TIP584: Optimizing for the Long-Term w/ Sahil Bloom

The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Business, Education, Investing

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Clay Finck is joined by Sahil Bloom. Sahil is the writer behind the spectacular newsletter, The Curiosity Chronicle, which has garnered 500,000 subscribers in just a few years. During this discussion, Sahil and Clay explore the philosophies and frameworks that Sahil has used to build a meaningful life that has impacted hundreds of thousands of people while also staying true to what is truly most important to him. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro. 02:57 - Sahil’s framework around finding the right work for you. 08:31 - How we can utilize career leverage. 10:10 - What it means to “swallow the frog” for your boss. 12:20 - How authenticity plays into success. 23:14 - Why Sahil keeps his focus on playing long-term games through his work, relationships, and health. 25:30 - Whether he finds it difficult to remain consistent. 26:57 - How big goals can destroy your happiness. 32:13 - The mental framework Sahil uses to determine what projects to focus on. 35:51 - How Sahil thinks about asset allocation as a business owner. 42:14 - Jeff Bezos’s business approach of turning cost centers into profit centers and how Sahil applied this in practice. 53:03 - How Sahil finds the right balance to prioritize the things that are most important in his life. 59:41 - How Sahil ensures that he is continually consuming high-quality content. 64:01 - What is to come in Sahil’s new book. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. Sahil’s newsletter: The Curiosity Chronicle. Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s writings at Ness Labs. Related episode: Listen to TIP336: Mental Models used by Billionaires w/ Sahil Bloom or watch the video. Related episode: Listen to BTC055: The Cantillon Effect w/ Sahil Bloom or watch the video. Follow Sahil on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Clay on Twitter. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota Sun Life Range Rover AFR The Bitcoin Way Meyka CI Financial Industrious Fidelity Long Angle Briggs & Riley AFR Fundrise iFlex Stretch Studios Public NDTCO American Express Shopify Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm

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0:00.0	On today's episode, I'm joined by Saul Hill Bloom.
0:06.0	Saul Hill is the writer behind this spectacular newsletter, The Curiosity Chronicle, which
0:10.8	has garnered 500,000 subscribers in just the past few years.
0:15.0	During this discussion, Saul Hill and I explore the philosophies and frameworks that he
0:18.7	has used to build a meaningful life that has impacted hundreds of thousands of people
0:23.3	while also staying true to what is truly most important to him.
0:27.0	I've been following Saul Hill since his early rise, and I've really admired not only
0:31.0	his business skills, but also his ability to stay true to himself, despite all of the
0:36.0	various life pressures that can get thrown at him that may be beneficial in the short
0:40.6	term, but they can really cause these bigger issues on a longer time scale.
0:44.9	The first half of our discussion today is geared more towards discovering work that is
0:48.8	meaningful to our listeners more broadly, and the latter half of the discussion dives
0:52.7	into Saul Hill's approach to business, investing, and finding the right balance in life.
0:57.9	Some of the topics discussed during today's episode include Saul Hill's framework around
1:01.8	finding the right work for you, how we can utilize career leverage, how authenticity plays
1:07.2	into success, why Saul Hill keeps his focus on long-term games and his work, relationships
1:12.8	and his health, how big goals can destroy your happiness, how Saul Hill thinks about asset
1:17.8	allocation as a business owner, Jeff Bezos' business approach of turning cost centers
1:22.5	into profit centers, and how Saul Hill has applied this in practice, what's to come
1:27.2	in Saul Hill's new book and much more.
1:29.8	This was a really powerful episode full of insights, so if you enjoy it, I'd encourage
1:34.1	you to send it along to just one friend that you think would also find value in the episode
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