Sahil Bloom on building a scoreboard that reflects what matters

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Jun 18, 2025

Sahil Bloom, a New York Times bestselling author and Managing Partner of SRB Ventures, shares his insights on meaningful progress. He discusses the importance of aligning goals with what truly matters, revealing how to spot a broken scoreboard. Sahil explains his monthly 'think day' for course correction and introduces a simple journaling ritual for clarity. He emphasizes 'social wealth' and the underrated power of nurturing relationships. With reflections on AI's societal impact, he offers practical tips to replace doomscrolling with curiosity and creativity.

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INSIGHT

The Power of Your Scoreboard

What you measure in life deeply influences your daily actions and priorities.
A broken scoreboard focused only on money leads to misaligned actions and lost purpose.

ADVICE

Monthly Think Day Reflection

Reflect monthly by taking a dedicated "think day" to assess your alignment with your priorities.
Small course corrections made consistently greatly influence long-term life direction.

ADVICE

Benefits of Think Weeks

Use unstructured "think weeks" to deeply reflect, discuss, and journal big life questions with trusted partners.
This process fosters new insights and challenges limiting beliefs for strategic course corrections.

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You can be ticking off goals, crushing deadlines, and still feel like you’re missing the point. If your time and energy aren’t going where they should, it might be because you’re tracking the wrong scoreboard. In this episode, we explore how to reset the way you measure progress - so your actions align with what truly matters.

I’m joined today by Sahil Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of The Five Types of Wealth and Managing Partner of SRB Ventures. Sahil shares how to stay grounded in the middle of chaos, build richer relationships, and create space for reflection - without needing a complete life overhaul.

We unpack how to spot when you’re drifting, what a broken scoreboard looks like, and why tiny rituals can have an outsized impact when life gets overwhelming.

Sahil & I discuss:

Why the scoreboard you use shapes your priorities and choices

Sahil’s monthly “think day” and how it helps him course-correct

A mindset shift that radically simplified his business and life

His “buyer or seller” test for deciding what to drop

A 3-minute journaling ritual that helped him survive book launch

The underrated power of sending thoughtful messages to friends

What “social wealth” really means—and why it’s the key to a great life

How he fuels creativity through reading, walking, and reflection

His cautious take on AI’s future impact on work and society

A simple way to start your day that replaces doomscrolling with curiosity

Key Quotes

“If you have the right scoreboard, your actions align around the right things. If your scoreboard is broken, your actions will be too.”

“When you think something nice about someone, let them know right then.”

Connect with Sahil Bloom on Instagram, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn and his website. Check out his latest book The Five Types of Wealth.

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