The Curiosity Chronicle

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3 Reasons to "Sell" in Life

1 week ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

Last week, investor Bill Ackman hosted a fireside chat conversation in Omaha in front of a standing room only crowd of 500+ investors. Ackman was joined onstage by Ryan Israel, his partner and Chief Investment Officer. During the conversation, an audience member asked Israel a deceptively simple question:"How do you know when to sell a stock?"In a sharp, thoughtful reply, he outlined three reasons you sell:You were wrong about the investment.
11 Uncommon Lessons from Uncommon Minds

1 week ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

Welcome to the 242 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Wednesday. Join the 57,887 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week. What’s a Rich Text element? The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
The Hidden Cost of Comfort

1 week ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

This is an old story that I shared with a friend recently…A man stumbled upon a cocoon of an emperor moth and took it home to witness its transformation. One day, a small opening appeared. The man watched as the moth began to struggle to force its body through the tiny crack. A few hours went by as the moth wriggled, fought, and pushed—but it couldn’t seem to break through the tiny crack. Feeling bad, the man carefully cracked the cocoon and peeled away the pieces to open up a path for the moth.
The Statistical Oddity That May Save Your Life

1 week ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

Welcome to the 242 new members of the curiosity tribe who have joined us since Wednesday. Join the 57,887 others who are receiving high-signal, curiosity-inducing content every single week. What’s a Rich Text element? The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
The Hidden Tax Holding You Back

2 weeks ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

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The Paradox of Routines

2 weeks ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

Morning routines have been a hot topic of discussion lately, mostly prompted by a mega-viral video of an Instagram influencer running through his elaborate minute by minute rituals. It's incredibly good content—the ASMR sounds, the shots, the execution—but is having a fancy, complicated morning routine really going to change your life? If you aren't going to start dunking your face in expensive bottled water before 6am, can you still be successful? Look, I'm a routine guy...
My Honest Advice on How to Stand Out

3 weeks ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." — Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken (1916)This is a newsletter about the road less traveled. The uncommon path. The passage to non-conformity. The silent revolt. The rejection of default. Walking this road does not come without its costs. Those who choose to do so must be willing to pay the price. In discomfort. In struggle. In misunderstanding.
The Mountain or the Pebble

3 weeks ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

Here's a quote I often think about: "It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe." - Muhammad Ali Over the years, it's sparked a lot of introspection around a simple question that we should all be asking ourselves more regularly: The mountain is the big, obvious obstacle that stands before you: The business you haven't started The career promotion you haven't received The health goal you haven't reached The relationship you haven't built The freedom...
The IKEA Effect: Do Hard Things

3 weeks ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

Everyone tells you to do hard things, but no one tells you why it's so important. First, it's because life is hard. And when you take on voluntary struggle, you're better prepared for the involuntary struggle that inevitably enters your world. But I think there's a deeper reason that goes beyond that... Here's the truth: We don’t value what’s easy. We value what we earn. The more effort we put in, the more meaning we extract. The struggle is important because it provides a texture to our lives.
How to Make a Great First Impression

4 weeks ago | sahilbloom.com | Sahil Bloom

I recently got an email from a reader with the following question:How would you approach making a spontaneous, impressive first impression when meeting someone you admire — like a dream mentor, executive, role model, etc. — in an unexpected moment? I love this kind of question because it forces me to deconstruct and teach something that may have started to feel like autopilot in my own life.