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Mar 9 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
How to Get Lucky: 20 ways to increase your luck surface area and create more luck.

A deep dive on removing the “black holes” from your life and acting to expand your personal luck surface area.

One of my favorite pieces I’ve ever written. Enjoy & share!

sahilbloom.substack.com/p/how-to-get-l…
I’ll be going live on @getcallin tomorrow at 11am EST for a Q&A discussion on the topic of luck.

If you’d like to go deeper, join me then! I’ll be doing these more often to engage directly with this community.

callin.com/link/zsIMCjRbPq
Insanely good visualizations from my friend @drex_jpg. Killing it!
And if you’re a subscriber and didn’t get today’s piece in your inbox, check spam and promotions and move it over to primary.

Much love!
Going live for a discussion on the piece and taking Q&A at 11am EST tomorrow. callin.com/link/zsIMCjRbPq

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Mar 6
It’s Sunday evening and I’m two whiskeys deep.

A few thoughts and counterintuitive truths:
You can read every business and self-help book in the world, but ultimately the only way to learn is by fucking it up.

I love reading—I love gathering insights from the greats.

But reading and studying is nothing without battle-testing.

Don’t fear failure. Fail smart and fast.
Allowing kids to fail is one of the greatest gifts you can give them.

I’ll never forget being left out on the mound in those moments when I desperately wanted to be taken out of the game.

Learning to fail—and how to grow through it—is one of the most important skills of life.
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Mar 5
The difference between amateurs and professionals:
Amateurs make it look effortful, Professionals make it look effortless.

You have to put in more effort to make something appear effortless.

Professionals know that elegant performances are the result of a large volume of gritty practice.

Small things become big things.
Amateurs play the table, Professionals set the table.

Professionals play games they are uniquely well-suited to win.

If they don't like the way the table is set, they flip it over.

They set the table in a way that favors their edge and then make their opponent play on it.
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Mar 3
If I were starting my career, going to an event, and wanting to stand out in the minds of the new people I meet…

Here’s how I’d do it:
First off, in your 20s, I think it’s important to say yes to almost everything.

This dramatically increases your luck surface area—you wind up in a lot of situations with new and interesting people.

But you need a playbook for thriving in those situations.

A few ways to do it:
Say people’s names back to them.

When you’re talking to someone new, make a point of saying their name back to them naturally in conversation.

Two benefits here:
(1) You’ll remember their name.
(2) Everyone loves hearing their name.

You’ll immediately stand out in their mind.
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Mar 1
A Primer on SWIFT & Sanctions: Breaking down SWIFT, asset freezes, and the complexities of economic warfare.

The proceeds from today’s newsletter will be donated to UNICEF: Protect Children in Ukraine.

Please read, listen, & share if you found it useful. sahilbloom.substack.com/p/a-primer-on-…
A few images from today’s piece that I found striking...

Russian reserves (ex. Gold) since 2014.

The last dip was when they used them to insulate the ruble from the impact of sanctions from the prior invasion of Ukraine.

They have rebuilt steadily since… Image
The Russian ruble to the U.S. Dollar over the last 6 months.

A clear picture of the impact of the sweeping sanctions package that covered SWIFT and Central Bank asset freezes. Image
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Feb 24
With the rapid deterioration of the Russia/Ukraine situation, you’re going to hear a lot about SWIFT in the coming days…

Here’s a quick breakdown of what it is and why it matters:
SWIFT is short for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications.

It’s a global cooperative of financial institutions based in Belgium.

It was formed in 1973 when 239 banks from 15 countries came together to establish a way to handle cross-border payments.
Today, SWIFT connects more than 11,000 financial institutions across 200+ countries.

Think of it like a simple email system enabling secure messages across its members.

An average of 40 million messages a day—including orders, payment confirmations, FX exchanges, and trades.
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Feb 23
On May 9th, 2020, I came back from a walk, had an idea, and typed out a few tweets—I posted it on Twitter for my 500 followers to see.

22 months, 200,000 words, and 1 billion impressions later, there are 500,000 of you here.

Here are my 10 favorite posts from this wild journey:
Paradoxes of Life

A paradox is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that, when investigated, may prove to be true.

Life is full of paradoxes.

Once you become aware of them, you will find yourself empowered to use them to your advantage.
How to Win (Without Talent or Luck)

We all want to win.

Our definitions of “winning” vary—happiness and fulfillment to some, money and fame to others—but we all want to win.

You've been told that you can’t win without incredible talent (or sensational luck).

This is wrong...
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