Escape competition through authenticity.
Genuine
Yes. In How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) (2018), “The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities”, nav.al/rich (Naval introducing his own tweet; Nivi reads it again under “Escape Competition Through Authenticity”).
Checked against Naval Ravikant and Nivi, ‘How to Get Rich’ (collected interviews on the tweetstorm, dated 28 Dec 2019 on the page), nav.al/rich, section “The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities”, section “The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities”, in a full-text transcription.
- Work
- How to Get Rich (without getting lucky), 2018
- Where
- “The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities”, nav.al/rich (Naval introducing his own tweet; Nivi reads it again under “Escape Competition Through Authenticity”)
- Source
- Naval Ravikant and Nivi, ‘How to Get Rich’ (collected interviews on the tweetstorm, dated 28 Dec 2019 on the page), nav.al/rich, section “The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities”, section “The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities”
- Checked
- In a full-text transcription
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The scene
Naval brings in a separate tweet that is not part of the ‘How to Get Rich’ tweetstorm and likes it for being short enough to remember. He adds that the more authentic you are, the less competition you have, since no one can compete with you on being you, and that after the internet you can turn that into a career.
What it means
If you are being yourself, nobody can do it better, so you are out of the race.
Topics
Related quotes
- Play long-term games with long-term people. (paraphrase)
- Be the change you wish to see in the world. (misattributed) Mahatma Gandhi
- You’re not going to get rich renting out your time.
- And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. Steve Jobs
- Men’s minds ought to have relaxation: they rise up better and more vigorous after rest. Seneca the Younger
Sources
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Naval Ravikant, How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) (2018), “The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities”, nav.al/rich (Naval introducing his own tweet; Nivi reads it again under “Escape Competition Through Authenticity”). Checked at Quotogeny, https://quotogeny.com/q/escape-competition-through-authenticity/ (25 October 2026).
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