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#99: Investor and entrepreneur Sahil Bloom joins Chris to discuss performing a personal annual review. Sahil outlines the seven questions everyone should ask when reflecting on the previous year and establishing goals for the new one. Additionally, they offer strategies, tips, and advice to increase your happiness, energy, and sense of fulfillment while decreasing your stress and anxiety to make 2023 an amazing year.
Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) is among the most dynamic and up-and-coming financial personalities in the business world. Choosing to pursue a writing career that would be more fulfilling and rewarding, Sahil left his job in investment banking and private equity, recently launched a venture fund, SRB Ventures, and writes The Curiosity Chronicle.
Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/annual-review-sahil-bloom

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Sahil Bloom’s Resources

Sahil's Website | Newsletter | Twitter 

Personal Annual Review

Annual Planning Guide

The 1-1-1 Method

Forecasts for the Future, & More

23 Ways to Make 2023 Your Miracle Year

The Most Powerful Life Hacks


Selected Links From The Episode

Energy Calendar Technique

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

Tim Ferriss: The 4-Hour Workweek | Why you should define your fears instead of your goals


Andrew Huberman: Light & Sun Exposure Guide | The Science & Use of Cold Exposure for Health & Performance


Drastically Reduce Stress with a Work Shutdown Ritual

Task Manager: Notion 

Medical Testing: InsideTracker


Tracking Platforms: Wealthfront | Kubera | Trustworthy


Products: Hostage Tape | Cold Plunge


Money-Saving Site: Rakuten


Bangalore Recommendation: Royal Afghan (ITC Windsor) | Rock Climbing in Hampi


All the Hacks Episodes Mentioned

#9 How to Live Your Rich Life

#52 HAck Your Health (While Still Enjoying Life)

#68 Hosting Cocktail Parties, Building Relationships, Museum Hacks and Friends Newsletters

#97 Optimizing Your Health: Diagnostic Tests, Choosing a Doctor, Sleep, Longevity, Inflammation and More

#25 The Four Research-Backed Steps to Be Indistractable

#63 Deep Work, Digital Minimalism and Becoming So Good They Can’t Ignore You

#10 Practical Money Hacks


Full Show Notes
Introduction (00:00)
New Year’s resolutions: Planning vs. Reflecting (01:28)
Personal annual review (02:17)
What did I change my mind about this year? (03:24)
What created energy for me? (13:10)
What drained my energy? (16:18)
What (or who) were the boat anchors in my life? (23:29)
What did I not do because of fear? (25:15)
What are my greatest hits and worst misses from the year? (30:44)
What did I learn this year? (33:06)
How to set the course for the year to figure out where you’re headed (34:46)
Journaling: Sahil’s 1-1-1 method (36:51)
Energy Calendar technique (40:31)
Taking breaks (45:58)
Batching emails into Windows (47:49)
Adjusting Twitter settings to promote productivity (50:56)
Learning to outsource your tasks (52:27)
Health: 5-5-5-30 (53:28)
Sahil’s morning routine (54:41)
Tech-free walk (56:02)
Time-restricted eating (56:58)
Basic diagnostics of who you are (57:14)
Stop using alarms (58:01)
Eat apples (59:10)
Personal power-down ritual (1:01:28)
Vocalize your appreciation (1:02:59)
Enjoying a meal by yourself (1:03:31)
Spending quality time with your family (1:04:05)
Setting up direct deposit for investments on a monthly basis (1:04:57)
Automating financial tasks (1:05:25)
Sahil’s 48-hour rule (1:05:54)
Chris’s money hacks (1:06:36)
Sahil’s Bangalore, India recommendation (1:09:33)
Chris’s India recommendation (1:10:31)
Where to find Sahil Bloom online (1:11:07)

#98: Serial entrepreneur and best-selling author Dan Martell joins Chris to talk about buying back time. They discuss the value of adopting the right mindset, techniques for scheduling your time, tools to streamline processes, and changes you can make to reclaim your time and lead a more fulfilling life.
Dan Martell (@danmartell) is a successful entrepreneur, investor, and best-selling author. He is also the managing partner of High Speed Ventures and the founder and CEO of SaaS Academy, the world's largest coaching program for high-performing founders of Software as a Service businesses. His new book is Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire.
Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/buy-time-dan-martell
 
