80. Leverage, Luck, and Happiness with Eric Jorgenson

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David speaks with Eric Jorgenson, the CEO of Scribe Media. He also has a rolling fund investing in pre-seed and seed-stage tech companies, and is the author of two books: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness; and The Anthology of Balaji.

They talked about:

🤓 Working smarter, not harder

🚀 How leverage helps achieve success

⚠️ Risks of leverage

🍀 The four types of luck

💰 Relationship between wealth and happiness

😊 Happiness as a skill

This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the third part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

Part 1: 🎙️Upgrade your thinking with Eric Jorgenson (Episode 73)

Part 2: 🎙️Techno-optimism and The Anthology of Balaji with Eric Jorgenson (Episode 76)

📜Full transcript:

https://theknowledge.io/ericjorgenson-3/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/rBQAOFNacYg

👤 Connect with Eric:

Twitter: @EricJorgenson | https://twitter.com/EricJorgenson

Website: Scribe Media | https://scribemedia.com/

Books: The Anthology of Balaji | https://amzn.to/45UjFqe

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant | https://amzn.to/47g7ncy

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

Naval Ravikant | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Ravikant

Balaji Srinivasan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Srinivasan

Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

Oprah Winfrey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey

J. K. Rowling | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling

The Joe Rogan Experience | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joe_Rogan_Experience

Warren Buffett | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

Paul Graham | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(programmer)

Superlinear returns | http://www.paulgraham.com/superlinear.html

Elon Musk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

Building a Mountain of Levers | https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage

Six Degrees of Separation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

Luke Burgis | https://lukeburgis.com/

Wanting | https://amzn.to/3v3iub0

Buy the Future while it's Cheap Now | https://www.nairaland.com/6768049/buy-future-while-cheap-now

Alexander Graham Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell

Charlie Munger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger

Paul Kaufman | https://www.umassmed.edu/mccb/faculty-MCCB/faculty-MCCB/faculty-profile-pages/kaufman-paul/

David Kadavy | https://theknowledge.io/davidkadavy/

René Girard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Girard

AngelList | https://www.angellist.com/

Lex Fridman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Fridman

Jared Kushner | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner

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