Sahil Bloom

The knowing requires that energy and that effort and some of those uncomfortable conversations up front.

My definition of a successful life is quite simply being able to go and create the life that you have decided you want.

And that is a sidestep for sure, but it is an important sidestep because what it implies is that I cannot tell you what success looks like for you, nor can you tell me what success looks like for me.

And by the way, that version of success will change across seasons of your life.

This season of my life that I'm currently in, my definition of success is being able to take my son in the pool at 1pm on a Tuesday.

That means a whole lot of things across all of these types of wealth.

It means I have the time freedom at 1pm on a Tuesday to be able to go outside and go take my son in the pool.

It means I have the type of relationship, social wealth, where he wants me to do that.

It means that I have a sensation of purpose and meaning around my relationships, around my work that I can.

It means I'm healthy enough to do it.

And yes, it means I have enough money to have a pool

in my backyard.

All of those things circle around what that level of success looks like for me right now.

But when my son's 18, he's not going to want to go in the pool with me at 1pm on a Tuesday.

So that definition necessarily is going to change across those different seasons.

So what's your mission statement, Sahil?

My mission statement broadly is to create as many positive ripples in the world as I can.

And what that means to me is, you know, a ripple, you know, you throw a rock in a pond, right?

A ripple can be local, meaning with my family, with my closest people right around me, through my interactions with them, that I encourage them to go off and live slightly better and they go off and create their own changes out in the world.

Or it can be global with the work and the things that I'm putting out into the world that hopefully are encouraging other people to go live more positive, fulfilling lives.