Simplify Decision Making, Reduce Stress and Improve Your Life with Sahil Bloom

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Chris Hutchins

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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#116: Investor and entrepreneur Sahil Bloom joins Chris to discuss ways of optimizing life through the power of (philosophical) razors. Sahil shares his insights on simplifying the decision-making process to lead a meaningful life filled with optimal outcomes. They explore a range of topics from finding the right people to surround yourself with, seizing rare opportunities, starting conversations, choosing between career paths to expanding your luck surface area and more! Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) is a renowned writer, investor, and an up-and-coming financial personality in the business world. As an advocate for personal growth and financial well-being, he writes The Curiosity Chronicle, a popular weekly newsletter that provides actionable ideas to help build a high-performing, healthy, wealthy life. He also runs a venture fund called SRB Ventures. Full show notes: https://allthehacks.com/razors-sahil-bloom Partner Deals Vuori: 20% off the most comfortable performance apparel I've ever worn Inside Tracker: 20% off personalized wellness & nutrition plans backed by science Athletic Greens: Free 1 year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs Rocket Money: Easily cancel your unused subscriptions Resources Mentioned Sahil Bloom: Website | Newsletter | Twitter ATH #99: Top Ways to Make This Year Amazing and Seven Simple Questions for Your Annual Review Free PDF: The Most Powerful Life Hacks Most Gifted Book: When Breath Becomes Air The Most Powerful Razors Post Decision-Making Razors How We Spend Our Time Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Skin in the Game Unconscious Bias Training: Harvard Implicit Association Test ChatGPT Growth Statistics All-In Podcast Episode 124 Big Little Feelings Jeff Bezos Interview with Walter Isaacson Memento Mori Calendar Dax Shepherd Clip ATH #8: Living a Happier Life, Saying No, and Prioritizing Goals with Derek Sivers Chase Sapphire Preferred 80,000 Signup Bonus (spend $4,000 in 3 months) All the Hacks Credit Card Links Full Show Notes (03:05) All About (Philosophical) Razors (03:50) Occam's Razor (05:25) The Optimist Razor (07:23) Overcoming Unconscious Bias to Find the Right People to Work With (09:05) Surrounding Yourself With Smart Friends (11:10) The ChatGPT Growth Curve (12:48) Separating Investments from The Hype Cycle (13:59) Deconstructing Crazy Ideas (19:34) Being Interested vs. Being Interesting (21:17) Effective Conversation Starters (24:41) Power Moves To Make a Lasting Impression (26:13) Hanlon's Razor (26:26) Making Decisions With Optimal Outcomes (28:45) Putting Yourself In The Arena (30:39) Responding To Negative Feedback (32:22) Choosing Between Two Career Paths (36:01) Why Cheap Is Not Always Cheaper (39:04) Seizing Rare Opportunities (42:00) The Regret Minimizing Framework (47:35) Performance Coach for Decision Making (50:47) Expanding Your Luck Surface Area (51:23) Picking The Right Room For Growth (56:34) The Time Billionaire Razor (1:01:31) Fighting The Urge To Keep Up With The Joneses Connect with All the Hacks All the Hacks: Newsletter | Website | Facebook | Email Chris Hutchins: Twitter | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of All the Hacks, a show about upgrading your life,
0:07.0	money and travel.
0:08.0	I'm Chris Hutchins and I'm so excited you're here today for an in-person conversation
0:12.0	with my good friend and second time guest, Soho Bloom.
0:16.0	He's one of my favorite writers and the life lessons he shares online are some of the
0:19.8	best I've come across and his newsletter and Twitter are must follows.
0:24.2	But today I want to focus on a specific topic he's written about more than just about anyone
0:28.4	out there.
0:29.4	And that's razors.
0:30.4	No, not razors for shaving, but these simple guiding principles or rules of thumb that
0:35.4	can help make decision making so much easier.
0:37.7	We're going to talk about razors that will help you make decisions with people and relationships
0:42.0	when you think about yourself, just general decision making, whether it's work or home
0:46.7	and how you spend your time.
0:48.8	There's a lot of great advice in this episode.
0:51.5	And ever since reading Soho's first post on the topic, I've found myself using these
0:55.4	razors regularly and I'm sure they will add a ton of value to your life.
0:59.8	So without further ado, let's jump in right after this.
1:05.4	My fitness routine this year had a few rocky starts but I am back into it now and honestly
1:10.4	one of the things that helped me get back is that I just added some new work out here.
1:14.6	And if I'm going to buy more, why not have the best performance apparel out there which
1:18.4	I think is Viori and I am excited to be partnering with them for this episode.
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