Happiness isn't found, it's a skill — largely the skill of wanting less and being present, not acquiring more.
Naval’s two arcs — leverage and peace — turn out to be the same argument aimed at different targets: reduce what you need, whether that’s capital or desire.
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supports →Between stimulus and response there is a space, and skill is widening it enough to step into on purpose.Equanimity is the cheap way to widen the space. A calm mind doesn't need to train the pause because there's less to pause against.
← contradicted bySurface disagreement instead of hiding it — being wrong quietly costs far more than being corrected loudly.
The sharpest disagreement in the library. Dalio's engine runs on friction deliberately introduced; Naval's runs on friction deliberately removed. Both claim to produce clear thinking. They cannot both be right about the same person.