#99: Investor and entrepreneur Sahil Bloom joins Chris to discuss performing a personal annual review. Sahil outlines the seven questions everyone should ask when reflecting on the previous year and establishing goals for the new one. Additionally, they offer strategies, tips, and advice to increase your happiness, energy, and sense of fulfillment while decreasing your stress and anxiety to make 2023 an amazing year.

Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) is among the most dynamic and up-and-coming financial personalities in the business world. Choosing to pursue a writing career that would be more fulfilling and rewarding, Sahil left his job in investment banking and private equity, recently launched a venture fund, SRB Ventures, and writes The Curiosity Chronicle.

Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/annual-review-sahil-bloom

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Resources Mentioned

Sahil Bloom: Website | Newsletter | Twitter 

• Personal Annual Review


• Annual Planning Guide


• The 1-1-1 Method


• Forecasts for the Future, & More


• 23 Ways to Make 2023 Your Miracle Year


• The Most Powerful Life Hacks

All the Hacks Episodes:

• #9 How to Live Your Rich Life


• #52 HAck Your Health (While Still Enjoying Life)


• #68 Hosting Cocktail Parties, Building Relationships, Museum Hacks and Friends Newsletters


• #97 Optimizing Your Health: Diagnostic Tests, Choosing a Doctor, Sleep, Longevity, Inflammation and More


• #25 The Four Research-Backed Steps to Be Indistractable


• #63 Deep Work, Digital Minimalism and Becoming So Good They Can’t Ignore You


• #10 Practical Money Hacks

Energy Calendar Technique

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

Tim Ferriss: The 4-Hour Workweek | Ted Talk

Andrew Huberman: Light & Sun Exposure Guide | The Science & Use of Cold Exposure

Task Manager: Notion 

Medical Testing: InsideTracker

Tracking: Wealthfront | Kubera | Trustworthy

Products: Hostage Tape | Cold Plunge

Money-Saving Site: Rakuten

Bangalore Recommendation: Royal Afghan (ITC Windsor) 

Full Show Notes

(01:28 ) New Year’s Resolutions: Planning vs. Reflecting

(02:17 ) Personal Annual Review

(13:10 ) Creating Energy: What Energized Me?

(16:18 ) Draining Energy: What Took Away My Energy?

(23:29 ) Boat Anchors: What Held Me Back?

(25:15 ) Overcoming Fear

(30:44 ) Best Hits and Worst Misses

(33:06 ) Lessons Learned: What Did I Learn This Year?

(34:46 ) Setting Course: Figuring Out My Direction for the Year

(36:51 ) Journaling Technique: Sahil’s 1-1-1 Method

(40:31 ) Energy Calendar: Managing Your Time and Energy

(45:58 ) Taking Breaks for Productivity

(47:49 ) Email Batching Technique

(50:56 ) Twitter Settings for Enhanced Productivity

(52:27 ) Delegating Tasks: Learning to Outsource

(53:28 ) Health Strategy: The 5-5-5-30 Approach

(54:41 ) Sahil’s Morning Routine

(56:02 ) Tech-Free Walk: Disconnecting for Clarity

(56:58 ) Time-Restricted Eating

(57:14 ) Self-Diagnostics: Understanding Yourself

(58:01 ) Alarm-Free Mornings

(59:10 ) The Power of Apples

(1:01:28 ) Personal Power-Down Ritual

(1:02:59 ) Expressing Appreciation Verbally

(1:03:31 ) Enjoying a Solo Meal

(1:04:05 ) Quality Family Time

(1:04:57 ) Monthly Investment Deposits: Automating Savings

(1:05:25 ) Financial Automation: Streamlining Money Tasks

(1:05:54 ) Sahil’s 48-Hour Rule

(1:06:36 ) Chris’s Money Hacks

(1:09:33 ) Sahil and Chris’s India Recommendations