#153: Investor and entrepreneur Sahil Bloom returns to discuss how a few powerful Paradoxes, which may seem contradictory or complex at first, can be harnessed to live a more optimized and fulfilling life.
Sahil Bloom is a renowned writer, investor, and advocate for personal growth and financial well-being. His popular weekly newsletter The Curiosity Chronicle provides actionable ideas that help people build a high-performing, healthy, and wealthy life. He is also the founder of SRB Ventures, a curiosity-driven venture fund.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://www.allthehacks.com/sahil-bloom-paradoxes

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Sahil Bloom: Website | Newsletter | Twitter
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Books:


The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione


Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Pelagic Shark Diving
The Tim Ferriss Show Episode #694: Sam Corcos, Co-Founder of Levels — The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Assistants, 10x Delegation, and Winning Freedom by Letting Go
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Full Show Notes
(03:24) Sahil’s Viral Twitter Thread About Paradoxes
(08:53) The Advice Paradox
(16:28) The Opportunity Paradox
(25:25) The Talking Paradox
(36:10) The Productivity Paradox
(39:46) The Speed Paradox
(48:40) The Social Media Paradox
(51:33) The News Paradox
(58:03) The Death Paradox

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The Most Powerful Paradoxes of Life with Sahil Bloom

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#169: Bestselling author Kim Scott highlights the impact of using radical candor to maintain better relationships at work and home. She shares tactics to solicit feedback, overcome the discomfort of giving and receiving criticism, and navigate situations when others disagrees with your feedback. They also discuss the evolution of Radical Candor towards Radical Respect, which addresses the impact of unconscious biases.
Kim Scott is the co-founder of Radical Candor, an executive education company based on her book, which has sold over 1 million copies and has been translated into 23 languages. Kim has a diverse background in leadership and management, having coached CEOs at top tech firms like Dropbox, Qualtrics and Twitter, as well as leading teams at Apple University and Google.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/kim-scott-radical-candor

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The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton


Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman


Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:13) What Is Radical Candor?
(07:21) Importance of Radical Candor in Personal Relationships
(16:39) How Do You Deliver Radically Candid Feedback?
(19:33) Ways to Share Criticism as Feedback
(25:42) 4 Steps for Soliciting Feedback
(31:28) What to Do If Someone Disagrees with Your Feedback
(34:17) The Differences in Radical Candor Across Different Cultures
(36:47) The Negative Impact of Sharing Feedback on Text or Email
(44:17) The Evolution from Radical Candor to Radical Respect
(49:54) Examples of Unconscious Bias
(54:01) Tactics to Handle Unconscious Bias
(57:44) Applying Radical Candor and Respect with Family
(1:00:41) Importance of Being Open to Criticism from Your Kids

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Using Radical Candor to Strengthen Relationships at Work and Home with Kim Scott

#168: Former portfolio manager Chris Doyle joins to discuss strategic ways to build and manage your investment portfolio. They do a deep dive on diversification, tax-award allocation, capacity and tolerance for risk, tax-loss harvesting, rebalancing and more.
Chris Doyle is a Research Scientist at the Stanford Autonomous Agents Lab. He co-founded the technology startup Grove to make financial services accessible and affordable for everyone. Before that, he was an investor at a macro hedge fund and had a trading career at Barclays Capital.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/investment-portfolios-chris-doyle

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Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns
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Mutual Funds That Consistently Beat the Market? Not One of 2,132. (Published 2022)

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#19: Becoming a Better Investor with Andy Rachleff


#59: Save Money, Build Wealth and Just Keep Buying with Nick Maggiulli



Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:14) Important Factors to Consider Before Building a Financial Portfolio
(05:54) One of the Major Mistakes Made by Retail Investors
(07:50) How to Think About Financial Risk
(08:33) Importance of Asset Class Diversification
(13:47) How to Determine Which Asset Classes to Include
(20:19) Why People Add Emerging Markets to Their Portfolio
(21:15) The Argument for International Stocks
(22:18) The Case For or Against Real Estate
(23:41) Trading Commodity Futures
(28:18) Investing in Crypto
(30:52) Non-Traditional Investments
(37:04) Bonds and Fixed Income Allocation
(43:30) Cash Interest Rate vs. Long-Term Bond Interest Rate
(46:11) How to Think About Investing
(50:34) Ways to Migrate from One Portfolio to Another
(54:06) The Role of Tax Rates
(1:01:31) Rebalancing Portfolios
(1:03:04) Tax Loss Harvesting
(1:09:39) Direct Indexing
(1:12:37) How Often Should You Change Your Portfolio?
(1:14:50) Uninvested Cash
(1:17:22) How to Pick the Right Perfect Portfolio
(1:20:22) Financial Advisors: Humans vs. Software

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Building an Investment Portfolio to Grow and Protect Your Wealth with Chris Doyle

