Justin Welsh

The $10M Solopreneur | Helping 100,000+ experts turn their expertise into income.

Over the last decade, I helped build two companies past a $1B valuation and raise over $300M in venture capital. Then, in 2019, I burned out.So, I decided to walk away from my high-paying executive job.But, before I could, I had a hypothesis.I believed building an audience online would be an incredible asset. That attention was the new currency and would play a major part in my success as an entrepreneur.So, I started building my brand on LinkedIn in early 2019. And the results were pretty phenomenal.In just 6 months, I grew from zero followers to over 20,000.And on August 1st of 2019, I walked away from my executive role at a fast-growing startup.Since that day, I've spent my time building a number of one-person Internet businesses.My results:→ $12.5M+ in business revenue at a ~86% profit margin.→ 800K+ people following my journey on LinkedIn→ 560K+ people following my journey on Twitter→ 180K+ people read my weekly newsletter→ 1B+ impressions in the last 7 yearsIf you want to learn more about how I did this, you can take my self-guided masterclass.THE CREATOR MBA DIGITAL COURSEThe Creator MBA teaches you frameworks for turning your knowledge and expertise into a quality product that people will buy. Come learn to build a lean, focused, and profitable Internet business.→ Start watching here: learn.justinwelsh.me/creator-mbaEmail: support@justinwelsh.meX: @thejustinwelsh

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Losers play zero-sum games.

Winners root for everyone around them.

If you don't believe me, look at the vast majority of successful people on this platform.

They aren't jerks.
They don't play games.
They don't hate on each other.

They simply try their best to lift up everyone around them.

Is it a perfect data point? 
Do haters sometimes win?

Of course.

But I'm not interested in the outliers.
I'm interested in what happens 90% of the time.

Lead from the front, be optimistic and supportive and lift someone up when you see them accomplish something worth celebrating.

Be a karma entrepreneur.

Because even if you're successful as a hater, it's far more lonely when you get there, and nobody's there to congratulate you.

If this resonated with you, consider joining 180,000+ entrepreneurs who read my newsletter each week.

It's all about rethinking money, time, and what it means to live well.

You'll also get my bonus 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide for free instantly.

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Your brain is sick and tired of content.

It wants you to be creative.

Over the past 6.5 years, I've written:

- 3,559 LinkedIn posts
- 4,107 Tweets
- 789 Instagram posts
- 456 Threads
- 278 Substack notes
- 266 newsletter issues

And here's what I've learned:

1. The more you create, the happier you are:

On the days I'm sharing my creations, my mood is incredibly elevated. There's nothing better than learning something and sharing it with other people.

2. The more you consume, the more pessimistic you become:

Whenever I go down a rabbit hole on LinkedIn or X, I get bummed out. Culture wars, fighting, lack of empathy for our fellow humans. It's gross.

3. The longer you write, the better at your craft you become:

If you write every single day for a long time, you will eventually become a relatively decent writer. And there's no better way to communicate your thoughts.

4. The more you outsource creative work to AI, the dumber you become:

The more AI does your creative work, the more you forget how to be creative and original. You sound like everyone else. You blend in. You're not interesting.

TL;DR:

1. Create daily
2. Consume less
3. Write until you're good
4. Don't outsource creative

I teach 200,000+ creative entrepreneurs how to:

- Get attention
- Keep attention
- Monetize attention

I'll show you how when you join my weekly newsletter: https://buff.ly/iKAl3na

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Maybe nobody in your family is an entrepreneur.

Nobody in mine is.

They didn't work for themselves.
Nobody built something from scratch.

My parents didn't bet their income on an idea they had in the shower.

From when I was a kid, the path was always laid out:

Get a degree, get a job, stay for 40 years, and retire.

That was the plan. 
And everyone I know from back home followed it.

So when you say "I want to build something on my own," sometimes you don't have anyone in your corner who understands.

They're not being mean or disinterested.

They just don't have a frame of reference for what you're describing.

I've found that to be a big advantage, actually.

The people who grew up around entrepreneurs usually inherited someone else's playbook.

They work through a set of assumptions about what a business should look like. 

How much funding to raise. 
How hard it's supposed to feel.
How many employees you need. 

Maybe you don't carry any of that baggage.

You get to start with a blank page. 

You don't have to live up to anyone else's expectations about how big your business should be, or how fast it should grow, or what success is supposed to look like.

The first person in any family to do something different has one thing nobody else has: 

The freedom to define their life and business from absolute scratch.

You just have to be willing to figure it out without a map.

I write about this path every Saturday for 180K+ entrepreneurs.

How to build a lean, simple, profitable business as a solo operator (especially when nobody around you has done it before).

If you want one email a week that feels like the mentor you're looking for,  join 180,000+ weekly readers here: https://buff.ly/t4J7aFD

As a free bonus, you'll also get my 2026 guide to LinkedIn growth (how I built 830,000+ followers) when you sign up.

See you inside.

Image credit: tiffani kilgore

Unhappy people ignore the basics.

