Sahil Bloom Quotes

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Zone of Genius: In his 2010 book The Big Leap, author Gay Hendricks proposed the novel idea of the Zone of Genius, defined as the range of pursuits where you have excellent competency and high interest or passion.

How many folks, in country and in town, Neglect their principal affair; And let, for want of due repair, A real house fall down, To build a castle in the air?[1]

The consequences of the modern struggle — of perpetual busyness, digital alerts, and scattered attention — are dire. In Time Smart, Ashley Whillans, a researcher and professor at Harvard Business School, notes the steep costs of time poverty on the individual: "The data I and others have amassed show a correlation between time poverty and misery. People who are time poor are less happy, less productive, and more stressed out. They exercise less, eat fattier food, and have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease.

The fight against normalcy is the most important fight of your life. To maintain your uniqueness, to live on your terms in a world that pulls you to blend in, is the only way to realize your full potential and live a fulfilled, texture-rich existence.

It is the people you can call at 3:00 A.M. when everything is going wrong. It is your Front-Row People.

When in doubt, love. The world can always use more love.

Every single evening, at the end of your day, open your journal (or favorite digital tool or application) and write down three simple points: One win from the day One point of tension, anxiety, or stress One point of gratitude

Treat your body like a house you have to live in for another seventy years.

Type 3: Consumption Consumption Time is one of the two forgotten types of professional time. It is where new ideas for creation and growth are planted. Typical activities of Consumption Time include: Reading Listening Studying

The Paradox of Effort: You have to put in more effort to make something look effortless. When you realize this, you start to do things differently.

Type 1: Management Management Time is what most of us spend the majority of our professional lives in. It is a staple of large organizations. Typical activities of Management Time include: Meetings Calls Presentations Email processing Team and people management

Curiosity keeps us happier, healthier, and more fulfilled. If curiosity were a pill, all the world's pharmaceutical companies would call it a super-drug and clamor to sell it.

Creation is where new progress is found. Thriving organizations have a focus on Creation Time and ensure that Management Time doesn't infringe on it.

The freedom to allocate time according to your preferences — to choose how you spend it, where you spend it, and whom you spend it with — is the ultimate goal. This is the desired end state of true control over your time.