The Harsh Truth About Money & Happiness - Sahil Bloom - #899

Sahil Bloom is an investor, writer, and author. Focusing relentlessly on your goals can change your life. And if you work hard enough, one day your friends might call you ‘lucky’. But the truth is, luck is often just a byproduct of relentless effort. So, how do you create more opportunities for yourself and increase your chances of luck? Expect to learn why you’re one year of focus might change your life, the problem with constantly looking at the scoreboard of your life, the relationship between money and happiness, how to maximise time without falling into the productivity trap, what it means to expand your “Luck Surface Area”, how to build winner momentum, the most important practises to operationalise these principles and much more…

Timestamps:

(00:00) When Success is Called Luck

(06:18) What People Get Wrong About Measuring Success

(12:59) Explaining the Life Razor

(21:04) Work Hard Before Working Smart

(28:17) How to Recognise Better Opportunities

(36:46) Business Gurus Who Focus on Social Media

(40:07) Why We Struggle to Use Time Effectively

(52:29) The Crisis of Childless Men

(01:03:50) Expectations Are Your Biggest Liability

(01:13:08) Going Through Periods of Balance & Imbalance

(01:21:51) The Courage to Step Away From Comfort

(01:29:27) Sahil’s Favourite Strategies From His Book

(01:34:25) Where to Find Sahil

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