They make life insanely complicated.

They sleep poorly.
They neglect their relationships.
They destroy their health while building.

The happiest people I know do four (boring) things really well:

1. Marry someone who compliments them.
2. Spend time working on their health.
3. Build a business they own.
4. Protect their time.

That's it.

Sure, there are lots of other things that are nice to get right, but if you nail these?

You're miles ahead of the average person.

The basics aren't sexy.
But they're the whole game.

If you're overcomplicating your life, maybe it's time to revisit the building blocks.

I write about this every Saturday for 180,000+ entrepreneurs. One short essay that helps you rethink money, time, and living well.

Join us here: https://buff.ly/j3X8mQw

I quit a job making $550,000 per year.

People thought that I was "very stupid."

Maybe I was.

But I'd rather be crazy than spend another decade wondering "what if I tried?"

Most people fail because they never try at all.

They talk themselves out of it before they start.

Too late.
Too risky.
Too uncertain.
Too competitive.

The excuses are endless. 
And they all sound reasonable.

But the people who win aren't the ones with the best ideas or the most talent.

They're the ones who actually do the thing.

Send the email. 
Launch the offer. 
Post the content. 
Ask for the sale.

While everyone else is waiting for permission or certainty, they just go a hundred miles an hour.

You can do whatever you want with your life.

But you have to actually believe that. 
And then you have to act like it.

I built a free 30-day course for people who are ready to stop waiting.

It's called The Expert OS.

It takes the thing you're good at and turns it into a real business. 

You'll get:

- All my templates
- All my launch emails
- All my sales page designs
- All of my AI prompts to speed you up
- Everything you need to make $1,000 in 30 days.

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Pessimists are right.

Optimists are winners.

It sounds cheesy and cliché, but the fact is, you attract people like yourself.

So, if you're one of these people that complains about everything, and life is terrible and unfair, and everyone and everything is against you...

You're going to lose.
Misery is contagious.

Those people are downright awful.

You can get 1000x farther simply by being an upbeat, enthusiastic, wildly inspiring cheerleader.

Be excited.
Have confidence.
Support everyone around you.
Make connections that are helpful.

Whatever you lack in skills and knowledge can be at least partly made up for in your sheer attitude.

I just wrapped up with some of the coolest, most upbeat, most excited people down at Kajabi HQ in Newport Beach, and we put together a new, completely free course for folks who want to build their own business.

But you can't be some down-on-your luck sad sack if you're going to make it happen.

If you've got good energy, good vibes, and believe in yourself, come check it out. 

It's called The Expert OS.

Over 30 days, I'll walk you through what to sell, how to build it, and how to get paid.

You'll also get:

- My $12M sales page template
- My 10-email launch sequence that sells
- My AI prompts for when doubt is a little louder

It's free.

Have a business in 30 days with the right attitude.

Start here if you're ready → https://buff.ly/arpZ2Om

The richest people I know aren't multi-millionaires.

They're people with empty calendars.

They hardly have any meetings. 
They don't have Slack on their computer. 
Sunday night is just like Thursday night...

No dread.

They designed their businesses primarily for peace of mind.

Everyone else is on autopilot, doing the exact opposite.

More clients.
More projects.
More revenue.
More complexity.

And every time they add more, they get less of what actually matters in life.

I know because I did this for a long time. I took a startup from $0 to $70M and nearly destroyed myself in the process.

Not sleeping. 
Coping with alcohol. 
Paramedics at my house after a panic attack.

Nobody told me to live like that. I just kept saying yes to the next logical thing until I looked up and didn't recognize my own life.

So when I built my own business, I designed it around one question: What do I want my average weekday to look like?

Here's how I approached it (and how you can too):

1. Set your "enough" number. 

Not your dream number. 
The one where money stops being a daily worry. 
Build to that and don't go beyond it.

2. Work backwards from your ideal day. 

What time do you stop working? 
How many meetings do you have? 
When do you exercise, eat, read, hang with fam? 
If the model doesn't fit the life, change the model.

3. Subtract before you add. 

Every new project costs you your time. 
Before adding, ask "what does this take away from?" 
If it takes away something important, don't add it.

4. Automate earning money. 

Your sales page, your emails, your delivery. 
Everything should be automated. 
If you have to be "on" 24/7, it's not a business.

5. Protect empty time like it's revenue.

The white space on your calendar is yours.
It's where your best decisions happen. 
Fill it, and everything gets worse.

Save this post and revisit it often. 

It's the difference between building something that makes you money and building something that makes you absolutely miserable.

I write about this stuff every week in my newsletter for 180K+ entrepreneurs. 

What's working, what I stopped doing, and what I'm still figuring out.

As a free bonus, you'll instantly get my 2026 LinkedIn Growth Guide when you sign up. 

It's the playbook I used to go from 2,000 to 830,000 followers.

Get it all here: https://buff.ly/t4J7aFD

Living well comes down to 5 things.

