Naval's Coffee Shop Authenticity

Tim Ferriss shares the story of how he first met Naval Ravikant in a San Francisco coffee shop.

"The first time I met Naval was in a coffee shop in the Mission in San Francisco. I ordered a coffee and while waiting at the counter, there was this very attractive girl standing next to me. She was very friendly and smiled, so I started talking to her. I was chatting her up, hoping to ask for her number and take her out.

Then I see Naval walk up with this huge grin on his face and he says, 'I see you met my girlfriend.' He just had this huge grin on his face and was totally calm. We then started talking and hit it off. That was probably around 2008.

I admire Naval for his ability to speak truth and ask uncomfortable questions. He doesn't go out of his way to be rude, but he's less inclined to the type of people-pleasing that many people are predisposed to, myself included."