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Selected Links From The Episode
Dan Martell: Website | TikTok | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 
Resources Mentioned:
Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire
All the Hacks Podcast:

Managing Your Time to Get More Done with Laura Vanderkam

Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters

Coaching: SaaS Academy | EMyth Business Coach
Task Manager/Operations: Superhuman | Motion | Notion | Trustworthy | 1Password
Delivery Services: Instacart | Towne.io
Service Platform: Taskrabbit
Sleep/Activity Tracker: Oura
Chris’s Recommendations: Pape Meat | ButcherBox
 
Full Show Notes
Introduction to Dan Martell (00:00)
Saving time, freeing it up, and buying it back (02:16)
Time and energy audit (05:55)
Understanding how you work, honoring your calendar, and learning when to schedule energy-depleting tasks (09:27)
Maximizing efficiency by breaking down calendar tasks into several mini-tasks (14:04)
Google Docs, calendars, and to-do lists (17:42)
Life vision & RPM (20:31)
Color-coding calendar hacks (22:55)
Mindset: Common objections people have about the idea of buying back time (23:25)
Leveling up in business: Trading time for money, money for time, and eventually money for money (27:29)
Reducing expectations (30:00)
Helping people value their time (34:02)
Practical examples of how to buy back time (39:34)
Administrative Assistant/House Manager/Virtual Assistant (56:02)
Creating a family playbook (1:01:52)
Trustworthy: Family operating system (1:05:34)
Creating a frustration list (1:08:55)
Designing your perfect week (1:11:19)
Seven pillars of life (1:15:03)
Relationships: Lessons learned from hiring a family coach (1:18:23)
Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire (1:24:30)
Where to find Dan Martell (1:25:59)
 
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#97: Physician and entrepreneur, Jordan Shlain MD, joins Chris to discuss optimizing your health. They cover the pillars of longevity, how things like sleep, diet, and exercise affect your overall health, finding a new physician, what types of diagnostic tests to consider and more.
Jordan Shlain MD (@drjordanshlain) is a primary care physician and the founder of Private Medical, a concierge medical practice focused on proactive prevention. He's also the Founder of Eat REAL, a non-profit organization aimed at helping school systems improve the quality of their school lunch programs and was previously the founder of HealthLoop, a platform to monitor and communicate with patients during the recovery process.
Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/optimizing-health-jordan-shlain
 
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Selected Links From The Episode
Dr. Jordan Shlain: LinkedIn | Podcast | Twitter
Resources Mentioned:

Inside Medicine Podcast: Unpacking Longevity: The Science of Feeling Young to Age 95


Jordan's Newsletter: The Physician


Eat REAL

Membership-Based Medicine: Private Medical | One Medical | MDVIP | ROAMD | Forward | Parsley Health


Value-Based Primary Care Service: VillageMD


Medical Testing: Quest Diagnostics | Ulta Lab Tests | InsideTracker | Invitae | OneOme | GRAIL | SomaLogic | Owlstone Medical


Monitoring: Levels | Oura


Report: U.S. Concierge Medicine Market


Product: MI Paste


 
Full Show Notes
Introduction to Dr. Jordan Shlain (00:00)
The current state of the US healthcare system (01:09)
Affordable Care Act and Accountable Care Organization (04:52)
Taking a proactive approach to keeping yourself informed and optimized (09:25)
Testing (10:26)
MRI and MRA (11:34)
Who are you? Baseline tests and panels to run to learn the state of your health (13:13)
Information about inflammageing (14:08)
Cancer test: Grail (15:06)
Understanding your blood pressure (15:39)
Tests for those who have a family history of heart disease or high cholesterol (16:13)
Inside Tracker (17:29)
Other testing companies available to consumers (17:58)
Looking through the lens of safety and efficacy (20:47)
Unpacking longevity (24:45)
Hydration (26:26)
Alcohol (28:27)
Sleep, cortisol levels, and the glymphatic system (29:07)
Diet (30:47)
Exercise (32:40)
Supplements, IV drips (33:25)
Sugar and Dr. Shlain’s Eat Real non-profit organization (33:56)
Connecting sugar intake with fiber (36:17)
Consuming sweets in moderation across time (38:28)
Glucose monitoring (39:34)
Dr. Shlain’s take on supplements (41:17)
Combatting dental issues with toothpaste (44:21)
The How Are You framework (45:42)
What is your trajectory? (48:12)
High Cholesterol (53:31)
Interpreting data and finding the right doctor (55:44)
The importance of building long-term relationships with healthcare providers (60:00)
Question to ask when interviewing a potential new physician (1:01:40)
The rise of membership-based medicine (1:02:24)
Investing in your health (1:03:30)
Where to find Dr. Shlain (1:12:17)
 
