Why High-Performers Focus on Energy, Not Time with Sahil Bloom

#190: Transform your relationships, productivity, and overall quality of life by discovering how to be intentional with your time. Sahil and I share actionable tactics to build better habits (and get rid of bad ones), improve your listening, boost creativity, choose the right people to surround yourself with, and so much more!

Sahil Bloom is the author of 5 Types of Wealth and writer of The Curiosity Chronicle, a popular weekly newsletter that provides actionable ideas to help build a high-performing, healthy, wealthy life. He is also an investor and runs a venture fund called SRB Ventures.

If you prefer to read, there’s a blog post version of this episode here.

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Resources Mentioned

Sahil Bloom: Website | Newsletter | X

• Book: 5 Types of Wealth
• Blog Post with Charts: How We Spend Our Time

Brave New World By Aldous Leonard Huxley (Free PDF)

Tim Ferriss: 17 Questions That Changed My Life

Stanford Study: Walking Improves Creativity

Video: It's Not About The Nail

Ep #185: 12 Tactics to Make More Time EVERY Day with Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky

Full Show Notes

(00:00) Introduction

(02:42) The Fundamental Difference Between Time and Energy

(04:56) How to Identify Life Seasons to Prioritize Things That Matter

(07:35) Anti-To-Do List: What Is It and How Can It Help You?

(11:44) The Law of Reversed Effort

(14:00) A Think Day to Focus on the Bigger Picture

(22:41) Why Walking Is the Single Most Powerful Habit

(23:26) Sahil's 30 for 30 Approach for Building a New Habit

(26:59) The Face Down Phone Theory

(29:31) Tactics to Disconnect From Your Phone

(33:50) The 3 Levels of Listening

(41:22) Listening in Romantic Relationships

(43:17) How Important Is It to Spend Time With the Right People?

(44:25) Ways to Find the Right People for You

(48:28) Sahil's #1 Rule in Life: Don't Complain (About Anything)

(49:51) The Benefits of Being Intentional With Time

(50:53) Sahil's New Book: 5 Types of Wealth

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