The 5 Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom

The 5 Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom is a self-help book published in 2025.

The 5 Types of Wealth offers a fresh perspective on building a meaningful life in 2025. Bloom encourages defining the right game: one that aligns with the life you genuinely want. Along the way, he advises rejecting the broken scoreboard that society often hands us, replacing it with values that truly matter.

Never let the quest for more distract from the beauty of enough. Don’t chase “castles in the air” while letting your real house fall down. And avoid the arrival fallacy – the mistaken belief that achieving a specific goal will bring lasting contentment.

Enjoy!

Introduction
Time Wealth
Social Wealth
Mental Wealth
Physical Wealth
Financial Wealth

Introduction

Life is enabled by money, but defined by everything else
- When elders are asked to give advice, none mention money
Wrong scoreboard (money as success) leads to:
- Time slips away
- Relationships crack
- Purpose and growth fade
- Physical vitality weakens
Pyrrhic victory — success at such a steep cost that it feels like defeat
New scoreboard (5 types of wealth) — happiness embedded in the journey
Create a life razor — simple rule of thumb to guide decisions
- Controllable, ripple-creating, identity-defining
- Ex: “I will coach my son’s sports teams”
Life is about direction, not speed
- Move intentionally
- Use goals and anti-goals as compass
- Build systems
Use a dimmer, not an on-off switch
- Totally ignoring one area for too long brings lasting consequences
- Adopt surfer’s mindset: growth and maintenance seasons

Time Wealth

The Big Question: how many moments do you have remaining with your loved ones?

The 3 Pillars:

Awareness: recognize finite, impermanent nature of time
Attention: focus on what truly matters
Control: own your time, consciously choose how to spend it

Core Insights:

You may not be near the end of your life, but you might be near the end of your time together with your loved ones
Society normalizes being time poor in pursuit of money — the root of modern struggle
Without control, others own your schedule and priorities

Time Wealth Tools:

Time Wealth Hard Reset
Energy Calendar
Two-List Exercise
Eisenhower Matrix
Index Card Method
Parkinson’s Law
Anti-Procrastination System
Flow State Boot-Up Sequence
Effective Delegation
Art of No
Energy Creators
Time Blocking
- Creation
- Management
- Consumption
- Ideation

The Big Question: who will be sitting in the front row at your funeral?

The 3 Pillars of Social Wealth:

Depth: deep, meaningful bonds with a small circle
Breadth: wider sense of connection through community, culture, or shared purpose
Earned Status: respect built through character and contribution – not possessions

Core Insights:

Strong, healthy relationships are the greatest predictor of life satisfaction
The biggest predictor of physical health at 80 is relationship satisfaction at 50
In 20 years, the only people who will remember you worked late are your kids
Remembering death helps you avoid the illusion of having something to lose

Social Wealth Tools:

Hacks I Wish I Knew @ 22
Relationship Map
2 Rules for Growing in Love (understand love languages, avoid the traps)
Life Dinner
Helped, Heard, or Hugged
Brain Trust
Public Speaking Guide
4 Principles of a Master Conversationalist
- Create doorknobs
- Loud listener
- Repeat & follow
- Situational eye contact
Anti-Networking Guide
- Find value-aligned groups
- Ask engaging questions
- Become a level 2/3 listener
- Use creative follow-ups
Status Tests
- Would you buy this if you could not tell anyone about it?
- Could the richest person in the world acquire the thing I want by tomorrow?

Mental Wealth

The Big Question: what would your 10-year-old self say to you today?

The 3 Pillars:

Purpose: define a unique vision that creates meaning
Growth: embrace your dynamic potential
Space: create stillness to think

Core Insights:

Curiosity is foundational — fuels mental and physical health
Ikigai: intersection of what you love, what you’re good at, and what the world needs
Fight to maintain distinctiveness — consistently and relentlessly
Purpose provides daily meaning and longevity
Space is not lazy; it’s rocket fuel for the mind

Mental Wealth Tools:

Hacks I Wish I Knew @ 22
Power of Ikigai
Pursuit Map
Feynman Technique
Spaced-Repitition Method
Socratic Method
Power Walk
Personal Power-Down Ritual
1-1-1 Journaling Method
Think Day
- If I repeat my current day for 100 days, would my life be better or worse?
- If people observed me for a week, what would they say my priorities are?
- If I were in a movie, what would the audience be screaming at me to do?
- How can I do less but better?
- What are a few things I know now that I wish I’d known five years ago?
- Am I hunting antelope (big important problems) or mice (small urgent problems)?

Physical Wealth

The Big Question: will you be dancing at your eightieth birthday party?

The 3 Pillars:

Movement: cardiovascular, strength, stability & flexibility
Nutrition: overall caloric intake, macronutrients, micronutrients, hydration
Recovery: sleep!

Core Insights:

Futures thinking — take actions today that your future self will thank you for
Treat your body like a house you’ll live in for another 70 years
Pareto’s 80/20 principle — focus on what moves the needle most
Don’t let diet prevent enjoyment of life – avoid rigid dogmas

Physical Wealth Tools:

Physical Wealth 30-Day Challenge
A Level 3 Training Plan That Works
Common-Sense Diet
Science-Backed Breathing Protocols
Science-Backed Morning Routine
- Wake Up
- Hydrate
- Move
- Get Outside
- Focus
9 Rules for Sleep
- Regular Schedule
- View Morning Sunlight
- Control your Sleep Environment
- Avoid Food Before Bed
- Avoid Excess Liquids Before Bed
- Avoid Caffeine in Afternoon
- Cut Back on Alcohol
- Create a Wind-Down Routine
- Avoid Screens Before Bed

Extra:

Protein: meat, fish, eggs, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, protein powder
Carbohydrate: grains, potatoes, whole fruits, vegetables, beans, peas, honey
Fat: nuts, nut butters, olive/avocado/coconut oil, chia seeds, flaxseed, hemp seeds
Weekly Training Schedule:
- Day 1 – Full-body strength + optional aerobic cardio
- Day 2 – Aerobic cardio (60 min)
- Day 3 – Full-body strength + optional aerobic cardio
- Day 4 – Aerobic cardio (60 min)
- Day 5 – Full-body strength + optional aerobic cardio
- Day 6 – Anaerobic cardio (20 min)
- Day 7 – Light recovery and rest

Financial Wealth

The Big Question: what is your definition of enough?

The 3 Pillars:

Income Generation: primary work, side gigs, passive streams
Expense Management: keep expenses below income
Long-Term Investment: invest the surplus

Core Insights:

Hedonic adaptation: tendency to return to a baseline after positive events
Avoid the upward spiral of expectations — define what “enough” truly means
Stick to the basics and play your game long enough
Money does not solve all problems — it only solves money problems

Financial Wealth Tools:

How to Define Your Enough Life (what is the gap, steps to close that gap)
Hacks I Wish I Knew @ 22
7 Pieces of Career Advice
7 Principles of Expense Management
8 Investment Assets for Long Term Wealth
Return-on-Hassle Spectrum
The Greatest Investment In The World
6 Marketable Meta-Skills
- Sales
- Storytelling
- Design
- Writing
- Software Engineering
- Data Science

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Time Wealth

Mental Wealth

Physical Wealth

Financial Wealth

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