The 5 Types of Wealth

Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer

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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Wealth isn’t just about financial security, according to today’s guest, Sahil Bloom. It’s about time wealth (the freedom to control our own schedules), social wealth (deep relationships with family and friends), mental wealth (the space to think clearly about the most important questions in life), and physical wealth (health and vitality). Bloom’s new book, 'The 5 Types of Wealth,' is uncommonly wise and deep on the questions I care about most. Why is it so hard to make friends late in life? How can we build a life that combines freedom and control with duty and responsibility? What does it really mean to control our time? What’s the best career advice? I think Bloom is uncommonly good at a job that too many people try and very few people master: serving as a clearinghouse for truly excellent advice about being alive and being decent to other people. It’s a lesson we really need to hear these days. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at [email protected]. Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Sahil Bloom Producer: Devon Baroldi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.0	One of the subjects that I find myself returning to most often on this show is the intersection
1:20.4	between psychology and philosophy as it relates to our experience of time.
1:33.3	I think one of my favorite episodes from last year was I spoke to the Yale researcher, Laurie Santos, about why, among other things, be here now is my least favorite piece of modern guru wisdom.
1:41.3	That's when you hear all the time.
1:43.3	Be here now. If you meditate,
1:45.3	if you're doing a peloton flow, if you're reading some B-minus self-help book, it's everywhere.
1:51.1	Be here now. I say bullshit. Yes, it can feel, and often is, sacred, to plunge into the moment.
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