Here's my personal take on it:

1. Help people: 
A life of service gives you purpose.

2. Get healthy: 
Nothing matters unless you're in good health.

3. Love your family: 
A close-knit circle warms life incredibly.

4. Build cool $h*t: 
The best vehicle that lets you achieve this.

5. Travel the world: 
Learn how others live so you can relate.

(and of course, for each person, there are other additions)

Things not on this list:

1. Working weekends.
2. Climbing the corporate ladder.
3. Chasing the most money possible.
4. Working to impress people you don't even like.

The crazy part is that most people spend 90% of their time on the second list.

Then they wonder why they feel empty when they "win" that game.

Here's what I've learned building my business:

The more I subtract, the more I can focus on the first list.

Fewer projects to manage.
Fewer obligations on my calendar.
Fewer things that pull me away from what matters.

You don't need more. 
You need less of the wrong stuff.

Protect the five. 
Ignore the rest.

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Come join our tribe of people living differently.

Who cares about revenue?
Who cares about followers?
Who cares about press coverage?

None of that stuff will ultimately make you happy.

Here's what an awesome life looks like:

You wake up without an alarm.
You spend some time working out.
Your calendar has nothing you hate.
Your work fills you with incredible joy.
You spend quality time with your family.
You get to go outside and be in nature.
You get a little time to yourself, too.

What a life.

And guess what?

If you prioritize fulfillment over status, your dream life probably costs less than you think.

Every Saturday morning, 180,000+ people open my newsletter to learn more about building a life they love, supported by work they enjoy.

Why? 

Because it's the one email that makes them feel less crazy for wanting a smaller, slower, richer life.

You belong in there: https://buff.ly/t4J7aFD

The older I get, the more I realize how much work can screw up your health.

Especially if you're in a terrible environment.

- Awful boss
- High pressure
- Poor communication
- Unrealistic expectations

You'll grind all day, for years.

You'll work yourself to the brink of physical and mental exhaustion.

And then one day?

*Poof*

It all vanishes.

Why?

Because the board wanted to cut costs, or your productivity looked a little light on the spreadsheet that quarter, or maybe it's time to give bigger bonuses to execs.

Forget that. Don't ever let that be the position you're in.

That's why I always recommend you own something of your own. Even a little side hustle.

Something. Anything. You need some leverage.

If you've never built an audience or business online, I'll show you how to do it, for free, over the next 30 days.

You can sign up for The Expert OS (free) and you'll get:

- All of my templates
- All of my prompts
- All of my pages
- All of my emails

And one video per day that shows you how to get your first paying customers.

Start here: https://buff.ly/1c87Alu 

Take your life into your own hands.

A lot of the people who get promoted before you aren't necessarily better employees.

They're just a lot louder.

That's one of the truths about how the world works that most folks don't want to accept.

The best person doesn't always win.
The most visible person wins.

That's inside your company, in your industry, online, and basically everywhere.

You think these "top voices" are top at what they do?

Absolutely not. 
They are the loudest. 
And they get paid because of it.

So if you're sitting around thinking, "My work will speak for itself..."

It doesn't and never will. 

The people with the most attention, the best opportunities, landing all of the high-dollar clients are the loudest, not the most talented.

They put themselves out there unapologetically.

If you don't know how to do that, follow this simple framework and see what happens over the next 30-60 days:

1. Stop sharing what you know.

Instead, start talking about what you've solved.

Share a framework, talk about a client who had a problem that you fixed.

Toot your horn and tell the world! That stuff gets saved.

2. Comment on 5 posts a day from people in your industry. 

Don't write "Great!" Go out there and have conversations. Maybe challenge someone or provide a contrarian take. Get into it. Have fun. Use respect, but show your expertise.

3. Use the "before and after" format. 

Start with an incredibly messy scenario and how you cleaned it up. Take people behind-the-scenes and show them how a real expert gets the problem solved. Show the end result.

4. Say the thing everyone in your industry is thinking but nobody's posting. 

Most people are too afraid to go out there and actually say that thing. So, say it. Don't be afraid to ruffle a few feathers. For every person who gets irritated, 10 more will look at your profile and wonder how you can help.

Just remember that the person charging 5x more than you isn't doing better work, they're just 5x more visible, 5x louder, and 5x more confident.

You can learn to talk about what you do without becoming someone you hate or someone who constantly feels "salesy." 

If you're ready to stop being the best-kept secret in your industry, I built a free 30-day challenge called The Expert OS.

I'll walk you through packaging all of the stuff you know, getting loud, putting it in front of people, and getting paid for it.

You'll also get:

- My $12M sales page template
- My 10-email launch sequence that sells
- All of my AI prompts to speed up your build

It's free. 

Start now, and you'll have a business in 30 days.

Get it all here → https://buff.ly/arpZ2Om

P.S. Bookmark this post and revisit it each Monday for your plan of attack.

Quiet people don't win.

I hate that, but it's true.

Look around at who's getting all of the opportunities, the clients, and the attention on social media.

I guarantee you that most of the people with the biggest followings aren't the most talented people around.

