Sahil Bloom
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What's the new company?
What's the new mindset, the new routine?
Whatever the thing is, right?
New protocol, to use the language that everyone uses now on Twitter.
The reality is that the fastest way is to cut something that's holding you back.
So we need to identify those.
That's what this reflection question really gets under.
Yeah, it requires a level of like ego destruction that is really challenging.
So you said this at the outset, like you could do this exercise with a friend, someone you trust, could be a partner, could be a friend, someone that knows you and that is a truth teller in your life, like someone who is willing to tell you the truth.
I think that that's an essential person to have in your life, by the way, because the downfall of many great men and women throughout history is that they clearly don't have anyone in their life who is willing to tell them the truth.
So as they've gotten more and more successful, they're surrounded by people who pat them on the back and tell them they're great, tell them all their ideas are awesome, when in fact they are not.
And I have certainly benefited from having...
a bunch of people in my life, but most importantly, my wife, who no matter what is always a truth teller.
So find that person maybe to do this one with, ask them what are some of the things they could see from the outside looking in.
And then for you, try to create that outsider's perspective.
Like, you know, to do that, maybe ask yourself here,
If a third party were to watch me for a week, what would they say are the things that are holding me back?
What would they say about how serious I am about my goals or about the things that I'm going after?
I think it's a great idea, actually.
I hadn't thought of it, but I think that this entire...