Sahil Bloom
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I like to, on an annual basis, create a reflection exercise where I go and ask them what advice would they give to their younger self at whatever age I'm at.
I like to, on an annual basis, create a reflection exercise where I go and ask them what advice would they give to their younger self at whatever age I'm at.
So I kind of started when I was around 30, and I asked a whole bunch of people what advice they would give to their 30-year-old self.
So I kind of started when I was around 30, and I asked a whole bunch of people what advice they would give to their 30-year-old self.
What do they wish they knew then that they know now?
What do they wish they knew then that they know now?
And it ends up creating this incredible map of how to live a life.
And it ends up creating this incredible map of how to live a life.
and a beautiful life.
and a beautiful life.
And so I share some of it in the book in this upfront section, especially from this one year on my 30th birthday when I did it with all people that were 80 and 90 years old, actually 100 year old.
And so I share some of it in the book in this upfront section, especially from this one year on my 30th birthday when I did it with all people that were 80 and 90 years old, actually 100 year old.
And it created this incredible, clear vision in my mind of
And it created this incredible, clear vision in my mind of
of what matters and what doesn't.
of what matters and what doesn't.
Like the things that I was stressing over and how I need to just be able to look through those and see the bigger picture, see the real true north of what we are all trying to drive towards.
Like the things that I was stressing over and how I need to just be able to look through those and see the bigger picture, see the real true north of what we are all trying to drive towards.
It was a huge part of creating this idea of the five types of wealth, of thinking about the fact that money was an enabler to a lot of the ends, but it was not an end in and of itself.
It was a huge part of creating this idea of the five types of wealth, of thinking about the fact that money was an enabler to a lot of the ends, but it was not an end in and of itself.