My Conversation with Naval on Learning Happiness

It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We recorded hours of that conversation to share with you. This episode is a portion of that long conversation that talks about Learning Happiness You can purchase the new expanded edition with nearly 4 hours of new material on Audible here: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Almanack-of-Naval-Ravikant-Audiobook/B0FBCP1JWJ Chapters: 00:00 Happiness as a Skill & Thought Construct 03:00 Peace, Desires & Higher Motives 06:00 Mind-Created Problems & Meditation 09:00 Engagement vs. Peace – Balancing Both 12:00 Health, Wealth & the Pursuit of Truth, Love, Beauty 15:00 Meditation, Silence & Resolving Thoughts 18:00 Love, Creation & Human Flourishing 21:00 Acute vs. Chronic Unhappiness, Ego & Identity 24:00 Choice Theory & Depression as Habit 27:00 Seasons of Life – Wealth, Health & Happiness 30:00 Aging, Compounding Actions & Character 33:00 High Agency Living & Designing Life 36:00 Reinterpreting the Past, Forgiveness & Ego 39:00 Enlightened Teachers, Peace & No-Self 42:00 Relationships, Self-Sufficiency & Truth in Bonds 45:00 Consciousness, Self-Examination & No-Self Realization 51:00 Seeking Enlightenment vs. Chasing Shiny Objects 54:00 Happiness, Motivation & Effectiveness 57:00 Relationships, Obligations & Peer Bonds 60:00 Ritual vs. Genuine Happiness To support the costs of producing this podcast:  >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/  >> Buy a copy of The Anthology of Balaji: https://balajianthology.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage  >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the podcast to a friend