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: 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: >> Buy a copy of The Anthology of Balaji: >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the podcast to a friend

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This episode is 63:35 long.

This episode was published on Sep 23, 2025.

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