They're the hand-raisers.
The people who post the thing.
The guys and gals who send the DMs.

The world doesn't reward you for having the best-kept secret.

And if you think your work will speak for itself? Think again.

Will someone notice if you just keep your head down? Probably not.

The facts are:

The people winning aren't smarter than you.
They're probably not more qualified.
They may not even have better ideas.

They just decided to speak up.

They got over the cringe of being public.

They stopped waiting for someone to hand them a mic.

They started acting like they belonged in the conversation.

And guess what?

It never stops feeling a little weird.
You just get used to it.

You realize that staying invisible is a choice with consequences.

So if you're sitting on some expertise, ideas, or a business you believe in, please stop hiding it.

The world isn't coming to find you.

You have to go find the world.

That's exactly what The Expert OS does for you.

It's a (free) 30-day challenge where you'll put yourself out there, build a small profitable offer based on your skills, and sell it.

In 30 days, you'll have your first paying customer.

It includes:

- My emails
- My templates
- My landing page
- My automations
- My AI prompts for ease

Start here: https://buff.ly/HdEvVii 

Your expertise deserves an audience. 

Go get one.

The smartest people on earth are finding time away from their job to build something small.

Something lean.
Something profitable.
Something they can earn with.

A micro-business or side hustle or whatever the heck you want to call it.

Because building something of your own is the truest way to become a better person.

There's power in building.
There is learning in building.
There's failure, adversity and success.

And in order to get ahead in this world, those are things you're going to need.

Yes, you might fail.
Yes, there will be days that suck.
And yes, someone will make fun of you.

Who cares?

Do you want to sit around for the next decade and wonder when the robots are coming for your job?

Or do you want to be proactive in taking control of your life, career and family?

I know what my decision is.

So go out there, get curious, learn about something incredibly useful and then come share it here on LinkedIn.

A few years later, you'll have the leverage you need to completely own your life.

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Habib Malass

I think you already know the best thing you can do for your business. You know how I know it?

Because it's as easy as picking what you're most afraid of.

Fear and discomfort are the one-two punch  predictors of "stuff I should be definitely doing." 

Things like:

- Sending that first piece of content out.
- DM'ing someone you greatly admire.
- Asking someone to buy your offer.
- Building in public.

You've been thinking about this stuff for months or weeks.

Maybe you're distracting yourself and stalling by reading, thinking, and talking all about it.

Maybe it's time to stop all that?

Because doing something makes it REAL.

And real means you might fall on your face and look a little silly.

But it's nearly impossible to do something great without looking like a fool for some period of time.

That's just part of the journey.

The longer you wait...the louder that fear's gonna get.

I've got a simple solution for you.

I will grab your hand (digitally) and walk you through the first 30 days of building an online business for free.

One step at a time, so the fear never gets to make the decision for you.

It's my new 30-day challenge called The Expert OS.

I'll show you how to choose a niche, craft an offer, set up a funnel, and get moving.

You'll get free stuff, like:

- My $12M sales page template
- My 10-email launch sequence that sells
- My instructions for building a lead magnet
- All of my AI prompts for when your brain is frazzled

It's free.

Have a business in 30 days.

Start here if you're ready → https://buff.ly/arpZ2Om

P.S. This week only, sign up and get a live session with the Kajabi team before your trial ends. 

Bring your questions, your half-built funnel, whatever — we'll work through it together so you actually launch.

Imagine being 100% free to take your kids to school on a Wednesday morning.

You're not in a rush.
No need to be on Slack by 9 a.m.
Not checking your phone in the parking lot.

You just walk them in, drive home, make some coffee, and start your day.

The majority of people can't do that.

They're dropping their kids off with one eye on the clock and one on their inbox.

And they miss all that little stuff in the morning because someone else demands their time.

There's a better way to build your life and business.

It's really, really hard. 
It takes a ton of prep.
It requires incredible curiosity.
You have to be willing to fail often.

It's building your own thing.

And the truth is, you probably have something people would pay you for.

A skill. 
Some knowledge.
You know you do. 

You've probably thought about it in the shower, on your commute, or at night when you can't get to sleep.

But by tomorrow morning, you'll convince yourself it was all BS and head into work deflated.

Maybe it's time to recapture your Wednesdays? 

If you're ready to start building something with your mornings instead of giving them away, I built a free 30-day challenge called The Expert OS. 

45 minutes a day.
Before work.
After work.
Doesn't matter.

I'll personally walk you through picking an offer, building it, and getting paid.

You'll get everything you need to succeed: 

- My framework for knowing what people will pay for.

- My plug and play $12M sales page you can steal.

- My 10-email sequence that sells while you're making coffee.

- My AI prompts for the mornings you've got 30 minutes (and no energy).

It's free.

You can literally start this morning.

And 30 days from now, you'll have something that makes money whether you're at your desk or not.

Start Day 1: https://buff.ly/arpZ2Om

There's nothing worse than holding onto a terrible job because you have to.

But a lot of people are in that situation exactly. It sucks.

