This post is based on Naval's Tweet:
Fast, lift, sprint, stretch, and meditate.
— Naval (@naval) April 25, 2020
Build, sell, write, create, invest, and own.
Read, reflect, love, seek truth, and ignore society.
Make these habits. Say no to everything else.
Avoid debt, jail, addiction, disgrace, shortcuts, and media.
Relax. Victory is assured.
The Good Life: Body and Soul
FAST
Fasting is an ancient human tradition only lost in modern America. Fasting has long been known for its capacity as an aid to spirituality, but it has recently gained a lot of attention for its health benefits. Water fast for a week, juice fast for a month, intermittent fasting, it is all good!
LIFT
Lifting is the basis of strength building.
Sprint
Sprinting is critical for cardiovascular health by taxing (and thus strengthening) the heart and lungs. This is connected to lift because they both are physically difficult and doing them makes you fitter, and strengthens your mental resolve. Checkout my favorite workout which includes both. Sprinting is also a great calorie burner which lends itself to fat loss and thus longevity.
Stretch
Stretching increases flexibility and mobility. This decreases the risk of injury during all activities.
Meditate
Meditation, like fasting, is an ancient spiritual tradition. Like fasting, it has recently come into vogue, however, the reasons are different. Meditation frees the mind of the clutter and business we fill it with during modern life by taking time to rest the mind and process all that would otherwise linger robbing your peace.
Fasting is an ancient human tradition only lost in modern America. Fasting has long been known for its capacity as an aid to spirituality, but it has recently gained a lot of attention for its health benefits. Water fast for a week, juice fast for a month, intermittent fasting, it is all good!
LIFT
Lifting is the basis of strength building.
Sprint
Sprinting is critical for cardiovascular health by taxing (and thus strengthening) the heart and lungs. This is connected to lift because they both are physically difficult and doing them makes you fitter, and strengthens your mental resolve. Checkout my favorite workout which includes both. Sprinting is also a great calorie burner which lends itself to fat loss and thus longevity.
Stretch
Stretching increases flexibility and mobility. This decreases the risk of injury during all activities.
Meditate
Meditation, like fasting, is an ancient spiritual tradition. Like fasting, it has recently come into vogue, however, the reasons are different. Meditation frees the mind of the clutter and business we fill it with during modern life by taking time to rest the mind and process all that would otherwise linger robbing your peace.
The Good Life: Mind
Read
"Read what you like until you love reading" -Naval. Reading allows the brightest minds who ever lived to be your mentor. It allows you to learn from the mistakes and successes of more people than you will ever have time to observe the lives of.
Reflect
Reading without reflection is consumption. Living without reflection is a life with minimal improvements.
Love
"Let all that you do be done in love. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." - Paul the Apostle "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." - Jesus
Seek Truth
"Let us not love with words or speech, but with actions and truth. The truth will set you free"-Jesus
Ignore Society
Society will only drag you down to their level and demand that you believe what they believe. TV, News, Video Games, Social Media, it is all drowning you out making it impossible to be authentic.
"Read what you like until you love reading" -Naval. Reading allows the brightest minds who ever lived to be your mentor. It allows you to learn from the mistakes and successes of more people than you will ever have time to observe the lives of.
Reflect
Reading without reflection is consumption. Living without reflection is a life with minimal improvements.
Love
"Let all that you do be done in love. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." - Paul the Apostle "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." - Jesus
Seek Truth
"Let us not love with words or speech, but with actions and truth. The truth will set you free"-Jesus
Ignore Society
Society will only drag you down to their level and demand that you believe what they believe. TV, News, Video Games, Social Media, it is all drowning you out making it impossible to be authentic.
The Good Life: Income
Own
You will never get rich trading time for money, no matter how good your job is. Wealth is measured in dollars, but dollars to not make you wealthy. To be wealthy, you must own.
Build
Unless you started with wealth, the only way to get wealth without taking it from someone else is to build it. Build because it will make you happy, and build something that can scale so that it will also make you wealthy.
Sell
Your creation won't do you much external good, unless you can sell it. Being able to build and sell makes you unstoppable. If you think you can't (you can learn it) at least partner with someone who can sell but not build.
