and so many people to be grateful to.''
📎 '''43 – Sources.''' The appendix lists dozens of primary and secondary references that anchor the quotes and ideas throughout the book. Early entries include two Periscope streams—“Naval Ravikant Was Live” from January 20, 2018, and February 11, 2018—and Farnam Street’s 2019 profile “Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher.” It cites Tim Ferriss’s Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles (Tools of Titans, 2016) and his blog posts and interviews (2015–2019), alongside Joe Rogan Experience #1309 (June 4, 2019; 2:11:56). Reporting on AngelList’s rise is sourced to outlets such as Forbes (2012), The Mercury News (2013), The Next Web (2010), and The PEHub Network (2010), with industry commentary from Venture Hacks and company pages at AngelList. Startup essays from StartupBoy.com, product‑acquisition coverage from TechCrunch and Vox (both December 1, 2016), and earlier context from The New York Times (January 26, 2005) round out the business history. Crypto discussions draw on Unchained (2017), Token Summit (2017), and CoinDesk (2017). The list closes with Naval’s own compilations—“How to Get Rich: Every Episode” (2019)—and notes original material created specifically for this book (2019). In the book’s architecture, this appendix is the provenance ledger: it shows where each idea or quotation came from so readers can verify, explore, and apply with context. The mechanism is traceability—linking aphorisms back to talk, tweet, or interview so interpretation stays honest.
👤 '''44 – About the Author.''' Eric Jorgenson is a product strategist and writer who joined the founding team of Zaarly in 2011, a company that helps homeowners find accountable service providers they can trust. His business blog, Evergreen, has entertained and educated more than one million readers. He lives in Kansas City with Jeannine and shares new projects at ejorgenson.com and on Twitter @ericjorgenson. The short bio reflects the book’s method: build useful things, teach what you learn, and keep distribution open. It also grounds the curation in a working operator’s perspective rather than an armchair summary. Read the credits as an invitation to follow the work beyond this book—to product, essays, and future collaborations. The thrust ties back to the main theme: sustained curiosity plus public work compounds into opportunity and service. ''Eric is on a quest to create—and eat—the perfect sandwich.''
== Background & reception ==
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