637: How to identify what really matters & reverse engineer your life | Sahil Bloom

"I define wealth as being able to take my son in the pool at 1:00 PM on a Tuesday," explains Sahil Bloom.

Bloom is a NYT bestselling author of The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life. He’s also an entrepreneur, investor and a proud, son, husband, and father who believes the greatest things in life come not from finding the right answers, but from asking the right questions.

• The math that changed Sahil’s life (0:18)

• Redefining success & happiness (2:03)

• The truth about time with kids (6:11)

• Can you be a present parent & still pursue a career? (8:37)

• The “last time” principle (13:30)

• The arrival fallacy we all fall into (19:18)

• Avoiding the pyrrhic victory (23:33)

• Light switches vs. dimmer switches (30:00)

• His anti-goals framework (32:49)

Referenced in the episode: 

• You can check out Bloom’s book here: The 5 Types of Wealth
• Learn more on his website, here
• You can read the stats of the American Time Use Survey mentioned, here

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