I can remember being there back in the mid 2000s.

$35,000 in credit card debt, living paycheck to paycheck, trying to figure out how to find a better job that would pay me a little more.

Something I actually enjoyed.

Back then, there weren't that many additional options.

But today? There are more options, at low-to-no cost, than ever before.

- Selling an eBook
- Producing digital products
- Landing a few consulting clients
- Doing some coaching on the side
- A community of people with similar interests
- Productizing anything you know or are good at

The world is literally your oyster.

It's not easy at all.
It takes time.
It takes energy.
It takes effort.

But life (and work) is infinitely better when you have options.

If you don't know how to start, try building an audience first.

I'll show you exactly how inside my free 2026 LinkedIn Growth guide.

It'll break down:

- The one posting strategy for 10K+ growth
- Why networking is the winning strategy
- How to write for massive attention
- The #1 thing I did to hit 800K+

Get it free when you join 200,000+ in my newsletter here: https://buff.ly/iKAl3na

Everyone wants to start once the fear goes away.

Newsflash: It doesn't go away.

It doesn't once you've made your first sale, or your first post, or $10,000, or $100,000.

Fear just morphs into something else during the entire journey of entrepreneurship.

In the beginning?
You're scared no one will care.

Then?
No one will buy.

Once they buy?
They won't keep buying.

On and on and on it goes for the rest of the time.

You'll literally always be worried about something, whether you like it or not.

Here's why I'm telling you this:

If fear doesn't go away, then what the hell is the point of waiting?

Start the idea before it's finished, sey sell before the product is perfect, and ship before you're confident.

All that confidence you're sitting around waiting for will finally show up the moment you decide you're sick and tired of waiting, and you just DO something.

It's like going to the gym. 
Reps, everyone.

That's how stuff gets built. 
Not with some big plan.

With motion.

If you're tired of sitting around waiting to feel ready, I built a free 30-day challenge called The Expert OS that will get you up and building a business today.

And you'll get one short action item every morning to continue.

Inside, you'll also find everything you need:

- My process for profitable niches
- My $12M sales page template
- My 10-email launch sequence that sells
- All of my AI prompts for momentum, not motivation

It's completely free.

Start today, and you'll have a business in 30 days.

Join us here: https://buff.ly/arpZ2Om

P.S. This week only, sign up and get a live session with the Kajabi team before your trial ends. 

Bring your questions, your half-built funnel, whatever — we'll work through it together so you actually launch.

Build your life first.

Build your business second.

Most people mess up and do it in reverse.

Here's what that mistake looks like in reality:

- Not paying attention to your spouse
- Not prioritizing your health and wellness
- Not being fully present with your family
- Being too tired to enjoy the money you make
- Not being able to sleep because you're stressed

I've been there and done all of that stuff. It sucks.

The reverse is a helluva lot easier:

- Sacred coffee time
- Scheduled family walks
- Always present when it matters
- Getting great sleep and feeling refreshed
- Sacrificing a little money to live a real life

Is it easy? Hell no.
Does it take time? Of course.
Will you make less money? Maybe.

But who cares??

Do you really need to spend 40+ years just trying to survive so you can finally enjoy some semblance of a normal life once you retire?

I dunno. Never sat right with me.

If you want to build something that fits around the life you actually want, I built a free 30-day challenge called The Expert OS.

I'll walk you through building one simple offer that makes money without consuming your entire calendar.

You'll also get:

- My $12M sales page template
- My 10-email launch sequence that sells 
- All of my AI prompts so you can build in hours

It's free.

You'll have a simple micro-business in 30 days.

Start here if you're ready → https://buff.ly/arpZ2Om

Smart and miserable is a bad combo.

But it's everywhere.

You've got opinions on why everyone's wrong.
You can spot a bad strategy from a mile away.
You're the smart one who knows it all...

Meanwhile:

You're burned out.
You dread Mondays.
You haven't taken a real vacation in years.

If you're so sharp, why does your life look like this?

Being smart isn't the same as being effective.

Having the right answers means nothing if your results say otherwise.

I used to be exactly like this when I was younger.

Thought I was smarter than everyone else around me.

Meanwhile I was 40 lbs overweight.
Working 70 hour weeks.
No energy.
Exhausted.

Brilliant, right?

The shift came when I stopped trusting my opinions and started trusting the outcomes.

My life was the scoreboard.
And I was losing.

So I changed.
Built something small.
Something that worked for my life.

Now I work when I please.
No employees.
No meetings.
No deadlines.

All because I got honest with myself.

If your results don't match your confidence, something's off.

Maybe it's time to build something different.

Something small. 
Something you can manage.
Something that doesn't eat your soul.

I teach 180,000+ entrepreneurs how to build that kind of online business every week in my newsletter.

Join here: https://buff.ly/gqZIz2O

(and get my free 2026 LinkedIn growth guide as a gift)

Every big leap in your life starts mid-air, with no guarantee, hoping like hell the landing's there.

That's the key to understanding life and business.

Trusting. The. Process.