Write
Writing helps you evaluate your thoughts. It gets what is in your mind out of you so you can look at them objectively. Writing can also be one of the most powerful ways to impact the world. A significant portion of your legacy will be the writings you leave behind
Create
Creating fulfills the spirit and enlivens the mind. Creating is what will give you the inspiration to build.
Invest
Invest in yourself first. Buy books. Invest in those you care about. Once you have any amount of wealth, invest it where you expect an ROI (either in capital or changed lives)
Make these habits
Willpower is for suckers. The only way these things stick is if you apply a structure to them. Make them habits. If you need a jump-start on this, try LifeMathMoney's 90 day self improvement challenge.
You will never get rich trading time for money, no matter how good your job is. Wealth is measured in dollars, but dollars to not make you wealthy. To be wealthy, you must own.
Build
Unless you started with wealth, the only way to get wealth without taking it from someone else is to build it. Build because it will make you happy, and build something that can scale so that it will also make you wealthy.
Sell
Your creation won't do you much external good, unless you can sell it. Being able to build and sell makes you unstoppable. If you think you can't (you can learn it) at least partner with someone who can sell but not build.
Write
Writing helps you evaluate your thoughts. It gets what is in your mind out of you so you can look at them objectively. Writing can also be one of the most powerful ways to impact the world. A significant portion of your legacy will be the writings you leave behind
Create
Creating fulfills the spirit and enlivens the mind. Creating is what will give you the inspiration to build.
Invest
Invest in yourself first. Buy books. Invest in those you care about. Once you have any amount of wealth, invest it where you expect an ROI (either in capital or changed lives)
Make these habits
Willpower is for suckers. The only way these things stick is if you apply a structure to them. Make them habits. If you need a jump-start on this, try LifeMathMoney's 90 day self improvement challenge.
Say no to everything else
The only way you will have time and focus to achieve all of this, is if you ditch everything else:
Debt
"The borrower is slave to the lender" Being debt free brings freedom and flexibility (both money debts and social debts). The debtor loses most or all profits to the lender.
Jail
It is very hard to create, build, and sell from jail.
Addiction
Addiction steals the life of the addicted. If you think this does not apply to you, take care: Social media addiction, caffeine addiction, video game addiction, porn addiction, sugar addiction, these will sap your life force.
Disgrace
A good name takes a decade to make and a moment to break. "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom." - Proverbs
Shortucts
99.99% of the time, the longcut is the shortcut. Those who are telling you otherwise ("Do you know the secret to weight loss?") are lying or trying to sell you something (or both).
Media
"It is better to be rich and unknown than poor and famous" -Naval. Avoid media on both sides. Put in the work with your head down. When you succeed, point to your team. The spotlight might feel good, but it is not your friend. On the other hand, do not waste your time watching the 'news' or endlessly 'Netflix and chilling.' You cannot succeed by consuming.
Debt
"The borrower is slave to the lender" Being debt free brings freedom and flexibility (both money debts and social debts). The debtor loses most or all profits to the lender.
Jail
It is very hard to create, build, and sell from jail.
Addiction
Addiction steals the life of the addicted. If you think this does not apply to you, take care: Social media addiction, caffeine addiction, video game addiction, porn addiction, sugar addiction, these will sap your life force.
Disgrace
A good name takes a decade to make and a moment to break. "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom." - Proverbs
Shortucts
99.99% of the time, the longcut is the shortcut. Those who are telling you otherwise ("Do you know the secret to weight loss?") are lying or trying to sell you something (or both).
Media
"It is better to be rich and unknown than poor and famous" -Naval. Avoid media on both sides. Put in the work with your head down. When you succeed, point to your team. The spotlight might feel good, but it is not your friend. On the other hand, do not waste your time watching the 'news' or endlessly 'Netflix and chilling.' You cannot succeed by consuming.
Relax. Victory is Assured
When you have done all this, all you have to do is keep rolling the dice and biding your time. Eventually (1-30 years) they will be saying you are an overnight success.
Conclusion:
It is worth reading again: "Fast, lift, sprint, stretch, and meditate. Build, sell, write, create, invest, and own. Read, reflect, love, seek truth, and ignore society. Make these habits. Say no to everything else. Avoid debt, jail, addiction, disgrace, shortcuts, and media. Relax. Victory is assured."