Naval no longer keeps a calendar but is busy all day long. But, he prioritizes whatever feels most important to him at that moment.

• Even when you have to do unpleasant things, at least you do them without them being forced upon you.
• You can only live this lifestyle if you’re wi...

To be a founder, you have to be world-class in something. Make sure you’re spending the majority of your time doing that thing; this is your ‘zone of genius’.

• Not compromising will allow you to be a valuable contributor for a much more extended period of time and avo...

The companies that succeed are always reinventing themselves and their products

Regardless of positional title, creative people within a company need to have the opportunity to control their time in a way that optimizes and maximizes their creative potential

If you let operati...

• Traditional CEO: raise money, communicate the strategy, recruit and retain the team
• Product CEOs: provide product vision
• Sales CEOs: provide sales leadership

Discussing burdens as a CEO is hard as our board could ...

Free time is an incredibly valuable asset – a full calendar can be good for productivity but not creativity

Creativity starts with an empty calendar, but eventually, your calendar gets filled up with execution and a busy calendar is the death of creativity

Having control of yo...

If you’re the founder of a company, you’re probably world-class in something

There is someone out there that is world-class in the things you don’t want to do

Don’t just hire off of skill though, you will only truly hand over the reins if you believe they have a like-minded ‘f...

CEO is the job you take because there is no other choice, you don’t trust anyone but yourself to make the venture successful

• CEO is a high-stress, people management role.  
• The CEO is the company psychiatrist, always dealing with people issues.