Throughout his career, Naval has generously shared his wisdom, and millions of people around the world follow his advice on building wealth and living happily.
在其整个职业生涯里，纳瓦尔（Naval）一直毫无保留地分享自己的智慧，全球有数百万人都听取他关于积累财富与快乐生活的建议。
Naval Ravikant is an icon in Silicon Valley and startup culture around the world. He founded multiple successful companies (Epinions during the 2000 dot-com crash, AngelList in 2010). Naval is also an angel investor, betting early on companies like Uber, Twitter, Postmates, and hundreds more.
纳瓦尔·拉维坎特在硅谷和全球创业文化圈中堪称标志性人物。他创立了多家成功企业，比如在 2000 年互联网泡沫破裂时创立的 Epinions，以及 2010 年创立的 AngelList。此外，纳瓦尔还是天使投资人，很早就对优步、推特、Postmates 等数百家公司进行了投资。
More than a financial success, Naval has been sharing his own philosophy of life and happiness, attracting readers and listeners throughout the world. Naval is broadly followed because he is a rare combination of successful and happy. After a lifetime of study and application of philosophy, economics, and wealth creation, he has proven the impact of his principles.
纳瓦尔不仅在财富上获得成功，还乐于分享自己的人生与幸福哲学，吸引了全球各地的读者和听众。他备受关注，因为他是既成功又幸福的典范。通过毕生对哲学、经济学以及财富创造的钻研与实践，他证明了自身理念的影响力。
Today, Naval continues to build and invest in companies almost casually, in his own artistic way, while maintaining a healthy, peaceful, and balanced life. This book collects and organizes the pieces of wisdom he has shared and shows you how to achieve the same for yourself.
如今，纳瓦尔依旧以独特的艺术风格，近乎随性地投身于创办和投资公司，同时维持着健康、平和且平衡的生活。本书汇集并梳理了他所分享的智慧，为你呈现如何让自己也过上同样的生活。
Naval’s life story is instructive. An introspective founder, self-taught investor, capitalist, and engineer certainly has something to teach us all.
纳瓦尔的人生经历颇具启发性。作为一位善于自省的创业者、自学成才的投资者、资本家兼工程师，他必定能给我们带来诸多启示。
As a first-principles thinker with no fear of speaking his truth, Naval’s thoughts are often unique and thought-provoking. His instinct for seeing through life’s veneer has changed how I see the world.
纳瓦尔以第一性原理思考，直言不讳，其观点往往独特而深刻，引人深思。他洞悉生活表象的直觉，改变了我看世界的视角。
I’ve learned an enormous amount from Naval. Reading, listening, and applying his principles of wealth and happiness has given me calm confidence on my path and taught me to enjoy every moment of this journey. Closely studying his career has shown me how great things are accomplished through small, persistent steps, and how large an impact one individual can have.
我从纳瓦尔那里学到了很多。研读、聆听并践行他关于财富与幸福的理念，让我在人生道路上多了几分笃定，也教会我享受旅程中的每一刻。深入研究他的职业历程，我明白了积跬步以至千里的道理，也看到了个体所能产生的巨大影响力。
I refer to his work often and recommend it to friends. Those conversations inspired me to create this book, so people can learn from his perspective whether they’re new to Naval’s ideas or have followed him the past ten years.
我时常提及他的作品，并推荐给朋友们。这些交流启发我创作了这本书，这样一来，无论是初次接触纳瓦尔理念的人，还是过去十年一直关注他的人，都能从他的视角中汲取知识。
This book collects the wisdom shared by Naval over the past decade in his own words through Twitter, blog posts, and podcasts. With this book, you can get the benefits of a lifetime in a few hours.
本书收录了纳瓦尔过去十年间，通过推特、博客文章及播客，以其个人语言分享的智慧。借助本书，你能在短短几小时内汲取受用一生的经验。
I created this book as a public service. Tweets, podcasts, and interviews quickly get buried and lost. Knowledge this valuable deserves a more permanent, accessible format. That is my mission with this book.
我写这本书是为了服务大众。推文、播客和访谈内容很快就会石沉大海，不见踪影。这么有价值的知识，理应以一种更持久、更易获取的形式留存。这就是我写这本书的初衷。
I hope this acts as an introduction to Naval’s ideas. I’ve collected his most powerful and useful ideas in his own words, woven them into a readable thread, and organized those into sections for easy reference.
我希望本书能成为对纳瓦尔思想的入门指引。我收集了他那些最具影响力与实用性的观点，原汁原味地呈现，并梳理成便于阅读的脉络，分章节编排，方便查阅。
I often find myself reviewing sections of this book before making an investment or opening to the Happiness chapter if I’m feeling off. Creating this book has changed me. I feel more clarity, confidence, and peace through all aspects of life. I hope reading it will do the same for you.
我常常会在投资前重温这本书的部分内容，要是心情不佳，就会翻到“幸福”那一章。创作这本书让我有所改变，如今我在生活的方方面面都更感思路清晰、充满自信且内心平和。希望你阅读此书后，也能有同样的收获。
The Almanack is intended as a guide to be read and consulted for specific topics. If Naval doesn’t answer your emails, I hope this book gives you the next-best advice.
《年鉴》旨在作为一本指南，供读者就特定主题阅读和查阅。要是纳瓦尔不回你邮件，希望这本书能给你提供近乎最优的建议。
This book is an introduction to Naval and dives deeply into his two most-explored topics: wealth and happiness. If you want to continue exploring Naval and his other ideas, I encourage you to check out the “Next on Naval” section at the end of this book. I’ve shared chapters that were edited out of the final book, as well as other popular resources.
本书是对纳瓦尔的介绍，深入探讨了他最常钻研的两个主题：财富与幸福。若你想进一步了解纳瓦尔及其其他理念，建议查阅本书末尾的“纳瓦尔后续内容”板块。我在其中分享了最终成书时删去的章节，以及其他热门资料。
Be well,
保重身体，
Eric
埃里克