[Interview] The Creator's Edge: How Sahil Bloom Built a Media Empire | Ep78

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Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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What does it really take to build a powerful online presence across platforms—without burning out or selling your soul? Sahil Bloom made the leap from private equity to full-time content creator, and now reaches millions with his writing and ideas. Sahil is a Bestselling Author and the Creator of The Curiosity Chronicle, a weekly newsletter with 800,000+ readers. In this conversation, he shares how to grow your audience, create consistently, and use fear as fuel—not friction. We also talk morning routines, mindset shifts, and one question that might change how you look at your life right now: "If you were the main character, what would the audience be screaming at you to do?" Simple. Bold. And kind of hard to ignore. Key Timestamps [00:00:00] Introduction. [00:01:40] Who’s really choosing your career? [00:03:28] Why consistency beats perfection. [00:07:31] Is anyone really watching you fail? [00:10:49] Optimal vs. useful paths. [00:16:08] How to get “lucky” on purpose. [00:18:28] The key to being memorable. [00:22:31] Why treat social media like an experiment? [00:25:11] The most underrated tool as a creator. [00:31:25] From side hustle to skillset superpower. [00:32:34] Why the best creators do both of these? [00:35:41] How to be the main character of your life. Memorable Quotes "The key to life is showing up. You've got to show up when it's messy, show up when it's hard, show up when no one is watching over and over and over again, even when the rewards are uncertain." — Sahil Bloom "Focusing on adding 10 times as much as you focus on extracting is the path to building longevity as a creator in this landscape of social media." — Sahil Bloom Where to Find Our Guest Website: https://www.sahilbloom.com/#Hero Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sahilbloom X: https://twitter.com/SahilBloom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahilbloom/ The 5 Types of Wealth: https://www.the5typesofwealth.com/ To stay connected and to learn more about Vishen and Mindvalley, click on the links below: Website: https://www.mindvalley.com/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindvalley/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindvalley Become the best version of yourself with the world’s most effective transformation platform. Join Mindvalley Membership Today: https://start.mindvalley.com/membership Produced by Evolved Podcasting: https://www.evolvedpodcasting.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Our next speaker is an absolutely fascinating guy. His name is Sahil Bloom. And what's really unique about Sahil is this guy's multi-platform. He's about to hit a million followers on Instagram. But what's unique is he has a million followers on Twitter, now X.com, and a million followers on LinkedIn. These are all
0:23.1	extremely distinct platforms with very different audiences, with very different use cases, but
0:29.3	Sahil somehow has been able to go across platform. But what's even greater about Sahel is
0:34.4	he's also really crushing it as an author. Right now, his book is number
0:40.4	two on the New York Times. Congratulations, Sahil. And the book is called The Five Types of
0:46.4	Wealth. It has been on the New York Times for seven straight weeks. As an author, I can say,
0:51.4	that is not an easy thing to do. Sahel has absolutely exploded into
0:55.9	the world, and people are going nuts for his wisdom and what he represents. So welcome, Sahil Bloom.
1:01.9	Thank you so much for having me. So a couple other things I want to say about you, Sahil.
1:05.5	So he's the best-selling author of the five types of wealth, a transformative guide to design your dream life,
1:11.6	an inspirational writer, content creator, captivates millions through his insights and his
1:16.1	bi-weekly newsletter, The Curiosity Chronicle, which has grown to over 900,000 subscribers.
1:23.1	That's really impressive. So email, email is another medium that you're really crushing.
1:29.2	It's been an interesting journey, to say the least.
1:31.5	I'm looking forward to sharing more about the entire experience today.
1:34.8	Well, let's start by how did you get started?
1:36.9	I was working in a very traditional track.
1:39.4	I was working at a private equity fund, really like rising through the ranks of a traditional industry. I come
1:45.8	from a background with an Indian mother. So taking the job that would impress her and make her feel
1:51.8	good about the career path I was on was very important. I'm sure there are some people out there
1:56.3	listening that resonate with that idea that there's like the family and kind of cultural pressures
2:00.8	to do the normal track, if you will.
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