Nobody buying your thing?
Trust the process.

Friends starting to look at you funny?
Trust the process.

Awake at 1 am, stressed about entrepreneurship?
Trust the process.

Most people don't quit because it isn't working. 

They quit because they can't handle feeling like it isn't working.

That feeling IS the process. 

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Sahil Bloom is the New York Times Bestselling author of The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life.

Sahil is an inspirational writer and entrepreneur, captivating millions of people every week through his book, social insights, and bi-weekly newsletter, The Curiosity Chronicle.

His debut non-fiction book, The 5 Types of Wealth, was an instant New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times Bestseller. Apple CEO Tim Cook called it "a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up—and a guide for how to build a life of meaning and purpose around those things." The book is a unique blend of strategies, tactics, and actionable insights, enabling readers to make real, positive changes and lead healthier, wealthier lives.

Sahil is also an entrepreneur and owner of SRB Holdings, a personal holding company, and the Managing Partner of SRB Ventures, a $10 million venture investment firm committed to investing in and accelerating the most compelling startups in the world. Prior to launching SRB Ventures in January 2022, Sahil was an early-stage investor in 40+ startups across the technology landscape, including multiple unicorns.

Previously, Sahil spent seven years as a private equity investor and served on the board of several middle market companies during that period.

Sahil graduated from Stanford University with an M.A. in Public Policy (2014) and a B.A. in Economics & Sociology (2013). While at Stanford, he was a four-year member on the Stanford Baseball Team (2009-2013), twice helping to guide the team to NCAA Super Regional appearances (top-16 finishes). Additionally, Sahil earned two PAC-12 All-Academic Team awards and twice received the Bruce R. Cameron Memorial Award, given annually to a student-athlete exhibiting excellence in athletics, academics, and leadership. Academically, Sahil was advised in his pursuits by former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice.

Sahil Bloom

The key to life is simple:

Show up.
Show up when no one’s watching. 
Show up when it’s hard. 
Show up when you don't feel like it. 
Show up when the rewards are uncertain. 

Just show up. 

You can never bet against the person who just keeps showing up.

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Nobody talks about recovery speed.

It might be the most important skill you can build.

The most successful people I know don't fail less than everyone else.
They just recover faster.

You will get rejected. 
You will lose money. 
You will embarrass yourself.

That's not the problem.
The problem is the time you spend between the fall and the reset.

The wallowing. 
The overthinking. 
The shame spiral.

That gap is where years disappear.

Here's what I've learned:

Recovery speed is a skill. It can be trained. It can be shortened.
And it compounds.

Every time you get back up faster, you build evidence that you can handle what life throws at you.

Every time you shorten the gap, you reclaim time that most people never get back.

Fast recovery is a competitive advantage.

Start training for it.

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The most attractive trait in the world:

(it has nothing to do with looks).

It’s energy.

Walk into every room with genuine curiosity, enthusiasm, and interest. You become a magnet for the highest quality people.

Energy is contagious. Spread the kind you'd want to catch.

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The rarest skill in the world isn't talent. 

It's finishing what you started.

The world is full of starters.

Half-written books. 
Half-built businesses. 
Half-kept promises.

Everyone has a great idea. 
Almost nobody sees it through.

Finishing is not about talent. 
It's not about resources. 
It's not about waiting for the right moment.
It's about the courage to close the loop.

The starting is easy. 
The middle is seductive. 
The finishing is where most people quietly disappear.

The people who get furthest in life are not the most talented.
They're the ones who do what they said they would do.

Finishing is a competitive advantage.

Close your loops. 
Do what you said you'd do. 
Have the courage to finish.

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The highest ROI investment you’ll ever make:

(It’ll change your life)

Surround yourself with the right people.

The ones who believe in you before you believe in yourself.

The people you surround yourself with determine your outcomes:

     • If you surround yourself with people who believe you are capable of more,   who encourage you to think bigger, to dream, you will rise to the level of those expectations.

     • If you surround yourself with people who belittle you, who laugh at your ambitions, who tell you to be realistic, you will fall to the level of those expectations.

What better reason do you need to choose wisely when it comes to the people you allow into your life?

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Nobody cares about you.

That truth will either paralyze you or free you.

A mentor told me this at a pivotal moment in my life.

I had just shared that I'd paused pursuing my book because an agent had rejected the concept.

His response was two words:

"Nobody cares."

I was confused at first. Then it hit me.

When you're winning, nobody cares. When you're losing, nobody cares.

It doesn't mean nobody loves you.

It just means nobody cares about your life as much as you do.

Most people are so consumed by their own fears, their own doubts, their own dreams, that they barely have room to think about yours.

The audience you're afraid of performing in front of?

They're too busy worrying about their own performance.

The people you think are judging your choices?

They're too busy second-guessing their own.

This is one of the most liberating truths in life once you truly internalize it:

The spotlight you think is on you doesn't exist.

So stop waiting for permission. 
Stop waiting to feel ready. 
Stop waiting for the fear to go away.

