The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - A Guide to Wealth and Happiness - Moonshots Podcast: Learning Out Loud
## Metadata
- Author: **Moonshots Podcast: Learning Out Loud**
- Full Title: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
- Category: #podcasts
- URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/12c88bfa-012e-4d92-bed1-66bb809a7f8a
## Highlights
- What Is Specific Knowledge?
Summary:
Specific knowledge is not just what you're obsessed about, but its its knowledge about who, ah, you are as a person. No one can compete with you on being you. Once you arm yourself with that specific knowledge, much easier to get paid for that. There isn't a lot of competition action of all, goes as far as to say, no. It's the kind of stuff that youare naturally curious about and your obsessed about. For some it might be playing video games or working out - others may be in a dance or coding.
Transcript:
Speaker 4
Specific knowledge is the part that a lot of people get tripped up on. And what it means is besly knowledge that only you can truly understand. And while some might think at it's what you studied in school, it actually is the kind of stuff that youare naturally curious about, your obsessed about. For some it might be playing video games. For others, and might be in a dance or coding, or or working out. Once you arm yourself with that specific knowledge, much easier to get paid for that, because there isn't a lot of competition action of all, goes as far as to say, no. Specific knowledge is not just what you're obsessed about, but its its knowledge about who, ah, you are as a person. No one can compete with you on being you. ([Time 0:17:02](https://share.snipd.com/snip/b976055e-8118-4511-b2a5-aba5c94aebcb))
- The Foundation of Learning is Reading
Summary:
I don't know a smart person who doesn't read and read all the time. And the problem is, what do i read? How do i read?
Transcript:
Speaker 1
I don't know a smart person who doesn't read and read all the time. And the problem is, what do i read? How do i read? ([Time 0:39:55](https://share.snipd.com/snip/f3f41705-ee97-4873-8a8f-68dba3c6e44b))