A collection of all my interviews about my ‘How to Get Rich’tweetstorm.
Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status
Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep
Wealth is the thing you want. Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep; it’s the factory of robots cranking out things. — nav.al
You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity, a piece of the business to gain your financial freedom. — nav.al
Make Abundance for the World
Wealth isn’t about taking something from somebody else
“Ethical wealth creation makes abundance for the world.” — nav.al
Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans
“We are the only animals in the animal kingdom that cooperate across genetic boundaries. What lets us cooperate? It’s because we can keep track of debits and credits.” — nav.al
The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities
The Internet allows you to scale any niche obsession
“The internet is an inter-networking tool. It connects everybody. So, you want to use that. What the internet does is allows any niche obsession…to scale.” — nav.al
Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge
Specific knowledge can be found by pursuing your genuine curiosity
“Specific knowledge is found much more by pursuing your innate talents, your genuine curiosity, and your passion. It’s not by going to school for whatever is the hottest job.” — nav.al
Read What You Love Until You Love to Read
You should be able to pick up any book in the library and read it
“Read what you love until you love to read.” — nav.al
Challenges of misinformation
Emerging AI tools will result in a playground of information manipulation in the upcoming elections. — Kathmandu Post
Nepali media is becoming increasingly vulnerable to misinformation. The country has always had a weak media system, limited resources and a small market. Over the years, we saw the emergence of a partisan press than an independent and credible source of information. Mission journalism…defined Nepali journalism as a tool for advocacy and struggle. — Kathmandu Post
The advent of the internet and smartphones overwhelmed citizens with all kinds of information. Given their media illiteracy, they consumed information and misinformation without questioning them. People held YouTube’s content equivalent to television’s and Facebook’s user-generated content equivalent to mainstream media news. — Kathmandu Post
Correct information is the best antidote to misinformation, which is possible only in the presence of authentic media. However, there is a disturbing trend of discrediting and humiliating the media using misinformation. Political leaders…are on the frontline of such trends. Since our media system is already weak, humiliating the press rather than improving its functioning is equivalent to laying down our best weapon against misinformation. — Kathmandu Post
Combating challenges
Fact-checking is a reactive response. Media and information literacy components should be integrated into the curriculum of schools and universities and backed by public awareness campaigns. The government, civil society organisations, political parties, private sector and media must collaborate and bring about effective solutions to fight misinformation. — Kathmandu Post
Productize Yourself
Figure out what you’re uniquely good at and apply as much leverage as possible
“Productize has specific knowledge and leverage. Yourself has uniqueness and accountability. Yourself also has specific knowledge. So you can combine all of these pieces into these two words.” — nav.al
“If you’re looking towards the long-term, you should ask yourself, ‘Is this authentic to me? Is it myself that I’m projecting? And then, ‘Am I productizing it? Am I scaling it?’” — nav.al
Share Your Thoughts
- “What are you really good at, that the market values?” — a framing drawn from nav.al
- “How can media literacy programs be scaled in Nepal to reduce misinformation?” — synthesized from Kathmandu Post
- “Which forms of leverage (code, media, capital, labour) best help you amplify signal and ignore noise in your work?” — inspired by nav.al
- “What practical steps should policymakers and platforms take now to limit coordinated misinformation ahead of elections?” — based on concerns in Kathmandu Post