#167: Points and miles experts Greg Davis-Kean and Chris discuss how you can optimize hotel award search tool features to save money and get the best deal for your next hotel booking. They also offer tips to get perks like complimentary breakfast, room upgrades, resort credits, early check-in, late checkout, and more.
Greg Davis-Kean is the founder of Frequent Miler, a blog dedicated to helping people maximize their travel rewards and loyalty programs, mostly without flying. He is also the host of the Frequent Miler on the Air podcast.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/greg-frequent-miler-hotel-award-tools/

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Awayz ($10 for All the Hacks listeners and 50% off for All the Hacks members)


AwardTool ($20 off annual plans with code ALLTHEHACKS)

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PointsYeah Hotels

Hotel Perks and Upgrade Programs

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American Express Fine Hotels + Resorts®

Luxury Hotel & Resort Collection

Capital One Premier Collection Hotels & Resorts

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California: Alila Ventana Big Sur | Miraval Resorts and Spas


Napa, California: Alila Napa Valley | The Westin Verasa Napa


Bay Harbor, Michigan: Inn at Bay Harbor


Queenstown, New Zealand: Eichardt's Private Hotel


Bora Bora: St. Regis Bora Bora Resort | Conrad Bora Bora Nui


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#166: Best Tools for Booking Flights with Points & Miles with Greg the Frequent Miler


#49: Bora Bora (Almost) for Free with Miles and Points



Full Show Notes
(02:09) Things to Consider Before Booking Hotels
(03:05) Awayz Features
(06:55) Review of Rooms.Aero
(09:16) Tools for Full Year Award Availability
(12:51) How to Optimize Different Features on Hotel Award Tools
(16:39) AwardTool's Hotel Tool
(19:40) Use Case for a Stay at the Inn at Bay Harbor
(22:52) Planning Trips Around Hotel Award Availability vs. Flight Award Availability
(28:19) How to Get Perks in the Luxury Travel World
(32:03) New Hotel Tool from PointsYeah

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Best Tools for Booking Hotels with Points & Miles with Greg the Frequent Miler

#166: Award search pros Greg Davis-Kean and Chris share insider tips to save hundreds (or thousands) of dollars when utilizing points and miles to book flights. They showcase practical use cases to help evaluate the pros and cons of the best award flight tools out there, both free and paid versions. They also discuss the best tools for flight trip monitoring and seat alerts.
Greg Davis-Kean is the founder of Frequent Miler, a blog dedicated to helping people maximize their travel rewards and loyalty programs, mostly without flying. He is also the host of the Frequent Miler on the Air podcast.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/greg-frequent-miler-flight-award-tools

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PointHound

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Frequent Miler Blog Post: Which award search tool is best?
Award Search Tools Comparison Spreadsheet
All the Hacks Episode #167: Best Tools for Booking Hotels with Points & Miles with Greg the Frequent Miler

Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:30) Overall Episode Topic Breakdown
(06:41) Important Info to Know Before Using Award Flight Search Tools
(09:27) Essential Award Flight Search Tool Features
(12:34) Why You Should Always Set Flight Alerts
(14:59) The Best Award Search Tools (April 2024)
(20:43) How to Find Which Airlines Fly Direct
(22:45) Paid Features on PointsYeah & AwardTool
(23:33) Review of point.me
(32:48) The Impact of Award Flight Search Tools
(39:11) Roame Travel
(40:09) Flight Discovery for the Best Deals
(44:39) Seats.Areo Review
(53:46) How to get Free Access to point.me
(55:29) More Flight Tools
(59:23) ExpertFlyer for Seat Alerts
(1:00:34) Tools for Trip Monitoring

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Best Tools for Booking Flights with Points & Miles with Greg the Frequent Miler

#165: Bryan Johnson shares takeaways from his $2M longevity project, Blueprint. He and Chris discuss ways to utilize the power of sleep, food, supplements, and fitness to help reverse the aging process and achieve optimal health. They also discuss zeroth principle thinking and the future of medical interventions.
Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, writer and author. He’s currently the Founder/CEO Blueprint, Kernel and OS Fund. In 2013, he sold his company Braintree Venmo to PayPal for $800 million.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/bryan-johnson-blueprint-longevity

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Full Show Notes 
(02:50) Why ‘Don't Die’?
(05:38) Zeroth Principle Thinking
(09:16) Structuring Life Around 'Don't Die’
(13:30) Examples of Popular Zeroth Principle Discoveries
(16:24) How Bryan Is Utilizing Super Intelligence
(21:56) Bryan's Biggest Takeaway From Blueprint
(25:25) Surprises That Came Out of Blueprint
(26:02) Biological Age Vs. Chronological Age
(28:34) Why Sleep Is the Most Important Factor in Life
(30:40) The Role of Food in Longevity
(33:28) Foods Worth The Nutritional & Caloric Value
(34:53) The Power of Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil
(41:10) Supplements in The Blueprint Protocol
(42:51) Types of Biomarker Measurements
(44:33) The Importance of Fitness & Types of Exercise
(47:07) Everyday Actions to Increase Longevity
(49:43) Does Bryan Ever Get Sick?
(50:30) The Future of Medical Interventions

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The Most Powerful Paradoxes of Life with Sahil Bloom

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