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#96: Host Chris Hutchins tackles questions about earning points with your spouse, where to put cash savings, investing vs. paying down a mortgage, when to book hotels in the travel portal, saving money on data while traveling and much more. This episode is packed with many of the incredible insights that Chris has earned from his years optimizing his life!
Full show notes at: https://www.allthehacks.com/listener-questions-7/
 
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Selected Links From The Episode

All the Hacks Credit Card Site

Cashback Comparison Extension

Wealthfront Cash Account

Why Rate Chasing Doesn’t Pay

Brokered CDs (Vanguard | Schwab | Fidelity)

Airalo eSim Shop

Register for Chase Freedom Q1 Bonus

 
Full Show Notes
Listener Wins (00:47)
Listener Hacks (3:19)
Paying down mortgage vs. investing (5:35)
Where to put short/mid-term savings (8:06)
Getting more points with your partner (14:45)
Opening airline accounts (17:08)
Booking hotels and flights in the portal (20:05)
Points Transfers (22:49)
Short on Miles (27:53)
Review the PNC Points Card (30:39)  
Travel Questions (32:46)
Storing Photos (36:32)
 
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Chris Hutchins: Twitter | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn

#95: Chris shares his top 10 learnings and takeaways from the past year of All the Hacks, which covers time management, personal finance, happiness, regret, negotiating, marriage, communication and more. He also recaps some of the top hacks he's learned this year and his top credit cards, based on real spending data.
Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/top-lessons-hacks-credit-cards-2022
 
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Selected Links From The Episode

Ramit’s 10 Money Rules

Chris’ Wealthfront Referral Link

Die With Zero Book

Never Pay the First Bill Book

 

Credit Cards Mentioned

All the Hacks Card Signup Page

Amex Gold

Chase Sapphire Reserve

Chase Amazon Prime Visa

CapitalOne VentureX

Chase Ink Business Preferred

CapitalOne Spark Cash Plus

All the Hacks Episodes Mentioned
Top Lessons

7 - Managing Your Time to Get More Done with Laura Vanderkam

82 - Goal Setting, Hacking Self-Discipline, and Finding Work-Life Balance with Brandon Turner

42 - Beating Inflation, Alternative Assets, and Simplifying Your Finances with Ben Carlson

9 - How to Live Your Rich Life with Ramit Sethi

17 - Mastering the Art of Negotiation with Kwame Christian

19 - Becoming a Better Investor with Andy Rachleff

36 - Bucket Lists, Audacious Goals and Living the Life You Want with Ben Nemtin

40 - The Power of Regret, Motivation and Good Timing with Dan Pink

74 - A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Making the Most of Your Finances, Relationships and Time with Jordan Grumet, MD

43 - Why 50/50 Doesn't Work: A New Model for Happier Relationships with Nate & Kaley Klemp

46 - Mastering the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication with Vanessa Van Edwards

89 - Booking Flights with Points and All Things Award Travel with Tiffany Funk

85 - Building a Second Brain to Organize Your Digital Life with Tiago Forte

47 - Finding Happiness, Success and Deep Purpose with Arthur Brooks

91 - Die With Zero: Net Fulfillment Over Net Worth with Bill Perkins

Top Hacks

39 - The Language and Actions of Great Leaders with David Marquet

57 - Living a Life of Excellence, Agility and Meaning with Navy SEAL Mike Hayes

90 - Work Tactics: Finding a Job, Negotiating Comp, Managing Up, Getting Promoted and More with Lenny Rachitsky

1 - Pro Travel Hacks for Every Aspect of Your Next Trip with Leigh Rowan

55 - Maximize Your Points: Stacking, Buyers Clubs, Redemption Hacks, and More with Julia Menez

66 - Rental Cars: Saving Money, Avoiding Fees and All the Secret Tricks with Jonathan Weinberg

