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Modern WisdomThe Harsh Truth About Money & Happiness - Sahil Bloom
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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- February 6, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 34m
- Channel
- Modern Wisdom
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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… - 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 1:03:50 Expectations Are Your Biggest Liability 1:13:08 Going Through Periods of Balance & Imbalance 1:21:51 The Courage to Step Away From Comfort 1:29:27 Sahil’s Favourite Strategies From His Book 1:34:25 Where to Find Sahil - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Sahil's book - The 5 Types of Wealth: https://a.co/d/fBZjUvv - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/
SPEAKERS
Chris Williamson
hostSahil Bloom
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Sahil Bloom, The Harsh Truth About Money & Happiness - Sahil Bloom explores Why Money Alone Fails: Redefining Wealth, Time, Luck, And Purpose Chris Williamson and Sahil Bloom explore the gap between financial success and genuine life satisfaction, arguing that money is vital only up to a point, after which relationships, time, health, purpose, and mental richness dominate true 'wealth.'
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