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Naval Ravikant's reading orbit

10 articles · 5 rings

The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity

Marc Andreessen · pmarchive.com

Naval linked this essay three times since 2018

14 min
How to Do Great Work

Paul Graham · paulgraham.com

Called it "the best essay on doing great work, period"

52 min
The Entrepreneurial State

Nassim Taleb · fooledbyrandomness.com

From a writer Naval has endorsed 40+ times

22 min
Skin in the Game for Dummies

Nassim Taleb · Medium

Cited in Naval's 2019 tweetstorm on asymmetry

9 min

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The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity

Marc Andreessen · 14 min read

Let me start by saying that there are probably people who are better at personal productivity than me. But I've been a reasonably productive person over the course of my career, and I have developed a set of personal practices that have worked well for me. The most important one is: don't keep a schedule...

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