Nobody is watching as closely as you think.

Which means you are completely free to go do the damn thing.

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99% of success comes down to one trait.

Most people never develop it.

Tolerance for uncertainty.

Most people quit right before the breakthrough.

Not because they lack talent. Not because they lack ideas. Not because the opportunity isn't there.

They quit because the discomfort of not knowing became too much to bear.

Here's the uncomfortable truth:

There is no clear, linear path to the life you want.

That's a myth. A fairy tale adults have continued to believe.

The real path is long. Foggy. Full of doubt and stagnation.

The rewards go to those who show up every single day without a guarantee.

Who take the next step forward even when they can't see where their foot is going to land.

Those who win aren't always the smartest or most talented.

They're the ones who can hold their nerve the longest.

Ask yourself this:

Where are you accepting good because you're afraid to tolerate the uncertainty necessary to reach great?

Your answer might change everything.

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This is one of my favorite speeches of all time…

It always hits me hard:

“You get up every day—you’re entitled to nothing. Nobody owes you nothing. You could have talent, but if you don’t have discipline, and you don’t execute, you don’t focus… What do you get? Nothing. If you’re complacent and not paying attention to detail… What does that get you? Nothing. So nothing is acceptable but your best.”

This is a harsh reality of life:

Talent is meaningless without discipline.
Ambition is worthless without execution.
Focus is the difference between potential and reality.

You’re not entitled to success—it’s earned in the quiet, thankless moments when no one is watching.

The antidote to entitlement is relentless ownership.

Show up fully. Pay attention to the details. Do your best—every single day.

Because in a world where everyone wants the reward, it’s those who refuse to accept anything less than their best who build something worth being proud of.

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Want to make a lot of money? 

Here's my honest advice.

3 things I wish I knew at 22:

1. The only way to make a lot of money is to create a lot of value.

Here's a harsh truth: no one hands out money.

No one is going to pay you just because they like you or think you're cool.

Money earned is a direct byproduct of value created.

Create value, receive value.

If money is the goal, value has to be the focus.

The only way to get rich is to create an enormous amount of value for others, and capture a small portion of that along the way.

It's not talking about the thing. 
It's not brainstorming about the thing. 
It's not thinking about the thing.

The only way to create value is by doing the thing.

And if you don't know where to start, look around you.

Customers, colleagues, bosses, shareholders, employees.

Every single one of them has a problem.

What problems can you solve for the people around you?

Figure them out, solve them, scale that solution.

That's how you make money.

2. You have to demonstrate excellence in everything you do.

Your income scales proportional to the amount of excellence you demonstrate.

If you want to get promoted, earn the big raise, get that fancy title, demonstrate excellence in everything you do.

Everything matters. 
Every single thing.

You don't get to pick and choose when to show up.
The world will ignore your best and judge you for your worst.

Top performers show up with energy and enthusiasm for the little things just as much as the big things.

If you're in the top 10% of performers, there's no ceiling for what you can do.

If you're not, figure out why and fix it.

3. You don't need passion, you need energy.

I've always taken issue with the advice to follow your passion.

You don't have to be passionate about your professional pursuits.

You just need to find energy in them. 
You just need to feel a pull towards them. 
You just need to feel that spark of curiosity in them.

Passion can lie.
Energy never does.

When you have energy for something, you're prone to giving it your deep attention.

To ask the right questions. 
To figure it out. 
To win.

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Most people spend too much time dreaming about 2030.

(That’s why you’re making no progress).

You don't plan your future. You plan your actions today, and those actions create your future.

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Readiness is a myth. Action creates clarity.

Most people have it completely backwards.

They think clarity comes first. That one day they'll wake up feeling ready. Confident. Certain.

So they wait.

They gather more information. 
They create the perfect plan. 
They simulate progress without making any. 
They convince themselves they'll start tomorrow.

Tomorrow becomes next week. 
Next week becomes next year. 
Next year becomes never.

Here's the uncomfortable truth:

You're afraid because you haven't done it yet. 
Not because you can't.

Fear comes from inexperience. 
And inexperience is only solved one way: by having the courage to act in the face of it.

Clarity doesn't come before action. 
It comes because of it.

As Rumi wrote: "As you start to walk on the way, the way appears."

You won't feel ready. 
The path won't be clear.

Start anyway.

I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting to feel ready.

Don't be one of them.

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The best advice I got in my 20s:

When you feel stuck, shrink the time horizon.

Don’t ask what the year needs.
Ask what today needs.

One finished task.
One workout.
One closed loop.
One hard conversation.

Momentum isn’t magic.
It’s a byproduct of movement.

So if you’re overwhelmed right now, don’t build a master plan.

Pick one small thing you can do in the next 30 minutes… and do it.

What’s your “one thing” today?

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You get 10 years. 

Then the window closes.


For the first decade of your child's life, you are their entire world.

Their favorite person. 
Their safe place. 
Their whole universe.

Here's what most people miss:

That season is not permanent.

They grow up. 
They make friends. 
They fall in love. 
They build lives of their own.

