Naval Ravikant - Journey VS Destination

What's more important?

Hello Friend!

For today’s edition I bring you a nugget from Naval Ravikant—sourced from his own Social Media app → Airchat.

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💡Nugget

Question from Ayden Lum (user of Airchat):

"I'm curious to what your opinion is on whether the journey is more worth it or if the destination is more valuable. Because when you work towards a goal, for example building a successful business... Is the work more valuable than the end result? Or [is it] the other way around?"

✦ Naval Ravikant:

I think of this as one of those chicken-versus-egg-style questions.

The answer is, of course, both.

Without the destination, you'd never start the journey. And if you don't get to the destination… Then what was the point in the first place? And you'll be disappointed.

That said, the journey is the reward because it's the real thing. It's what you actually live for 99.9% of the experience, and it's what transforms you and makes you.

So, I hate to say it, but the answer is both.

You have to undertake the journey, and you have to enjoy it and appreciate it, and suck the marrow out of it, live in it for every moment.

But if you don't get [to] the destination, of course you'll be disappointed. That's just human nature, and that's why you started in the first place.

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💥 Stuff I Loved

Always a pleasure to hear one of my heroes—Mohnish Pabrai.

In this occasion, he is talking at Harvard Business School (September 2023).

I absolutely loved this episode!

One thing that deeply resonated with me, is that just a seemingly small decision— so small that we might not even think about it for more than 10 seconds—can completely change the trajectory of our lives (or even give/take life itself)…

Morgan Housel tells the story of how he almost died in an avalanche at age 17. He was feeling tired so he decided to go rest, but his 2 friends kept skying and tragically succumbed to the avalanche moments later.

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Editing from a Starbucks today. And already feels like Christmas here 🎄

Wishing you the best weekend!

Julio xx

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