1: Benjamin Franklin outlines his daily calendar and routine in his remarkable autobiography.
Ben organized his days into six “time blocks,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 Types of Wealth.
1: “What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important,” said former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
This quotation provides insight into one of the most accomplished individuals of the 20th century.
He “was a highly effective leader and executive. He became known for his prolific, almost superhuman productivity,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 Types of Wealth.
Here are some of his … continue reading
1: Two questions to consider: Am I spending too much of my time on low-value, energy-draining activities? Am I so busy that I’m unable to prioritize time with the people who truly matter in my life?
For many of us, the answer to the questions above is: Unfortunately. . . yes.
Last week, we did a deep dive into author Sahil Bloom‘s three pillars of “Time Wealth” as … continue reading
1: Sometimes life is going to be hard, Charlie Munger tells us.
“Another thing to cope with is that life is very likely to provide terrible blows, unfair blows,” he writes in Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger.
“Some people recover and others don’t,” he observes.
So how should we deal with “life and its various passages [which] can be hard, brutally hard”?
Charlie … continue reading
1: Legendary investor Warren Buffett was talking with his personal pilot, Mike Flint.
Mike was “bemoaning his lack of clarity around his personal and professional aspirations and goals,” Sahil Bloom writes in his book The 5 Types of Wealth.
Warren instructed Mike to write down twenty-five career goals, “all the things he wanted to focus on and accomplish in the months and years ahead,” Sahil notes.
Mike made … continue reading
1: In Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll’s dark and menacing sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice runs hand in hand with the Red Queen, struggling to keep up because the Queen is running so fast.
“Faster! Faster!” the Queen calls out.
“The most curious part of the thing,” Alice observes, “was that the trees and the other things round them never changed their places at all: however fast … continue reading
1: The year was 2022. Dave Prout was scrolling through Twitter when he saw a post by Sahil Bloom.
“Call your parents more often,” Sahil wrote, “they won’t be around forever. When you’re young and arrogant, death is a theoretical construct. Realize the people you love won’t be there forever. If your parents are 60 and you visit once a year, you may only see them 20 more times … continue reading
1: It was a warm California evening in May 2021. Sahil Bloom and an old friend sat down for a drink.
“As we settled in at our table, he asked how I was doing,” Sahil writes in The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.
“I gave him the standard response that we’ve all grown so accustomed to: ‘I’m good. Busy!'” he recalls, “with … continue reading
1: Let’s say our goal is to help India.
“The question we should consider asking is not ‘How can I help India?’ billionaire Charlie Munger writes in Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger.
“Instead, we should ask, ‘How can I hurt India?’ We find what will do the worst damage and then try to avoid it.”
This is the power of thinking backward and … continue reading
1: According to an MIT study, six out of ten jobs today didn’t exist in 1940.
“Technology changes the skills required and the processes we follow,” Geoff Woods writes in The AI-Driven Leader. Our “opportunity is to develop the skills and processes for an AI-driven world.”
As leaders, we are responsible for training and supporting our people along the way.
What makes AI different?
“The sheer volume … continue reading