And that's exactly how it should be.

But one day you'll look up and realize the window has quietly closed.

The "I'll be more present after this project" trap. 
The "things will slow down soon" lie.

They won't slow down.

The years keep moving whether you're paying attention or not.

Here's what I've learned:

The deferred happiness plan will steal this from you.

You cannot schedule presence for later. 
You cannot buy these years back. 
You cannot outwork the clock on this one.

So slow down. 
Put the phone away. 
Get on the floor and play.

Because the magic years will fly by if you let them.

And you were never going to be their favorite person forever.

Make the most of the time you have.

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The Magic Years

A monthly ritual that changed my life.

The Think Day (everyone should try this):

History’s greatest leaders, thinkers, and builders have all believed in the power of space to create asymmetric outcomes.

Unfortunately, the importance of space has been forgotten in a modern world where busyness is the standard.

And without space, you get stuck. You become a rocking horse, always moving, but never getting anywhere.

The Think Day (or Week) is a space-creating ritual that changed my life.

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The Think Day

You won’t be the same person in 10 years.

(But you think you will)

Harvard researchers asked 19,000 people two questions:

How much have you changed in the last 10 years?
How much do you expect to change in the next 10?

Everyone said the same thing:

“I changed a lot.”
“I won’t change much from here.”

They called it the End of History Illusion.

It is the belief that this version of you is basically finished.
And it quietly messes with your decisions.

Because when you think you are done becoming, you treat the future like a fixed test you have to pass as your current self.

That is why uncertainty feels so heavy right now.

AI is changing work fast.
Stable paths feel less stable.
Industries are shifting in real time.

So you look ahead and think, how am I supposed to handle all of this?

But here is what the illusion makes you forget:

The uncertainty ahead is not asking today’s version of you to carry it.

It will shape you into the person who can.

New experiences change your preferences.
New pressure builds new skills.
New chapters give you new priorities.

You are not locked in.
You are not done.

And once you remember that, the future stops feeling like a threat and starts feeling like a training ground.

You do not need to have it all figured out today.
You just need to keep becoming.

What is one way you have changed in the last year that surprised you?

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The End of History Illusion - Why We Fear Change

This idea completely changed my life…

It’s called the Archimedes Principle:

In the 3rd century B.C., Archimedes faced a difficult question:
How do you verify the purity of a gold crown without melting or damaging it?

He stewed over the problem day and night, turning it over again and again. One day, frustrated by his lack of progress, he decided to take a bath to calm his mind.

When he stepped in, the water overflowed. Suddenly, it hit him.

"Eureka!"

The insight was simple: If the crown were pure gold, it would displace the same amount of water as a cube of pure gold of the same weight.

But the way he uncovered it is the most important part.

The Science of REST

Neuroscientist Dr. Nancy Andreasen spent years studying history's most creative people. She noticed a common trend: disciplined, structured work followed by rituals of "free-floating" thought.

She coined the term Random Episodic Silent Thinking (REST).

During these "inactive moments"—like a walk, a shower, or a drive—the brain is actually highly active. The association cortex lights up, allowing you to:

     - Link seemingly distant ideas.
     - Combine experiences in novel ways.
     - Surface previously unexplored connections.

The Archimedes Principle

I like to think of it as a simple equation:

Creative Insight = Active Work \times Active Rest

The effort and active work provide the "raw material," but the REST gives your brain the space to work with it.

Most people default to either work or rest. But the magic is found in the collision of the two.

The Takeaway:

Work hard, then create space for the work to breathe.

Your next insight may already be there, waiting patiently for you to stop crowding it out.

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The Archimedes Principle

Growth happens gradually, then suddenly.

Most people quit right before the "suddenly."

In 1978, American futurist Roy Amara made a famous observation about technology:

"We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run."

It became known as Amara's Law.

But here's what most people miss:

This isn't just about technology. It's about the way humans fundamentally misjudge progress.

In the 1950s and 60s, there was a wave of techno-optimism. Computers were going to solve everything. Nuclear energy would be too cheap to meter.

By the 1970s, none of it had materialized.

Computers existed. But they were clunky, expensive, and inaccessible.

It was easy to feel disappointed.

But that surface-level view missed an important truth:

Progress on the surface was not indicative of the compounding happening beneath it.

Microprocessors were shrinking. Costs were falling. Networks were forming. Software was developing.

And then, suddenly, it all appeared.

I'd propose a revised version of Amara's Law for your own life:

"We tend to overestimate the effect of our actions in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run."

You think linearly. But most of life works exponentially.

Today's actions cannot be judged on today's results. They quietly stack under the surface for days, months, years, even decades.

In Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, a character is asked how he went bankrupt.

His answer: "Gradually, then suddenly."

Growth works the same way.

When you feel stuck, ask yourself two questions:

What's happening on the surface? What am I seeing? What's happening at the foundation? What am I feeling that's unseen?

If you can pause and do that, you'll reclaim your perspective and play the game of life on an entirely different level.

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