25 - The Four Research-Backed Steps to Be Indistractable with Nir Eyal

52 - Hack Your Health (While Still Enjoying Life) with Liz Moody

34 - Hacking Healthcare, Prescriptions and Medical Bills with Marshall Allen

30 - Memory Hacks with World Champion Johannes Mallow

68 - Hosting Cocktail Parties, Building Relationships, Museum Hacks and Friends Newsletters with Nick Gray

 
Full Show Notes
Takeaway 1: Time (1:36)
Takeaway 2: Simplifying Finances (4:29)
Takeaway 3: Negotiating (7:23)
Takeaway 4: Regret (9:20)
Takeaway 5: 80/80 Marriage (11:05)
Takeaway 6: Charismatic Communication (12:29)
Takeaway 7: Using Points (13:24)
Takeaway 8: Second Brain (14:49)
Takeaway 9: Net Fulfillment over Net Worth (15:57)
Takeaway 10: Happiness (18:28)
Best Hacks from 2022 (23:16)
Travel Hacks (24:35)
Health Hacks (26:02)
Brain Hack (28:02)
Party Hack (28:32)
Top Credit Cards of 2022 (29:23)
 
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Chris Hutchins: Twitter | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn

#94: Founder of Love and London, Jessica Dante, joins Chris to discuss all things London. They cover what to eat, see, do, and where to stay. Jessica also shares her favorite hidden gems, offers alternatives to overhyped tourist sites, and provides tips to experience the city like a true local. Then Chris provides a recap of his recent trip to London and walks through how to use use your points/miles for your next trip.
Jessica Dante (@loveandlondon) founded the digital media company Love and London to share her love of London and make travel dreams a reality for others. Her mission is to provide tourists with unique ways to experience the city.
Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/london-travel-jessica-dante
 
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Selected Links From The Episode
Love and London: YouTube | Website | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest
Jessica Dante: Website | Instagram
Love and London Resources:

London 101 Guide

London Pass guide

Love and London Hotel and Accommodation Advice

Video tour of the Shangri- La Hotel in The Shard

Resources Mentioned:

Afar: The World’s 10 Best Cities of 2023


Travel & Leisure: The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2023


Reviews and Ratings: Love and London | Booking.com | The Infatuation | Timeout


All the Hacks Luxury Upgrade Program


London Recommendations:

North London: Hampstead


Sites: Hampstead Heath | Kenwood House


South London: Brixton


East London: Shoreditch


Sites: Adrian Boswell: Shoreditch Broccoli Street Art Man | Columbia Road Flower Market | Broadway Market 


Dine/Drink: Bao Noodle Shop | Attendant Coffee Roasters | Jolene | Nightjar | Campania & Jones


Accommodations: Mama Shelter


West London: Notting Hill


Central London: Covent Garden | Marylebone | Soho | South Bank | Westminster | Chinatown | Bermondsey


Sites: Neal’s Yard | Neal’s Yard Remedies | Seven Dials | Tower of London: The Ceremony of the Keys | London Eye | Sky Garden


Dine/Drink: Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels (CVS Wine Bar) | The Barbary | The Barbary Next Door | Seven Dials Food Market | Opium | The Bermondsey Beer Mile | Maltby Street Market | Paradise | Freedom


Afternoon Tea: Fortnum & Mason | Ting | One Aldwych 


Accommodations: Henrietta Hotel | Shangri-La The Shard | Cheval Collection Residences


Other Dining Recommendations: Dishoom | Pizza Pilgrims | Franco Manca | Padella


Theater: Punchdrunk's The Burnt City | Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap


Navigation: Citymapper | Google Maps

Transportation: Uber | Free Now | Tube | Bus (Including Night Busses) | Taxis & Minicabs


Airport transportation from Heathrow: Elizabeth Line | Heathrow Express


Chris's Recommendations


Amazing London Airbnb 

Free Now


Airbnb's AirCover Guarantee 

London Transport Museum

Hamley's

Natural History Museum

Science Tea at The Ampersand

Food/Drink: Dishoom | Borough Market | Ave Mario | Bancone | Opium | Mitre Lancaster Gate | Normah's | Seven Dials Food Market


Map of Award Hotels in London

London Award Hotel Articles: The Points Guy | One Mile at a Time | Upgraded Points


All the Hacks Upgrade Program

 
Full Show Notes
Due to the length of the resources shared above, the full list of topics and corresponding timestamps for this episode can be found at: https://allthehacks.com/london-travel-jessica-dante