Sahil Bloom

Principles are our summary of their public statements.

• Prioritize Earned Over Bought Status

  Mindset

  Focus on building status through hard-won treasures like mastery, health, and relationships rather than material symbols that can be purchased.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

  Source The 2 Types Of Status Bought Vs Earned  (opens in a new tab)

• Expand Your Luck Surface Area

  Strategy

  One should actively increase the number of potential collisions with opportunities by being visible, engaging with others, and sharing work publicly.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

  Source How To Get Lucky  (opens in a new tab)

• Address Avoided Questions

  Mindset

  The most important answers for growth are often found in the difficult questions that are being intentionally ignored.

  Supporting quotes

  • “So often in life we fall into patterns of what I think of as "bad momentum" - we just continue doing things because it's the way we've always done them.”

  2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

• Leverage Cognitive Dissonance

  Mindset

  People justify their actions by changing their feelings; if they help you, their brain convinces them they must like you to maintain internal consistency.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

  Source The Ben Franklin Effect A Networking Superpower  (opens in a new tab)

• Design Embarrassingly Easy Fail-Safes

  Resilience

  Create a 'C Goal' that is so simple it can be achieved even on your worst days to prevent breaking the chain of consistency.

  Source The Abc Goal System  (opens in a new tab)

• Target Unrealistic Goals

  Strategy

  Avoid the crowded competition of 'realistic' goals by aiming higher, where fewer people dare to compete due to collective insecurity.

  Supporting quotes

  • “In that one second, you have to force your reason for continuing to be bigger than the pain that is pushing you to quit.”

  2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

• Win Before the Battle

  Strategy

  Success is determined by the quality of preparation and the actions taken before the actual competition or launch begins.

  Supporting quotes

  • “Perhaps through learning to celebrate our failures as part of our journey to success, we would more readily confront our fears, take those leaps, and build the lives we were meant to have.”

  2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

• Create Clear Work Boundaries

  Productivity

  Implementing a fixed end-of-day routine helps separate professional stress from personal time and improves presence with family.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

  Source Power Down Ritual 18 Healthy Recipes More  (opens in a new tab)

• Prioritize Ground-Level Data

  Management

  Focus on how systems, people, and routines perform in real-world testing points rather than how they look in a spreadsheet.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

  Source The Statistical Oddity That May Save Your Life  (opens in a new tab)

• Focus on Controllable Mundanity

  Focus

  Long-term momentum is built through small, boring habits and routines that are within one's immediate control.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

  Source A Simple Reframe To Improve Your Life  (opens in a new tab)